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April 6, 2017 The Honorable Roy Blunt The Honorable Patty Murray Chairman Ranking Member Appropriations Subcommittee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Services, and Education Washington, DC 20510 Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Tom Cole The Honorable Rosa DeLauro Chairman Ranking Member House LHHS-ED Appropriations House LHHS-ED Appropriations Subcommittee Subcommittee 2467 Rayburn House Office Building 2413 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Washington, DC 20515 Dear Chairman Blunt and Ranking Member Murray; and Chairman Cole and Ranking Member DeLauro: As your Committees begin the fiscal year 2018 appropriations process, the 1,456 local, state and national organizations listed below urge you to provide at least $1.167 billion in funding for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) Program (Title IV Part B of the Every Student Succeeds Act). At this funding level, which is consistent with fiscal year 2016, local school and community based providers of afterschool and summer learning programs will be able to sustain quality programming for 1.6 million children in high-need communities. In every state and almost every Congressional district, 21st Century Community Learning Center funding supports afterschool and summer learning programs that offer locally based school and community solutions that keep children and teenagers safe, inspire young people to learn and support working families. These federal formula grants to states enable communities to leverage local resources by providing seed grants for 3-5 years that support community partnerships among community-based organizations, faith based partners, private industry, and school partners (public, private, and charters). Between 2006 and 2010, these grants leveraged more than $1 billion in partner contributions. 21st CCLC programs reflect the needs of local communities. Students gain access to activities and services designed to reinforce and complement the regular academic program, such as: hands on learning, physical activity, cooking classes, workforce development opportunities including gaining knowledge and skills in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) that underpin most modern jobs, drug and violence prevention programs, counseling programs, the arts, and more. Additionally, families of children served have access to their own programs in literacy and related educational development. These programs provide an infrastructure to bring in other resources to students including access to mentors, tutors, snacks and meals, and in some places medical, dental and mental health programs. Afterschool programs show returns on investment with reports from Minnesota, Vermont, Maryland and Oklahoma and nationally showing that each dollar invested in afterschool programs saves up to $9 by increasing young people’s learning potential, improving student performance in school, and reducing juvenile crime. Quality afterschool programming prepares students for college and the workforce, as demonstrated through evaluation reports from 21st Century Community Learning Center programs across states: o Texas: Students participating in Texas’ 21st CCLC afterschool programs, referred to as the Afterschool Centers on Education (ACE), were more likely to be promoted to the next grade. The longer students were in the program, the greater the impact reducing disciplinary incidents and school-day absences. o California: A statewide longitudinal evaluation of the After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens (ASSETs) program—California’s high school component of the 21st CCLC program— found that students participating in the ASSETs program performed better on the ELA and math sections of state tests than non-participants. Students who regularly participate in 21st Century Community Learning Centers improve their school attendance, class participation and behavior, homework completion, and reading and math achievement scores and grades. The demand for afterschool programs continues to grow in communities of all types, including rural, urban and suburban communities. Nationally, for every one student in a program, two more are waiting to get in. Students spend 80% of their waking hours outside of school. Good policy means investing in programs that keep our students engaged after the traditional school days ends, when 11.3 million children are unsupervised and juvenile crime and risky behaviors peak. Afterschool programs provide safe, engaging, time tested and research based solutions that work for students, families, communities, and the nation. Thank you for supporting sustained funding for 21st CCLC. National Organizations 9to5, National Association of Working Women A World Fit For Kids! AASA, The School Superintendents Association AESA - Association of Education Service Agencies After School All Stars Afterschool Alliance Alliance for Strong Families & Communities AlphaBEST Education America SCORES American Camp Association American Federation of Teachers American Heart Association America's Promise Alliance Association for Child and Youth Care Practice, Imc Association of School Business Officials International Association of Science and Technology Centers Avodah Badass Teachers Association BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life) Bolster Collaborative, Inc. BOOST Collaborative Boys & Girls Clubs of America Brightways Learning Broadcom Foundation Camp Fire Campaign for Environmental Literacy Carnegie Hall Center for Assessment, Strategic Planning, Evaluation and Research Child Care Aware of America Child Welfare League of America Children's Advocacy Institute Children's Leadership Council Children's Mental Health Network Citizen Schools Coaching Corps Coalition for Community Schools Coalition for Juvenile Justice Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) Committee for Children Communities In Schools CoolSpeak Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA) Economic Policy Institute Policy Center EnvisionEdPlus Every Child Matters Every Hour Counts Family Support Circle, Inc Family Values @ Work FBI National Academy Associates FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science & Technology) First Focus Campaign for Children Food Research and Action Center Forum for Youth Investment Foundations, Inc G3 Girl Scouts of the USA Girls for Gender Equity Girls Inc. Girls on the Run (GOTR) Global Kids, Inc. Good Shepherd Services Higher Achievement iCan Shine, Inc. Imajine That Inspirational Ones Justice for Families Kids Included Together Labor Project for Working Families League of United Latin American Citizens Make Music Count Marathon Kids MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership MomsRising National AfterSchool Association National Association for Family, School and Community Engagement (NAFSCE) National Association of Counsel for Children National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) National Association of State Boards of Education National Council of Jewish Women National Council of Youth Sports (NCYS) National Education Association National Employment Law Project National Farm to School Network National Girls Collaborative National Guild for Community Arts Education National Human Services Assembly National Institute on Out-of-School Time National League of Cities National Network for Youth National PTA National Recreation and Park Association National Rural Education Advocacy Consortium National Rural Education Association National School Boards Association National Science Teachers Association National Summer Learning Association National Title I Association National Women's Law Center National Writing Project National Youth Employment Coalition National Youth Leadership Council NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice New York Hall of Science North American Association for Environmental Education Oral Health America Overdeck Family Foundation Partnership for America's Children PCS Edventures Play Rugby, Inc. ProgressNow Public Advocacy for Kids Right At School Rural School and Community Trust Save the Children School Nutrition Association SchoolHouse Connection Share Our Strength STEM Education Coalition Tabernacle Charities Inc. Teach For America The Children's Advocacy Institute The Learning Agenda The National Association for Bilingual Education The Richard W Riley Institute at Furman The Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality Two Gems Consulting Services U.S. Dream Academy United Way Worldwide University of Cincinnati - College-Conservatory of Music Unlocking Futures US Lacrosse Virtual Enterprises International, Inc. WINGS for kids Wow Science Corp YMCA of the USA Young Adult Library Services Association Young Audiences Youth Communication Youth Service America State and Local Organizations Alaska Afterschool Network AK Anchorage Alaska Children's Trust AK Anchorage Alaska Food Coalition AK Anchorage Boys & Girls Clubs of the Kenai Peninsula AK Kenai Peninsula Fairbanks Aviation Services AK Fairbanks Food Bank of Alaska AK Nenana City School District AK Nenana BCHS 21st CCLC Afterschool Program AL Bay Minette Girls Inc. of Dothan AL Dothan Kinston Community Learning Center AL Kinston New Hope Community Learning Center AL New Hope Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance AR The Arkansas Out of School Network AR Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence AZ City of Tempe: Kid Zone Enrichment Program AZ City of Tempe Marana Unified School District AZ Marana Page Unified School District AZ Page Active Learning CA Santa Ana After-School