One Stop Shopping for Federal Funding Sources! A New Searchable Database from The Finance Project

Confused about finding federal funding for your afterschool program? Look no further than The Finance Project. They have created a new, on-line searchable database of federal funding sources that should help take the mystery out of what is available and how you can access it.

This project is part of a Clearinghouse on Expanding and Sustaining Youth Programs and Policies developed in collaboration with the Forum on Youth Investment.

The Finance Project Issues Tool for Funders: Investing in the Sustainability of Youth Programs

The Finance Project, known for developing and issuing tools to help sustain quality afterschool and youth programs, has issued another tool. Called Investing in the Sustainability of Youth Programs: An Assessment Tool for Funders, this publication will assist the philanthropic community in determining how they can more effectively marshal their resources to help children and youth in the communities in which they fund.

This is another resource that may help you, as 21st CCLC Program Coordinators, reach out to funders in your communities to better support your afterschool programs.

Youth Programs Resource Center Issues Monthly Funding Tips

The Finance Project, through its Youth Programs Resource Center issues monthly funding tips to help programs sustain their work. The monthly series began in June 2007 and their website maintains an archive of all the monthly tips.

February's monthly tip addresses how to partner with other organizations in rural communities to improve transportation.
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