The 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program supports the creation of community learning centers that provide academic enrichment during non-school hours for children, particularly students who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools. The program helps students meet state and local student standards in core academic subjects, such as reading and math; offers students a broad array of enrichment activities that can complement their regular academic programs; and offers literacy and other educational services to the families of participating children.

21st Century Community Learning Center Resources

•  2021-2022 Arkansas 21st CCLC Grant Guidance (Revised 07-15-21) (PDF)
•  List of 2021-2022 Grantees (PDF)
•  2021-2022 Awarded Grant Applications
•  Prescreened External Organizations
  •  Process to Become a Prescreened External Organization
  •  External Organization Application
•  Arkansas 21st Century Community Learning Centers Statewide Evaluation Reports
  •  2019-2020 Statewide Evaluation Report (PDF)
  •  2018-2019 Statewide Evaluation Report (PDF)
  •  2017-2018 Statewide Evaluation Report (PDF)
  •  2016-2017 Statewide Evaluation Report (PDF)
•  Additional Resources
  •  ADE DESE FY 2021-2022 21st Century Preliminary Allocations (XLXS)

Nita M. Lowey Arkansas 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant Application Available (October 6, 2021 through December 3, 2021)

The online grant application window will open for submissions October 6, 2021 through December 3, 2021. Zoom technical support trainings will be provided on the grant guidance on the following dates. Registration is not required.

Grant Application Guidance Technical Support Meetings

• Thursday, October 21, 2021, at 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.  Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/6084306498                     Slides: bit.ly/21cclcAppSlides
• Wednesday, November 10, 2021, at 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.   Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/6084306498.            Slides: bit.ly/21cclcAppSlides

For more information about the application, please go to Commissioner's Memo COM-22-055 at https://adecm.ade.arkansas.gov/viewApprovedMemo.aspx?Id=4689.

Awarded grants from prior 2021-2022 competition are available on the DESE 21st Century Community Learning Centers webpage as a resource.

(Webpage updated on October 27, 2021)

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