The Indiana Department of Education is awarding more than $122 million in state grant funds to 110 community partners and schools across the state to help accelerate student learning. The department says awardees of the new Student Learning Recovery Grant Program will serve students in 83 of the state's 92 counties.

“Community partners and educators are teaming up like never before to accelerate student learning this summer and in the years ahead,” Governor Eric Holcomb said. “We know that igniting student learning demands unprecedented collaboration from us all -- educators, local leaders, community groups, parents and beyond. As these programs launch now and over the coming weeks, it’s an exciting time to be in an Indiana classroom.”

To read more about the grant - and see a full list of grant awardees - click below.

Join us at the Indiana Afterschool Network for our Experiential Summer Webinar Series! This series will immerse participants in team building, family engagement, and positive behavior. Each topic will include three 90-minute interactive webinars during which participants will reflect and interact with colleagues from around Indiana as they develop new skills

These innovative professional development opportunities are hosted by IAN in collaboration with the Indiana Department of Education 21st Century Communication Learning Centers. Click below for more details, presenter information, and registration links.

The IAN Quality Team is here to support you and your summer program with Virtual Office Hours! Connect with Bri Gaston-Bell and Keith Monfreda to ask questions, check out resources, and learn more using our free quality tools.

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This event will be led by Meredith Noble to inspire and elevate grant writing practices for small and large organizations who utilize grants to support their efforts.

Learn how to filter 100+ grant opportunities down to the top pursuits using an online database and grant prospecting decision-making funnel. Increase your win rate which means more grant funding for your organization so you can amplify your community impact. Apply the grant prospecting decision-making funnel to systematically find the right grants that yield the highest likelihood of success and ROI.

All attendees will be provided a Certificate of Attendance as well as resources provided by the presenter. If you have questions, you can connect with Kevin Enders at kenders@iyi.org.

Do you want to inspire your students, eliminate boredom, and transform your program or classroom? Join with other educators to learn the nuts and bolts of PBL through live, fully interactive virtual workshop sessions! Magnify Learning's Project Based Learning professional development workshops teach you how to use the PBL framework to create authentic learning experiences in the classroom. This virtual workshop equips you with the skills to create a Project Based Learning unit customized for your students, and designed around standards and Employability Skills (21st Century Skills)…while also practicing e-learning skills! This online workshop is a great fit for K-16 educators, instructional coaches, and administrators.

Safe spaces allow youth to thrive within their environments-in the classroom, a OST program, or other youth space. If you want to demonstrate that you are a welcoming human for ALL students, you must start with diligently creating and mainlining an environment that tells them they belong and are safe within your presence. This presentation will address how oppression in its various forms (zero-tolerance policies, forced assimilation, disenfranchisement, etc.) separates one from one's right to self-actualization. Participants will also explore how various policies and systems within traditional education continue to impede the self-actualization of students.

YSA will award up to $8,000 to support schools and nonprofits that lead partner coalitions to engage youth volunteers on 9/11 Day of Service & Remembrance (September 11, 2021), MLK Day of Service (January 17, 2022), and/or Global Youth Service Day (April 29 – May 1, 2022). The Lead Agency program offers youth development organizations, networks of afterschool programs, community-based organizations, and schools/school districts grant funding, capacity-building training, and ongoing support to effectively engage young people in meaningful service and service-learning activities.

The 21st Century Community Learning Center Program is a federally-funded program (Title IV, part B) awarded to local education agencies, as well as public and private organizations, to provide youth a safe environment during non-school hours. This program supports the creation of community learning centers that provide academic enrichment and life skills opportunities during non-school hours for youth, particularly youth who attend high-proverty and low-performing schools. The program helps youth meet state and local student standards in core academic subjects; offers youth a broad array of enrichment activities that help their social, emotional, and behavioral development; and offers literacy and other educational services to the families of participating youth.