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Budget and Appropriations FY 24

  • President’s FY 2024 budget request released in spring 2023
    • Proposed $3 billion increase to education funding
    • 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) would be level funded at $1.3 billion
  • House and Senate FY 2024 spending bills level funded 21st CCLC at $1.3 billion
  • Congress has been struggling to pass FY 2024 spending bills: 6 bill package expected to pass by March 8: Includes CJS with Youth Mentoring, JJ, STEM education funds
  • Federal government operating via a continuing resolutions (CR) through March 22nd for 6 other bills incl. Labor, HHS, Education spending bill - top line funding levels indicate cuts or level funding is likely

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Congress and Afterschool Funding – Calendar for FY 25

  • March 2024: President’s State of the Union Address (March 7) and budget proposal (March 11), as well as a congressional budget resolution for FY 2025
    • Afterschool Alliance starts conveying request for $750 million increase to Capitol Hill
  • April/May/June 2024: Appropriations subcommittees and full committees mark up bills (maybe), based on the budget caps set in the Fiscal Responsibility Act
  • June 10-11 2024: Afterschool for All Challenge
  • July 2024+++
    • Speaker Johnson wants to resolve spending bills early so Members can hit the campaign trail without government closures as a possibility

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WIOA and YWRA

    • Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act - HB 6655
      • Invests in Labor Department job training and other programs
      • Proposed changes address opportunity youth and how to serve them
      • Bipartisan bill has passed the House Education Committee
    • Youth Workforce Readiness Act - S. 454/HB 3416
      • Establishes a competitive grant through the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment & Training Administration for eligible national, youth-serving out-of-school time organizations providing youth workforce readiness programs for youth between the ages of 6 to 18.
      • Also re-establishes Youth Councils to work in coordination with local workforce boards providing expertise in youth policy.
      • Programs will focus on four overarching pillars that support youth workforce readiness.

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Every Student

www.engageeverystudent.org

Make a

PLEDGE

to work toward Afterschool and Summer for all.

Become an

ALLY

of Engage.

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The Shortfall:

$10.2 Billion

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The Need: ESSER obligation deadline coming in September 2024, sustainability of programs will depend on a mix of federal, state, and local funds.

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State Budget Appropriations – New in 2022 & 23

Alabama - 2022

    • $1.5 million in 2022 for Afterschool and Summer Program. Additional $1.3 million provided in 2023 for $2.8 million in total funding

Minnesota - 2023

    • $30 million appropriated over 4 years ($7.5M annually) for the Afterschool Community Learning Grant program in 2023.

Michigan - 2023

    • $50 million for afterschool in 2023, with 60% to CBO’s. in 2022, state utilized $25 million in ARP funds for afterschool, now continuing with state dollars.

New Mexico - 2023

    • $20 million for out-of-school time programs, $10 million of which is for afterschool and summer programs.

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Texas- 2023

    • $5 million over 2 years ($2.5 million annually) for out-of-school time programs run by CBO’s.

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