Before- and After-School Care
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Priority Challenge: Increase Access to Affordable Childcare
Source/Author: Julie Harpring, Teresa Daneiley
Before- and after-school care programs in SLPS schools lack sufficient funding, leaving working families with few options. By investing in before- and after-school care, we can support working families and ensure that kids have safe places to go when they are not in school or at home.
This idea could be fully funded by the annual interest accrued from a municipal endowment fund, and could potentially be supplemented by other sources of funding such as state-level grants administered through the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education or philanthropic funding. This could be administered by the Office of Violence Prevention, the Department of Human Services, or the Recreation Division, or a new City department could be established to administer the program.
Funding Considerations
- Cost estimate: To be assessed
- Can this be funded from interest via a Municipal Endowment Fund? (Estimated value of $12M annually): Yes
- Does this require matching funds? (More than $250M) No
- Is this eligible for a tax-exempt bond? (Project benefits taxpayers and proceeds used by governmental entity) No
- Is this likely to attract philanthropic funding? Yes
- Are there other potential funding sources? Yes
City: None
State: Afterschool Enrichment Grant, Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant, School Age Community Grant (DESE)
Federal: None
