Policy and Action Center: Take Action

Bills in the U.S. House and Senate would eliminate the only federal funding source dedicated to afterschool, the 21st Century Community Learning Center grants.  Learn more and take action by emailing Congress to support afterschool—it only takes a moment of your time to make a difference.

You can also get ideas for how to make a difference on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram in our social media toolkit. To maximize your impact, find your representatives’ Twitter handles and tag them!

If you have 2 minutes…

• Send a message to Congress
• Sign the national "Afterschool for All" petition
• Send an email to your friends about the importance of afterschool and asking them to take action
• Sign up for our weekly digest

• Call or write Congress using our sample letter and call script
• Check to see if your Members of Congress are on the Afterschool Caucus—if not, ask them to join 

• Write your newspaper

Ready for more?

• Invite elected officials to tour your afterschool program
• Start a letter writing campaign
• Speak to law makers at the Afterschool for All Challenge in the spring
• Distribute an Afterschool for All petition in your community
• Host or attend a Lights On Afterschool event
• Visit our Program Toolbox for more ideas on reaching policy makers
• Help make afterschool an issue in local and national elections