Afterschool Funding and Administration in Minnesota: A look at afterschool and out-of-school-time funding streams and their administration in the state of Minnesota

Abstract

Beginning in April 2009, the Minnesota Department of Education has examined and reported periodically on the magnitude of afterschool and out-of-school time (OST) funding from public and philanthropic sources available in the state of Minnesota. The present report addresses the availability of afterschool funding in the state, using the same logic format as previous reports. Additionally, the report pays special attention to the 21st Century Community Learning Centers federal grant because it is the largest single source of funding for afterschool programming in the state. This report contains process improvement and evaluative material considering the management of that grant at the state level. To this end, the report is divided into two parts: the funding streams report and the process improvement report. The paper concludes with recommendations for moving forward, including recommendations on how the funding streams report can evolve to better reflect the current state of available funding in Minnesota.