A series of webinars on policy developments.
Watch latestSign up for the seriesThe FY2027 appropriations process continues in Congress. House and Senate Appropriations are expected to mark up their educations spending bills in June or early July. As of late May, the House Labor-Health and Human Service-Education Appropriations Subcommittee is scheduled to mark up its FY2027 bill on June 5. The legislation, which is not yet released, will appropriate funding for all education, child care, and AmeriCorps programs, including 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) funding for afterschool and summer learning programs. Programs funded in the bill will support students in summer 2027 and during the 2027-2028 school year. The spending bill is not expected to echo the President’s FY2027 budget proposal which sought to eliminate 21st CCLC and replace it and 16 other programs with a block grant. After passing the full committee, the bill likely will head to the House floor for a vote sometime this summer. The Senate will need to complete the same process for its FY2027 Labor-Health and Human Service-Education Appropriations; however, consideration of the Senate bill has not yet been scheduled. The deadline for all FY2027 spending bills to pass is the end of the current fiscal year, September 30, 2026.
Earlier this winter the General Services Administration proposed significant changes to the System for Award Management (SAM) - the online portal that nonprofits and other grantees use to manage grant programs with the federal government. The GSA, an independent agency that manages and supports the functions of federal agencies, proposed to add requirements to all federal financial assistance, including discretionary, mandatory, block, and formula grants, cooperative agreements, loans and more. If implemented the proposed changes would directly impact nonprofits, state and local governments, tribes, and other entities that apply for or receive federal funding, including afterschool and summer program providers that are supported by any number of federal programs including 21st Century Community Learning Centers, AmeriCorps, and the Child Care Development Block Grant. Comments on the proposed changes are being accepted by GSA through March 30, 2026. Submit your comments online.
For more details, read our recent blog post,"Proposed changes to federal grant system could impact funding for local programs."
Every second Friday at noon ET, our own Senior VP of Policy, Erik Peterson, will recap the latest policy developments, what we know (or don’t know!) about how they may impact afterschool and summer programs, and what may be coming up next. Register
Co-hosted by the Afterschool Alliance and the National Summer Learning Association, in partnership with Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, Every Hour Counts, YMCA of the USA, and Save the Children.
Across the nation, local afterschool and summer programs play a vital role in supporting our communities, the economy, and a strong workforce by keeping kids safe, inspiring learning, and helping working parents provide for their families. Federal 21st CCLC funding empowers local communities to meet student, parent, and community needs. 21st CCLC grants support 10,000 programs serving nearly 1.4 million youth. The 25-year history of these programs shows that they work. Youth who participate in programs do better in school, build critical work and life skills, avoid risky behaviors, and land better jobs with higher incomes as adults. When parents have reliable care for their kids, they are more productive on the job, and businesses benefit. 4 in 5 parents report that afterschool programs help them keep their jobs.Watch
Join us for a webinar to explore this CCDF policy change as an opportunity for afterschool providers to collaborate with state agencies, identify service gaps, and explore ways school-age programs can be included in funding opportunities to meet underserved needs.Watch
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