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Ideas, how-tos and news from Belonging Games: plug-and-play enrichment, funding, staffing, and what to do when the day changes.
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Funding & programs
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Funding & programs21st CCLC enrichment: what the program funds, and what no-prep options exist
What the federal 21st Century Community Learning Centers program funds (academic enrichment plus a broad array of activities, including cultural and STEM programs), what it requires, and the no-prep enrichment options that fit.
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Funding & programsELO-P enrichment: what the program requires, and what no-prep options exist
What California's ELO-P requires of TK-6 after-school programs (nine-hour days, 30 intersession days, staff ratios, enrichment not instruction) and the no-prep enrichment options that fit those rules.
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Funding & programsWhat after-school enrichment costs: vendor sessions, curriculum licenses, and a ready layer compared
Published prices for the three ways after-school programs pay for enrichment: outside-instructor vendors per child, curriculum licenses per school, and a ready layer per site. With worked examples.
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Make every after-school day a little more interesting.
Give your educators something wonderful to do with children, without adding more work to their day.