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The 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) initiative is the only federal funding source dedicated exclusively to afterschool programs. The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) reauthorized 21st CCLC in 2002, transferring the administration of the grants from the U.S. Department of Education to the state education agencies.
The organization was founded in March 2006 by Liz McCartney and Zack Rosenburg, who previously lived and worked in Washington, DC. [3] [4] They came from a charitable background: Rosenburg's law office represented indigents and McCartney ran a nonprofit group, the Capitol Hill Computer Corner, which trained the economically disadvantaged in computer skills. [4]
At least two-thirds of the students in each local TS program must be from low-income economic backgrounds and from families where parents do not have a bachelor's degree. [7] TS is a grant-funded program. Local programs are required to demonstrate that they meet federal requirements every five years in order to maintain funding.
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, M.D., hosts forum to connect local officials with state and federal resources.
In 1991, the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities established the Prime Time Family Reading Program, which has provided literacy support to over 40,000 at-risk children and parents, using several grants provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The LEH has also periodically funded the public radio program American Routes.
Then the grant making agency announces the funding opportunity and invites groups to apply. After the application is closed all applicants are reviewed by the agency and award recipients are chosen. States compete for project grant funding by going through the application process and those that best meet the application criteria are selected. [5]
On June 5, a franchisee in Hammond, Louisiana, announced a unique experience for kids: Chick-fil-A Summer Camp. Admission for the camp is $35 and consists of one, three-hour session with team ...
Louisiana state agencies began clearing a homeless encampment in New Orleans ahead of Taylor Swift’s concerts at the Superdome this weekend. Roughly 75 people living in tents beneath an overpass ...