21ST century community learning centers program

Award Details: The Department of Education Indiana received a formula grant of $19.59 million from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Twenty-First Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program (CFDA 84.287). The award was obligated on July 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2026. This formula grant supports the establishment and expansion of community learning centers that provide academic enrichment and developmental services to school-aged children, particularly those attending high-poverty and low-performing schools.

Products and Services: Through this funding, the Department of Education Indiana, as the state educational agency prime recipient, distributes grant allocations to 32 documented sub-awardees to deliver comprehensive out-of-school time programming. Subrecipients include youth-serving organizations such as YMCA chapters, Boys & Girls Clubs across multiple counties, community centers, school districts, and nonprofit organizations operating throughout Indiana. These sub-awardees provide tutoring, homework assistance, mentoring, academic enrichment activities, and extracurricular programming in arts, music, sports, and cultural areas designed to supplement regular school instruction and support student academic achievement and overall development for vulnerable and underserved student populations.