21ST century community learning centers program

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education $21.531 million on July 1, 2026, under the Twenty-First Century Community Learning Centers program (CFDA 84.287).

The award funds community learning centers that provide academic enrichment activities for children, particularly students attending high-poverty and low-performing schools. The program supports activities designed to help students meet state and local academic achievement standards in core subjects such as reading and math, offers a broad array of enrichment activities that complement regular academic programs, and provides literacy and other educational services to families of participating children. The award carries a period of performance through September 30, 2027, with place of performance in Malden, Massachusetts.

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education administers the program as a state educational agency and distributes funding to local educational agencies, community-based organizations, and other public or private entities throughout the Commonwealth as subgrants.