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Thank you for joining us last week for Afterschool Conversations. We hope you enjoyed our discussion highlighting the exciting 2025-2026 year of NJSACC.  Please enjoy the summer and we hope to see you in the Zoom room when we resume on September 17th!  Join the FLASH to stay up to date on Next Year’s Afterschool Conversations

🤩 Exciting Opportunity from New Jersey Audubon Check out this exciting opportunity from New Jersey Audubon that may benefit families in your community. Thanks to generous support from PSEG, Wings to Wonder provides summer camp access awards for children within the PSEG service area to attend NJ Audubon’s Lorimer (Franklin Lakes) and Scherman Hoffman (Bernardsville)…

NJSACC Celebrates National Caribbean American Heritage Month. You can too. National Caribbean American Heritage Month celebrates the contributions Caribbean Americans have made to American history, society, and culture. Some National Caribbean American Heritage Month Resources 19 Books to Celebrate Caribbean American Heritage 20 Books To Celebrate Caribbean American Heritage Month Caribbean American Heritage Month: Instructional…

NJSACC Celebrates Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Pride Month. You Can Too. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Pride Month celebrates the contributions Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Americans have made to American history, society, and culture. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Pride Month Resources 15 Books on LGBTQ History for Kids…

NJSACC Celebrates Juneteenth. You can too. Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people were freed. The troops’ arrival came a full 2 ½ years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth honors…

📸 FLASH of PHOTOS 📸 🌆 From the NJSACC Field 🌆 🐝🕸️ A Busy Month of Learning, Leadership, and Connection 🕸️🐝 The past several weeks have been a powerful reminder of what makes New Jersey’s afterschool and out-of-school time community so special. Across conferences, trainings, and leadership events, professionals from every corner of the state…

🖼️ The 2026 Lights On Afterschool Poster Contest is open The Lights On Afterschool poster contest is officially open, and this year, we’re looking for any artwork that represents the spirit of afterschool programs. This includes murals, paintings, graphics on social media, and anything else that celebrates afterschool. Be creative! We encourage students to think of how your program…

🎤 From Grow NJ Kids Training Services: Share Your Voice, Shape Our Trainings! Share Your Voice, Shape Our Trainings! Grow NJ Kids Training Services (GNJKTS) is a partnership between the Institute for Families at the Rutgers University School of Social Work and the New Jersey Department of Human Services (DHS). GNJKTS develops, coordinates, and delivers…

💳 The e-Child Care Banking Information Button is live Dear Child Care Provider, The e-Child Care Banking Information Button is live and you are now able to enter your banking information for the new e-Child Care Payment System (Tyler Technologies) through NJCCIS. All providers (new and current CCAP providers) will be required to enter their…

🎨 Keep Creativity at the Center of Summer Learning Not every great summer activity needs to be loud, complicated, or perfectly planned. Sometimes the moments youth remember most are the ones where they get to create something, express themselves, and feel proud of what they made. That’s why creative programming matters so much in the…