Take a journey through an incredible year of growth, innovation, and community impact!

Explore the highlights, milestones, and stories that made this year unforgettable. Click on the drop-down menus to relive the moments that shaped NJSACC’s success and discover how with you all, we’ve impacted youth and families and inspired change. Dive in and see the difference we made together!

NJSACC’s Impact

This year we Released our Inaugural Annual Impact report

  • The annual impact report quantifies NJSACC’s overall impact on the OST professional community.

 

A Few Of The Resources We Offer

annual conferences

  • NJSACC Annual Conference For Afterschool and OST Professionals
  • Annual Soaring Beyond Expectations 21st CCLC Showcase

ESSER Funding Toolkit for School Leaders

  • Assisting school districts utilize the funds available to them through ESSER funding.

Afterschool FLASH

  • NJSACC’s online blog connecting Afterschool and OST professionals with the most relevant news and events.

Professional Development

  • Used as part of the process of continuous quality improvement.

Technical Assistance & Quality Coaching

  • Provided with funding from the NJ Department of Human Services, Division of Family Development as part of a Federal CCDF Block Grant Earmark, quality coaching staff provide targeted, technical assistance for school-age programs and providers.

Afterschool Conversations

  • Join us for our monthly virtual networking sessions where we share updates from the field, resources, guest experts and speakers, and dynamic conversations with the OST school-age community throughout NJ.

Click here to check out NJSACC’s many available resources

Annual Conference On Afterschool & OST

NJSACC Annual Conference Attended by 300 Afterschool Program Professionals

THE LARGEST STATEWIDE CONFERENCE FOR NJ AFTERSCHOOL AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PROFESSIONALS

CELEBRATED THE STATE’S SUCCESS IN AFTERSCHOOL, S.T.E.A.M, AND EXPANDED LEARNING

40 plus workshops and over 300 participants

NJSACC, the nonprofit organization serving New Jersey’s afterschool and out-of-school time (OST) professional community, held its annual conference April 26-27, 2024, featuring over 40 workshops and speakers aimed at improving the quality of afterschool and out-of-school time programs.

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Soaring Beyond Expectations

Soaring Beyond Expectations

showcases best practices of NJ’s Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers

16 workshops

100 participants

This event is open statewide to anyone interested in utilizing afterschool, before school, or summer school as a strategy to improve youth’s knowledge and skills and engage them in meaningful learning opportunities.

Read Full Article Here

Quality Improvement

Web based trainings

  • NJSACC offers online professional development for free or low cost. Take trainings from the comfort of your home 24/7!

See More Here

Enhanced Technical Assistance and Training

See our trainings here

Quality Coaching Initiative

  • With grant funding from the NJ Department of Human Services, Division of Family Development as part of a Federal CCDF Block Grant Earmark, quality coaching staff provide targeted, technical assistance for school-age providers.
  • In addition, quality coaching staff offer program observations, targeted tools and resources tailored to your individual program needs.

See Our Special Initiatives  For More

Targeted Technical Assistance Program

The (TTA) Program

  • Provided with funding from the NJ Department of Human Services, Division of Family Development as part of a Federal CCDF Block Grant Earmark, NJSACC’s quality coaching staff provide targeted, technical assistance for school-age programs and providers.

Learn More Here

Technical Assistance & Quality Coaching

  • Our Quality Coaches have years of hands on experience in the field and access to high quality out of school time tools, resources, and training to share with NJ’s school age staff, programs and providers.
FLASH Afterschool Blog

We keep you up to date on events, news and information in the afterschool and out of school time profession

  • Daily News and Insights
  • Daily Social Media Updates
  • An Audience of 2000+ Afterschool and OST Providers & Advocates
  • Disseminating information on Trainings, Grants, Job Opportunities and Resources 

Subscribe Here

ESSER Funding Toolkit

The esser funding toolkit: optimize your district’s funds

NJSACC’s free, downloadable toolkit has all of the information needed to help school leaders use ESSER funds to partner with quality afterschool and OST providers and meet NJDOE requirements.

Visit the ESSER Funding Page for more information

Afterschool Conversations Series

Broaden your professional networks with real conversation

Join us for our monthly virtual networking sessions where we share updates from the field, resources, guest experts and speakers, and dynamic conversations with the OST school-age community throughout NJ.

Every third Thursday of the month, NJSACC hosts this easy to access online conversation to provide opportunities to network with other OST professionals.

Join The Conversation!

National Partnerships

Click here to visit NAA on the web

National afterschool association

NJSACC is the New Jersey Affiliate of the National AfterShool Association. NAA and its State Affiliates share a mutual purpose and agreement to support, develop, and advocate for Out-of-School Time professionals and the profession. NAA and its State Affiliates build connectivity among stakeholders and create opportunities for engagement to ensure a vibrant future for the Out-of-School Time profession.

OST professionals who are not currently paid NAA members and live in New Jersey, our state affiliation and annual conference registration make you eligible for a free NAA membership. If you prefer, NAA membership may be purchased directly from NAA on a sliding scale from $25 to $150. Membership options may be found here on the NAA website.

Click here to visit the 50 State Afterschool Network on the web

50 State afterschool network

NJSACC is also a proud partner of the 50 State Afterschool Network.

See more from them here

Charles stewart mott foundation

Over more than nine decades, the Mott Foundation has sought to advance and strength the well-being of all aspects of the community.

See more from them here

See All Our Friends & Partners Here

Kids Included Together (KIT)

Kit & njsacc work together like peanut butter & jelly

KIT partners with NJSACC to provide behavior and inclusion professional development throughout the year.

See our trainings here

Full STEAM Ahead

Proudly supporting the positive work of s.t.e.a.m programs with full steam ahead

NJSACC’s Afterschool Initiative brings new resources, training and expertise to NJ’s afterschool and OST providers.

Million Girls Moonshot

The moonshot always sets its sights on the stars

Each month, NJSACC brings you The Million Girl Moonshot newsletter, rounding up accessible training opportunities, role models, and most importantly, STEM activities for New Jersey’s afterschool communities.

Youth Entrepreneurship

building a better future with support from the mott foundation

With support from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association (NJPSA) and NJSACC, partnered to expand Youth Entrepreneurship education. Youth Entrepreneurship builds important 21st century and workforce skills, such as problem solving, financial literacy, and effective communication. It also encourages youth to have a ‘future oriented’ mindset; this mindset is critical for college and career readiness.

Lights On Afterschool

Shedding light on the role afterschool programs play in each community

Lights on Afterschool is a nationwide celebration of the important role afterschool programs play in the lives of children, families, and communities.

21st CCLC Technical Assistance Grant

Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers Technical Assistance Grant

For 15 years, NJSACC partners with the New Jersey Department of Education to develop and conduct capacity building training and technical assistance to the Nita M. Lowey 21st CCLC program staff and other eligible entities within New Jersey.

Grant Yourself Access To More Information Here

NJ's Quality Standards for Afterschool

proudly helping our communities raise their standards

What are the NJ Quality Standards for Afterschool (NJQSA)?

  • A resource for self-evaluation.
  • Used as part of the process of continuous quality improvement.
  • Includes a rubric providing descriptions of quality program performance levels.

Learn How To Raise Your Standards Here

Youth Mental Health First Aid

not all injuries are visible, requiring a different approach to healing

Youth Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a skills-based training that teaches OST professionals how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among children and adolescents ages 12-18. NJSACC offers training in Youth MHFA at various times throughout the year.

Diane Genco Award

NJSACC Annual Conference Attended by 300 Afterschool Program Professionals

2nd annual Diane Genco Award for Excellence in Out-of-School Time was awarded to Dr. Dawn Stokes-Tyler

This year, to honor our professional community, the 2nd annual Diane Genco Award for Excellence in Out-of-School Time was awarded to Dr. Dawn Stokes-Tyler of East Orange Public Schools, Director of the Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers program, The Path. This award recognizes a professional nominated by peers because they exemplify characteristics of professionalism and practice that meets high quality standards in the Afterschool and OST Communities they serve.

NJSACC Annual Conference Attended by 300 Afterschool Program Professionals

Agency Highlights

NJSACC connected with over 600 OST professionals: impacting over 540,000 youth

  • Over 600 OST Professionals were impacted through NJSACC’s conferences, workshops and training opportunities.
  • Transitively 540,000+ youth were influenced by the work NJSACC did through these OST professionals.

Released Inaugural Annual Impact report

  • The annual impact report quantifies NJSACC’s overall impact on the OST professional community.

new agency initiatives

  • Youth Mental Health First Aid Training
  • OST Career Pathways Program
  • Taking The Pulse Survey 2024

Welcomed 5 new Board of Trustees Members

  • Joseph Licata, Chief Executive Officer of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Lower Bergen County
  • Yolanda Greene, Associate at the Taylor Law Group LLC
  • Michael Fletcher, Chief of Staff and Director, SEEDS-Access Changes Everything
  • Celeste Banks, Director of Government Programs, Retention, and Recruitment, Irvington Public Schools
  • Robert Foster, Executive Director, Boys & Girls Club of Clifton

OST Advocacy at Afterschool for All Challenge in DC

NJ Quality Standards for Afterschool included in NJCCIS

  • NJSACC has partnered with the NJ Department of Human Services, Division of Family Development to include the NJQSA as a continuous program quality resource to be utilized by any state funded school-age provider, via NJCCIS.