After-School Bulletin | September 24, 2019
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Are You Registered? Michigan After-school Collaborative Conference is Nov. 7-8
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Matthew Emerzian, author of "Every Monday Matters - How to Kick Off Your Week with Passion, Purpose, and Positivity," will bring his life-changing message for personal and social change to the Michigan After-school Collaborative Conference on November 7-8, 2019.
Emerzian will deliver the keynote address and present at the Leadership Institute. The acclaimed author is the "chief inspiration officer" and founder of Every Monday Matters, a not-for-profit organization committed to helping people and organizations understand how much and why they matter. Every attendee will receive a copy of Matthew's book.
The MAC Leadership Institute is intended for administrators, directors and supervisors. The half-day Institute takes place Thursday, Nov. 7.
The 2019 MAC conference is intended for the out-of-school time community, including teachers, direct service staff, administrators, directors, supervisors and childcare providers. The full-day MAC Conference is Friday, Nov. 8.
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Who's on Your 'Lights On' Guest List? How to Invite Elected Leaders
Who are you planning to invite to your
“Lights On Afterschool”
event this year? Along with decisions over the kind of event you’re hosting –a low-key open house, a literacy-inspired poetry reading, or STEM fair – the guest list is critically important – and must-have’s should include local policymakers and elected leaders.
You can’t help the families and the children who rely on school- and community-based afterschool programs without making connections with the people who make key decisions over your program, such as funding levels or the spaces that house you. Witnessing a “Lights On” events is a powerful way to help decision-makers understand the value your program brings to the community and that the money that’s appropriated is well spent.
Read our
blog on 10 easy steps
for inviting a local, state or federal policymaker and elected official to your “Lights On” event
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The Michigan After-School Partnership
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Your 'Lights On Afterschool' Resource Guide
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Guess Who's Celebrating 'Lights On'?
with Us
That lovable Nickelodeon sea creature, SpongeBob SquarePants, is turning 20 this year - just like
"Lights On Afterschool"
- and he's joining the afterschool community for the commemorative year. As part of the celebration, the Afterschool Alliance and Nickelodeon are providing seven different SpongeBob-related and afterschool-themed art activities to inspire student creativity. There are cartoons, flip books, storyboards, texture swaps to spark creativity.
Check out
what everyone's favorite nautical nerd has in store today!
And don't forget to
register
your "Lights On Afterschool" event by Sept. 26, 2019 for a chance to win a Crayola art kit.
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Be an 'Engineer for a Week' and Learn to Code
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The Afterschool Alliance, working with Facebook to pilot its
"Engineer for a Week"
with the afterschool community, is seeking Michigan educators to work with students interested in developing new tech skills.
The program aims to demystify the world of tech by empowering students to build a working tech prototype while developing computer science skills. It's open for
afterschool programs with students ages 13 to 18. It's specifically tailored to reach youth underrepresented in computer science and engineering, and increase access in environments where educational experiences with technology is limited.
The program challenges
students to build a chatbot or a game that makes a positive impact on a social topic of the students' choice. P
articipating sites will receive the resources to run the project, including:
• A Getting Started Webinar
• Online Facilitator and Participant Guides
• Weekly Project Support
• Engagement with Facebook Engineers.
Educators are asked to work with students for one week beginning Oct. 7, 2019 and until Dec. 6, 2019. To learn more, open this link:
https://engineerfortheweek.fb.com/
. To sign up, contact MASP's Willie Buford at wbuford@yquest.org, or at
810-922-1018.
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Accurate Census Count is Critical for Funding Future Afterschool Programs
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Afterschool programs across our country are making a huge difference in the lives of children, families and communities. Millions of children and youth rely on federal support, determined by the U.S. census, to attend afterschool and summer learning programs. The results of the census will be used to determine how more than $900 billion of federal spending will be allocated for
the next 10 years.
It is critical that every individual, from newborns to the most elderly, physically living in the country be counted in the census. But far too many of our families, especially those in poverty, are not counted. Helping to get an accurate census count is one of the most important things we can do to serve our communities. The Afterschool Alliance has created a
toolkit
to help afterschool programs, staff, and youth insure that every member of their community is counted.
Read more here
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No Decision Yet on 21st CCLC Funding for FY' 19
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. House approved a continuing resolution late last week to continue funding government operations after the new fiscal budget year begins Oct. 1, 2019; the Senate is expected to do likewise this week. This action continues government spending at current levels until Congress and the President work out a spending plan for FY'19.
The Afterschool Alliance offers
this update
on the latest news from Capitol Hill. Meanwhile, here's some background to help interpret the latest development and what it means for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers afterschool program.
Budget fights over funding the President's wall along the southern border and Democrats' disdain for new money to pay for it have slowed the process of setting budgets for government operations, said Matt Gillard, Michigan After-School Partnership Policy chair.
In early August, the House and Senate agreed to raise overall spending caps, or limits, on defense and non-defense discretionary programs but took their August recess before hammering out individual department budgets. Continuing resolutions will buy them more time to set budgets, based on agreed-upon higher spending levels, after the new fiscal budget year begins Oct. 1, 2019 and continues through Sept. 30, 2020, Gillard said.
Earlier, the 21st Century CLC program was in line for a $100-million increase. We'll keep you updated on what happens next!
The Michigan After-School Partnership
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Your Afterschool Resources
Articles
Grant Opportunities
- Youth Service America Afterschool Grants / Charles Stewart Mott Foundation: Available for up to $500 per afterschool program that engage at least 50 students in service or service-learning programs. Application deadline: Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. Register here. Contact: Karen Daniel, Vice President of Programs, kdaniel@ysa.org. Youth Changing the World Toolkits.
Webinars
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The Michigan After-School Partnership
is a statewide network developing a shared vision and influencing others to believe in the power of after-school programs to help all children and youth succeed
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