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Commissioners discuss ASAP after-school program funding, capacity and coordination with local nonprofits
Summary
City staff reported enrollment, attendance and program outcomes for ASAP after-school sites and discussed funding from CDBG and other sources. Commissioners raised sustainability and coordination with Boys & Girls Club, Girls Inc. and other providers.
Sheila Ware, director of Housing and Community Services, presented program and performance information about the city-run ASAP after-school program and said commissioners should consider funding sustainability and collaboration with other local providers.
"The importance of ASAP is that they have to offer. 1 in 4 youths are alone and unsupervised after school," Ware said, explaining the program’s mission to provide supervision, homework help and enrichment for children in neighborhoods served by ASAP sites.
Ware provided enrollment and attendance data for the 2024–25 school year: at the Glenwood location (726 E. 14th Court) 31 students were enrolled with a daily average attendance of 26; 36 students participated in the summer program with a daily average of 30. The Panaville site (1804 Flower…
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