Federal education funding freeze impacts 27,000 Georgia students and after-school programs

The U S Department of Training has frozen billions of dollars in school grants impacting school districts and after-school programs in Georgia Funds for the st Century Society Learning Centers or CLCC grants are being withheld by the federal leadership leaving a few Georgia after-school and summer care programs in a state of confusion Statewide After-School Organization Director Katie Landes commented Georgia s CLCC grant allocation was over million and serves students This funding in Georgia around of the grantees are school districts and so this is often a primary source of funding for a school district To operate after-school or summer programs is particularly as critical in several of our more rural communities in Georgia she commented The freeze in funding may or may not be permanent Landes noted but it is causing confusion for grantees For those sites who may not be able to operate the same way or at all if they don t have access to funds she noted This could be it has the probable to be a big surprise for families and to really have particular disastrous consequences for a family who are expecting a safe and enriching place for their child to go to after the school day ends while they are at work that they may not have access to The post Federal mentoring funding freeze impacts Georgia students and after-school programs appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta