AFTERSCHOOL IN

Wisconsin

Afterschool programs in Wisconsin keep kids safe, boost student success, and help parents keep their jobs. Kids achieve more, productivity goes up, and risky behaviors go down.

Wisconsin parents strongly support afterschool:

82%

support public funding for afterschool

70%

say afterschool helps them keep their jobs

58%

say afterschool excites kids about learning

75%

say afterschool reduces the likelihood that kids will engage in risky behavior

The need for programs far exceeds the funding available.

Among Wisconsin's K-12 students:

121,469

are enrolled in afterschool

265,984

are waiting for an available program

205,209

are alone and unsupervised after school

Learn more about afterschool in Wisconsin

21st Century Community Learning Centers are the only federally funded before-school, afterschool, and summer learning programs.

TODAY

FY 2018

17,098^*

of kids enrolled in Wisconsin afterschool attend a 21st CCLC program

$17,098,395

in federal funds supports 21st CCLC programs statewide

PROPOSED BUDGET

FY 2019

0

kids served in Wisconsin

$0

to Wisconsin

Learn more about 21st Century Community Learning Centers

* This figure is an Afterschool Alliance calculation based on the state-allocated 21st CCLC funding and a program cost of $1,000 per child. The program cost per child is an Afterschool Alliance estimation based on the Department of Education's per-student expenditures for: (1) all students attending 21st CCLC programs and (2) students who regularly attend 21st CCLC programs.

Wisconsin Contacts

NETWORK

AMBASSADORS

CAUCUS

VISTA

The statewide afterschool network is working to ensure that all kids have access to high-quality afterschool and summer learning programs.

Randy Neve
Wisconsin Afterschool Network
NULL
Marshfield, WI NULL
715-221-8404
neve.randy@marshfieldclinic.org
http://www.wiafterschoolnetwork.org/

AMBASSADORS work to ensure that all kids have access to high-quality afterschool and summer learning programs.

Ambassador Emeritus
Eric Vanden Heuvel
Boys and Girls Club of Green Bay, WI
311 S Oneida St
Green Bay, WI 54303
(920) 494-7090 , x1052
Send email

Ambassador Emeritus
Larry Reed
MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS RECREATION
PO Box 461
Milwaukee, WI 53201-0461
414-475-8788
Send email

Ambassador Emeritus
ROBIN MAINHARDT
Northwest Connection Family Resources
P.O. Box 456
Rhinelander, WI 54501
(715) 369-9255
Send email

Ambassador Emeritus
KATHERINE DUNKERSON
Racine Unified School District
3109 Mt. Pleasant
Racine, WI 53404
(262) 644-6990
Send email

Since 2005, members of the Afterschool Caucus in both the Senate and the House of Representatives have been building support and resources for quality afterschool programs.

Caucus members in your state:

Sen Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)

For the past 7 years, the Afterschool Alliance has been a proud sponsor organization for national AmeriCorps VISTA projects, supporting State Afterschool Networks and STEM Ecosystems to increase the access to and quality of enrichment opportunities for youth.

Currently there are no Afterschool VISTA locations in your state.

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