Afterschool.gov - Searchable database were you will find lists of funding programs tailored to your needs and eligibility.

After-School Alliance - Detailed information on over 30 after-school funding opportunities.

The Afterschool Investments Project - Provides technical assistance to Child Care, Development Fund grantees and State and local leaders.

Center for Health and Health Care in Schools - Opportunities for communities, nutrition, after-school and health awareness.

Charles-Stewart-Mott's - Enhance the capacity of individuals, families or institutions at the local level and beyond Connect for Kids Grant and funding opportunities, publication resources, news and current information and issues

Connect for Kids Newsletter - Find current Weekly, and archived editions of Connect for Kids Newsletter

The Finance Project--Out of School Time Project - Presents new tools for technical assistance resources on financing and sustaining out-of-school time projects.

Governor's Office for Children, Youth and Families

GTECH After School Advantage Program - Computer Labs for Inner-City After-School Programs

The JCPenny After-School Fund - Grants to maintain and increase the number of programs in After school

The Jenesis Group - Grants focusing on youth development, education, and social entrepreneurship.

www.youthlearn.org

Nikelodeon "Let's Just Play" - Grants to Schools and After-School Programs for "Let's Just Play" Campaign.

Promising Practices in After School - After-school funding opportunities.

Youth Venture - Scholarships, awards, special conference invites, media opportunities, technical allies and seed capital.

Washington Mutual Corporate Giving Program - Supports nonprofit organizations in communities where the company does business. Arizona is one of those communities. The company provides grants in the areas of affordable housing and community development, K-12 public education and financial education.

St. Mary's/Westside Food Bank Alliance (firstfoodbank.org) - Provides evening meals for afterschool students and will deliver. Contact Laura Brill @ Kids Café by emailing lmbrill@firstfoodbank.org or calling (623) 34402161.

After-School Snacks in the National School Lunch Program - The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) now offers cash reimbursement to help schools serve snacks to children after their regular school day ends.

Allen Foundation - Education nutrition programs, with priority given to training programs for children and young adults.

Handspring Foundation - Will make grants to nonprofits that focus on issues directly related to at-risk children and youth.

Milagro Foundation - Serving at-risk, youth through artistic and culturally enriching programs that strengthen youth and communities.

Radio Shack - Grants Program for Child and Family Safety Efforts.

Rosie's For All Kids Foundation - Support center-based, licensed child care and preschool programs for children growing up in low-income urban neighborhoods.

Safe and Drug Free Schools

Arizona Arts Education Funding Resources - a basic list of possible funding resources for arts education-related programs. For a copy, call 602-495-0189).

Finding Funding: A Guide to Federal Sources for Out-of-School Time and Community School Initiatives, Revised and Updated - by Heather Clapp Padgette, February 2003. Price: $20 The Guide can be downloaded by going to http://www.financeproject.org/publications/fundingguide2003.pdf

The National Institute on Out-of-School Time improves the quantity and quality of school-age care programs nationally by concentrating in five primary areas: research; education and training; consultation; program and community development; and public awareness.

The National Network for Child Care operates a web page on school-age care that links to dozens of publications on school-age care issues, including programming, stress, "The Hours We Can't Be Home" series, evaluation and assessment, and other miscellaneous topics.

The National School Age Care Alliance is a national membership organization of individuals who work in the area of out-of-school time care and organizations that support out-of-school time programs.

School-Age Notes is a national resource organization on school age care geared toward developing and providing information, technical assistance, and resources for youth in out-of-school settings before and after school and during vacations.

The America Goes Back to School initiative seeks to encourage and support family and community involvement in improving children's education. The AGBTS site offers practical activity kits for those working toward building partnerships within schools as well as many examples of successful programs and schools who have incorporated community members and businesses.

The Children's Aid Society is a voluntary, nonsectarian agency that provides a broad spectrum of health, education, recreation, and emergency services to New York City's neediest children and families. The Children's Aid Society forged an alliance with the New York City Board of Education to create a community school in the Washington Heights neighborhood in 1991. Children's Aid Society provides technical assistance to sites that are adapting the community school model.

Coalition for Community Schools works toward improving education and helping students learn and grow while supporting and strengthening their families and communities. Community schools bring together many partners to offer a range of supports and opportunities to children, youth, families and communities - before, during and after school, seven days a week.

Communities in Schools champions the connection of needed community resources with schools to help young people learn, stay in school, and prepare for life.

Education World provides information on community schools, what they are, why they are beneficial, models of community schools, and guidance on how to organize a community school.

The Fund of the City of New York works to improve the functioning of government agencies and nonprofit organizations by introducing innovative programs, technologies, and methodologies. The Fund established the Youth Development Institute, which works to strengthen the capacity of community-based organizations to advocate for and provide effective support for youth development. The Fund provides technical support to the Beacons schools in New York City as well as to four communities across the country that are adapting the Beacons model.

The Institute for Educational Leadership works to bring together and support leaders who work to improve educational opportunities for children. In partnership with the United Way of America, IEL is providing technical assistance to seven local United Ways as they adapt the Bridges to Success community school model.

The National Center for Community Education provides leadership training to program developers implementing community education models.

The National Community Education Association promotes parent and community involvement in public education, the formation of community partnerships to address community needs, and the expansion of lifelong learning opportunities for all community residents at the national, state, and local levels.

The North Central Regional Educational Library is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping teachers, parents, principals, community members, policymakers, and students work together toward a common goal: improving schools to make them safe and productive places where children can learn and grow. NCREL's site includes the Pathways to School Improvement Server, which features sections dedicated to critical issues in parent and family involvement, supporting materials, and links to written and internet resources.

School of the 21st Century, also known as Family Resource Centers in some communities, is a school-based child care and family support model that promotes the optimal growth and development in children through the continuity of support from birth to age twelve.

The United Way of America is the national service and training center for over 1300 local member United Ways. The United Way of America has made a 20-year commitment to increasing opportunities for young people through its Mobilization for America's Children Initiative. In partnership with the Institute for Educational Leadership, the organization is currently providing technical assistance to seven local United Ways as they adapt the Bridges to Success community school model.

America's Promise: The Alliance for Youth led by General Colin Powell, is dedicated to mobilizing individuals, groups and organizations from every part of American life, to build and strengthen the character and competence of the nation's youth.

Boys and Girls Clubs provide programs and activities for young people, especially from disadvantaged circumstances, after school, on weekends, and during the summer. The program serves nearly 3 million children through 886 local organization in over 2000 club facilities in all 50 states.

Camp Fire, Inc. provides coeducational programming for approximately 667,000 boys and girls from birth to age 21 through 125 councils in 41 states and the District of Columbia. Activities include self-reliance and service-learning classes; camping and environmental education; child care; clubs and mentoring opportunities; and leadership development.

The Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development, created by the National 4-H Council, seeks to move all sectors of society to involve youth as full partners in community development by promoting innovative community and youth development strategies across fields and organizations. The Innovation Center develops and offers resources, technical assistance, and training opportunities for those involved in community and youth development.

The National Mentoring Partnership is an advocate for the expansion of mentoring and a resource for mentors and mentoring initiatives nationwide.

The National Network for Youth informs public policy, educates the public and strengthens the field of youth work. Additionally, the National Network and its members promote the positive development of youth through community service, peer education, alcohol-and drug-free teen clubs, drama groups, adventure-based programs, and youth involvement on governing boards and other decision-making bodies.

The National Youth Development Information Center offers information on youth development, evaluation techniques for youth development programs, lists of state, federal, corporate, and institutional funding sources, various projects and programs concerned with youth development, research overviews, publications, and training opportunities.

The National Youth Leadership Council is an advocate of service-learning and youth service and works to reform education and guide youth-oriented public policy by engaging young people in their communities and schools, and through innovation in learning, service, leadership, and public policy.

YouthBuild is a comprehensive community and youth development program as well as an alternative school. YouthBuild, designed to run on a 12-month cycle, offers job training, education, counseling, and leadership development opportunities to unemployed and out-of-school young adults, ages 16-24, through the construction and rehabilitation of affordable housing in their own communities.

AttheTable.org, At the Table Initiative. Grounded in the conviction that institutions and communities benefit from the voices of young people, a growing national movement of youth and adults is working to secure a place for youth "at the table" where decisions are made that affect them. AttheTable.org is designed to provide resources and information about how to involve young people in decision-making.

The Child Care Partnership Project provides practical information on creating and maintaining public-private partnerships to increase and improve child care in states and communities throughout the country. It draws from the experiences of successful partnerships at the national, state, and local levels to provide tools and materials for existing and future initiatives.

Connect for Kids provides information for adults who want to make their communities better places for kids and provides the tools to help people become more active citizens - from volunteering to voting - on behalf of kids.

The Families and Work Institute is a non-profit organization that addresses the changing nature of work and family life. F.W.I. is committed to finding research-based strategies that foster mutually supportive connections among workplaces, families, and communities.

Local Initiative Support Corporation works in tandem with communities, corporations, foundations and government to insure that distressed neighborhoods receive the funding dollars they need to transform their communities into thriving, economically sound and safe areas in which to live by channeling grants, investments, and technical support to community development corporations rebuilding neighborhoods and rural areas throughout the country.

National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education is dedicated to developing effective family/school partnerships in schools throughout America. Its mission is to advocate the involvement of parents and families in their children's education and to foster relationships between home, school, and community that can enhance the education of all the nation's young people.

National Parenting Information Network provides information to parents and those who work with parents and to foster the exchange of parenting materials. NPIN provides resources for parents, resources for those who work with parents, a section on families, technologies, and education, a question answering service, a section for urban parents, and various training opportunities.

Partners in Education is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing leadership in the formation and growth of effective partnerships to ensure success for all students. The organization aims to increase the number, quality, and scope of effective partnerships; increase the availability of resources for the formation and support of effective partnerships; increase awareness about the importance of partnerships for promoting student success; and promote the importance of effective partnerships to policymakers.

Together We Can strengthens and sustains the capacity of community collaboratives and state initiatives to move toward the shared vision of improving results for children and families. The organization's web site provides tools and guides for building partnerships and stronger communities.

Work/Family Directions is a management consulting firm that helps organizations develop work-family programs and policies that enable all employees to succeed. The company is the leading provider of corporate work-life programs.

21st Century Community Learning Centers, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, provide expanded learning opportunities for participating children in a safe, drug-free and supervised environment. About 3,600 rural and inner-city public schools in 903 communities--in collaboration with other public and non-profit agencies, organizations, local businesses, post-secondary institutions, scientific/cultural and other community entities--are now participating as 21st Century CLCs.

Afterschool.gov connects federal resources that support children and youth during out-of-school hours.

Department of Health and Human Service's Administration for Children and Families (ACF) brings together in one organization the broad range of federal programs and services that address the needs of children and families.

Department of Health and Human Service's Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) works to assure that underserved and vulnerable people get the health care they need. BPHC is one of four Bureaus of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services. Within its listing of programs is information on community-based health services and school-based services.

The Board on Children, Youth, and Families provides a national focal point for authoritative, nonpartisan analysis of child, youth, and family issues relevant to policy decisions. Established under the joint aegis of the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine, the Board brings the collective knowledge and analytic tools of the behavioral, social, and health sciences to the development of policies and programs for children, youth, and families.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance is a government-wide database of all federal programs, services, and activities. The CFDA details eligibility requirements, goals, application process, and award processes of federal funds.

Department of Health and Human Service's Child Care Bureau is dedicated to enhancing the quality, affordability, and supply of child care available for all families. The Child Care Bureau administers Federal funds to States, Territories, and Tribes to assist low income families in accessing quality child care for children while parents work or participate in education or training.

The Department of Education works to strengthen the federal commitment to assuring access to equal educational opportunity for each individual and to encourage the increased involvement of the public, parents, and students in federal education programs.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development works to increase affordable housing and home ownership, reduce homelessness, promote jobs and economic opportunity, and empower people and communities.

The Department of Labor is charged with preparing the American workforce for new and better jobs, and ensuring the adequacy of America's workplaces.

Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) of the Administration for Children and Families, works to provide national leadership on youth issues and to assist individuals and organizations in providing effective, comprehensive services for youth in at-risk situations and their families. A primary goal of FYSB programs is to provide positive alternatives for youth, ensure their safety, and maximize their potential to take advantage of available opportunities.

Federal Register is a legal newspaper published every business day by the National Archives and Records administration. It contains announcements of the availability of grants and proposed rules and regulations for federal programs.

National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth (NCFY). NCFY is the Family and Youth Services Bureau's (FYSB's) central resource on youth and family policy and practice. FYSB is a Bureau within the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF); Administration for Children and Families (ACF); U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

The National Partnership for Reinventing Government is the Clinton-Gore Administration's initiative to reform the way the federal government works. Its goal is to create a government that "works better and costs less."

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention works on a number of youth and community initiatives, including a National Youth Network, Juvenile Mentoring, and a Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants Program.

The Partnership for Family Involvement in Education is a government initiative dedicated to increasing opportunities for families to be more involved in their children's learning at school and at home and to using family-school-community partnerships to strengthen schools and improve student achievement.

The Academy for Educational Development (AED) seeks to meet today's social, economic, and environmental challenges through education and human resource development; to apply state of the art education, training, research, technology, management, behavioral analysis, and social marketing techniques to solve problems; and to improve knowledge and skills throughout the world as the most effective means for stimulating growth, reducing poverty, and promoting democratic and humanitarian ideals.

Adolescence Directory On-Line (ADOL) is an electronic guide to information about adolescent issues. It is a service of the Center for Adolescent Studies at Indiana University. Educators, counselors, parents, researchers, health practitioners, and teens can use ADOL to find Web resources for topics concerning adolescents.

The Board on Children, Families, and Youth provides a national focal point for authoritative, nonpartisan analysis of child, youth, and family issues relevant to policy decisions. Established under the joint aegis of the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine, the Board brings the collective knowledge and analytic tools of the behavioral, social, and health sciences to the development of policies and programs for children, youth, and families.

The Center for Social Organization of Schools (CSOS) conducts programmatic research and development activities to improve the education system, as well as provides technical assistance to help schools use the Center's research.

The Center for the Study of Social Policy provides public policy analysis and technical assistance to states and localities, concentrating in the areas of family and children's services, income supports, neighborhood-based services, education reform, family support, disability and health care policy, and long term care for the elderly.

The Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago is a research and development center focusing on policies, practices, and programs affecting children and the families and communities in which they live.

The Children's Foundation conducts research and provides information and training on child nutrition programs; quality child care; leadership development; health care; welfare-to-work programs; and enforcement of court-ordered child support.

Child Trends, Inc. studies children, youth, and families through research, data collection, and data analysis.

The Children, Youth, and Families Education and Research Network provides practical, research-based information on children, youth and families. The CYFERNet team works to maintain, support development and enhance usage of the Internet-based information and communication systems within the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Cooperative Extension System's Children, Youth and Families at Risk (CYFER) Initiative.

Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) is a nationwide, nonprofit organization composed of public officials who lead the departments responsible for elementary and secondary education in the states. CCSSO works on behalf of the state agencies that serve pre-K - 12 students throughout the nation.

The Harvard Family Research Project conducts and publishes research about programs that serve children and families throughout the U.S.

The Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan social policy research organization dedicated to learning what works to improve the well-being of low-income people. Through research and the active communication of findings, MDRC seeks to enhance the effectiveness of public policies and programs.

The National Conference of State Legislatures offers comprehensive information, research on critical state issues, informative publications, and an excellent legislative information database.

The National Governors Association is a bipartisan national organization of, by, and for the nation's governors. Through the NGA, the governors identify priority issues and deal collectively with issues of public policy and governance at both the national and state levels. The NGA's Center for Best Practices provides technical assistance to the states on out-of-school time policy and programs.

Public/Private Ventures is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve the effectiveness of social policies, programs and community initiatives, especially as they affect youth and young adults. In carrying out this mission, P/PV works with philanthropies, the public and business sectors, and nonprofit organizations.

The Search Institute is an independent, nonprofit organization committed not only to contributing to the knowledge base about youth development, but also to translating high-quality research on children and youth into practical ideas, tools, services, and resources for families, neighborhoods, schools, organizations, and communities.

The Urban Education Web offers manuals, brief articles, annotated bibliographies, reviews and summaries of outstanding publications, and conference announcements in urban education.

The Urban Institute is a nonpartisan economic and social policy research organization that investigates social and economic problems confronting the nation and analyzes efforts to solve these problems.

The Welfare Information Network helps states and communities obtain the information, policy analysis, and technical assistance they need to develop and implement welfare reforms that will reduce dependency and promote the well-being of children and families.

The Yale University Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy offers information on the conceptual foundation of the 21st century school, information on participation, training opportunities, available resources, and links to relevant sites.

The Afterschool Alliance is a coalition of public, private and nonprofit organizations dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of afterschool programs and advocating for quality, affordable programs for all children.

The Children's Defense Fund works to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.

The Child Welfare League of America is a national non-profit organization that develops and promotes policies and programs to protect America's children and to strengthen America's families.

Fight Crime, Invest-in-Kids is a national anti-crime organization led by police chiefs, prosecutors, and crime survivors. Included on the Fight Crime, Invest-in-Kids website are the complete texts of reports and evidence on preventing crime by creating supportive programs and environments for children before they commit crimes.

HandsNet uses new communications technology to promote information sharing, cross-sector collaboration and advocacy throughout the human services community. HandsNet works with organizations focusing on children and families, affordable housing and community development, health care, legal services, welfare reform and related issues.

The National Association of Child Advocates is devoted to the creation and support of state- and community-based child advocacy organizations. All NACA members are citizen-based, non-profit, and private child advocacy organizations.

Save the Children is an organization dedicated to helping children and protecting children's rights. Save the Children's "Web of Support," is an initiative geared toward making out-of-school time safe and productive for children through adult and community involvement and sponsorship.