What started as an after-school activity center is now much more to the families it serves. The Multi-Ethnic Youth Group Association, or MEYGA, Learning Center in Liberty City is evolving with the area around it and making Miami Proud. 

The state child care planning template for the next three years is out! From now until July 1, State Administrative Agencies will be determining how to spend over $12 billion annually in federal Child Care and Development Funds (CCDF) dedicated to helping eligible families find affordable, high-quality child care, afterschool, and summer programs for their children aged 0-13. 

Leesburg Police Department and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida have been working together to direct a pilot program to teach a curriculum implemented by L.E.A.D. (Law Enforcement Against Drugs & Violence).

Troy Foundation provides $112K grant to start new program this fall, but fee for families is still being finalized; childcare shortage has been called pressing issue in Miami County.

NextWaveSTEM provides in-school, summer camp, and after-school summer courses by providing STEM instructors, FL Standards aligned curriculum, teacher professional development, and STEM equipment kits on the following technologies to help start or expand your STEAM program. NextWaveSTEM is an approved vendor in multiple Florida school districts (Miami Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties).

Applications due May 15, 2024! The Elevating OST Leadership Initiative invites first to third-year OST directors or assistant directors to apply to be a part of this hybrid leadership training series that combines in-person and virtual training sessions. The Initiative will take practitioners through a journey of leadership skill development and practice, self-awareness, harnessing one’s passions, learning to communicate with fierce compassion, visioning and creating actionable goals for the future.

An organization in Penn Hills is giving young people not only a safe place to go and have fun after school, but a place for the community to gather. With energy to burn off, the after-school programming from the Young Black Motivated Kings and Queens nonprofit gives kids a place where they play with friends, from basketball to tug of war to running around the playground.

Youth research leader reflects on her experience studying out-of-school time programs and what's next. Youth participatory action research (YPAR) operates under the principle that young people should be deeply involved in developing solutions to challenges that directly affect them. 

Florida Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nunez encourages students in grades

K–5 to create an art piece inspired by the theme: Suit Up! Florida’s Space Suit of the Future. Finalists will win two tickets to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Two lucky grand prize winners, one selected from each group, will have their artwork launched into space on an upcoming mission!

Submissions are due Friday, May 24.