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Project ISAAC after-school program details 21st CCLC funding, attendance metrics and services
Summary
Project ISAAC site coordinators briefed the board on 21st Century Community Learning Centers funding and program operations, describing funding formulas, allowable activities, staffing and the county program's participation and attendance metrics.
Project ISAAC staff presented details of the county’s 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) grant-funded after-school program at the May 6 board meeting, explaining federal funding rules, program activities and data on student participation.
Mary Jo Bestine, a site coordinator for Project ISAAC, said West Virginia received about $800,000 in 21st CCLC funds this cycle and that awarded grants to local providers typically ranged from about $50,000 to $250,000. She described the current federal payment formula the county uses to estimate awards: the state recently moved to a per-student calculation of $3,050 times average daily attendance (ADA) to determine funding for a site.
Bestine described program elements at the Mountaineer site and others: an SEL (social-emotional learning) component run daily, career and culinary activities, a part-time director (10 hours/week for the county’s program manager), six after-school professional staff, partner-provided in-kind activity buses and a 30% administrative cap on grant administration. Bestine reported Project ISAAC had served 43 students in the year to date, and that 20 students met the 30-day participation threshold while 23 met a 60–90 hour participation threshold used for federal reporting.
The presenters said 21st CCLC funds can be used for before/after-school and summer programming, academic support, credit recovery, counseling, enrichment and transportation; they noted state grant competition is high and described the application cycle (opens February 1, due in spring, five-year grant cycle). No board action or new county funding was requested; presenters sought continued support for program delivery and coordination with district activity buses and staffing.
