The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE), partnering with Arkansas State University (ASU) and the Arkansas Out of School Network has awarded $1.8 million for summer and extended-year learning programs, including four area schools.
Harrison Public Schools, Mountain View School District, Mammoth Spring School District and Melbourne School District have been named as four of the 30 recipients.
Grants range between $35,000 and $75,000 for the award period of May 15 to Aug. 15. The summer awards provide funding for high-quality summer learning activities, including literacy, STEM, academic support and skill building, social-emotional learning, health and wellness, enrichment and workforce development.
Awardees include school districts and community-based partnership programs who will utilize grant awards to address the academic impact of lost instructional time on student learning.
The Arkansas Out of School Network works to promote an expansion of school-based and school-linked afterschool and summer programs serving children and youth ages 5-19.
Round two of the grant application for the 2022-2023 term will close July 15 and may be accessed at aosn.org.
Awardees will be announced Aug. 1.
The other grant awardees include:
-A Different Stroke of Art, North Little Rock;
-Applying Positive Touches / Down and Distance, Little Rock;
-Arkansas Delta Solutions, Monticello;
-Arkansas Employment Center, Little Rock;
-Arkansas River Education Service Cooperative, Pine Bluff;
-Arkansas School for the Deaf, Little Rock;
-Boys and Girls Club Arkansas River Valley, Russellville;
-Boys and Girls Club El Dorado;
-Boys and Girls Club McGehee;
-Carters Crew, North Little Rock;
-City Youth Ministries, Jonesboro;
-Cutter Morning Star School District, Hot Springs;
-Fordyce School District;
-Four State Urban Development / Literacy Council Bowie & Miller Counties, Texarkana;
-Girl Scouts Diamonds, Little Rock;
-Gravette School District;
-Greenland School District;
-Hermitage Elementary;
-Life Skills for Youth, Little Rock;
-Moncrief Game Changer, Little Rock;
-Pleasant Grove Baptist Church/SACK, Bald Knob;
-Second Baptist Church, Little Rock;
-Sheridan Public School District;
-Southside School District, Batesville;
-TOPPS, Pine Bluff; and
-William F. Laman Library, North Little Rock.
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