Author: NJSACC

NJ.gov Issues Digital Working Papers plus COVID Alerts Retired Teens and Guardians: Working Papers are Going Digital Starting on June 1st, 2023, Working Papers applications will be online at MyWorkingPapers.NJ.gov. Employers hiring teenagers must register online to receive a unique 8-digit code and share that code with every minor they intend to hire. The potential hire can…

Competitive Notice of Grant Opportunity (NGO): 21st Century Community Learning Centers – due Thu June 1 Applicants may attend a technical session, which will be held virtually on Thursday, May 18, 2023 from 10:00 A.M – 11:00 A.M.  Attendance is not mandatory.  If attending, registration is required.  Applicants must register online at: https://homeroom5.doe.state.nj.us/events/?p=a.  If there are…

Soaring Beyond Expectations 2023: A Statewide Afterschool Celebration – Fri Jun 9 New Jersey‘s 21st Century Community Learning Center Programs Present: Soaring Beyond Expectations: A Statewide #Afterschool Celebration This Afterschool Showcase will highlight best practices of NJ’s 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) Programs This event is open statewide to anyone interested in utilizing afterschool, before school, or summer school…

NJSACC Develops Important ESSER Toolkit, A Guide for New Jersey School & District Leaders NJSACC has developed a free, downloadable toolkit with all of the information needed to assist school leaders partner with quality afterschool providers to create afterschool, out-of-school time (OST), and summer programs using ESSER funds. The toolkit includes: How to Get Started Checklist: Resources to help schools and…

Strategic Planning for American Rescue Plan Act CCDF Discretionary Supplemental Funds The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP Act) (Pub. Law 117-2), signed on March 11, 2021, includes $14.99 billion in supplemental Child Care and Development (CCDF) Discretionary Funds to help states, territories, and Tribes recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and rebuild a better child care…

Check out this May Moonshot Minute and more! Networks — Here is your May Moonshot Minute: Applications open for Project EDGE Social-Emotional Curriculum Testers! Project EDGE (Engagement and Development for Girls through Engineering) is testing and evaluating an OST curriculum that integrates engineering activities and social-emotional development for youth with the goal of developing STEM identity…

Share your perspective: Short Survey on Professional Development To inspire and inform Change Up Learning, we’re sharing a short survey for youth development professionals across the country. We’d be grateful if you’d be willing to complete the survey and/or share it with your colleagues. There’s a chance to win $100 + ten free subscriptions to…

Registration Now Open: Nita M. Lowey 21st CCLC 2023 Summer Symposium – July 19-20 – New Orleans The U.S. Department of Education (the Department) is pleased to announce that registration for the Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) 2023 Summer Symposium is now open! This two-day event provides State educational agencies and their grantees with…

NJSACC’s Director of Program Services Jessica Heiberg Shares Her Afterschool Story! Did you attend an afterschool program in your youth? Tell us what you did after school usually. I did not attend an afterschool program. After school, I would come home or go to a friend’s house. Usually I would do homework, watch a little…

NJSACC’s Digital Technology Director Adam Cruz Shares His Afterschool Story! Did you attend an afterschool program in your youth? Tell us what you did after school usually. I was born in NYC but grew up in Paterson, NJ until I was 10 years old. Going to School #20 meant that most of us with parents…