Funding Map for New Orleans’ Afterschool Programs

The Afterschool PartnershipAugust 20, 2008

Issue Statement

• Less than 25% of school-age children in New Orleans currently have access to afterschool programs

• Afterschool programming is most limited in the areas that had the most extreme flooding

• The areas of the city with the highest crime rates have the most limited afterschool programming

Issue Statement (cont.)

• The overwhelming majority of afterschool programs targets elementary and middle school students, with little for high school students

• State afterschool funders have made it difficult for programs to rely on stable funding

Afterschool Partnership’s Role

• Local afterschool intermediary• Publishes local funding guide for programs

based on funding research• Sponsors sustainability workshops• Regularly surveys programs to understand

access funding issues

Purpose of Report

• Research federal discretionary programs• Research federal block grants• Research state own-source funds• Research city own-source funds• Research largest local private funders

Framing the Analysis

Definition of Afterschool funding sources: Sources that can be used to provide

educational, enrichment, recreational or supportive services to children ages 5-18 during non-school hours.

Post- Katrina Limitations

• State plans are very general, and only include broad target areas for federal block grant allocations versus specific awardees and amounts.

• Local funders do not all keep track of awards by specific subject areas/target population. One funder included early childhood grants in total, while another had everything generally categorized as “education.”

Federal Budget Trends

• Federal spending on children has declined in recent decades, from 20% of the federal domestic spending in 1960 to 15% of the federal domestic spending 2006.

• Almost all children’s programs are discretionary, and will continue to lose out to entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security.

• Children’s programs primarily target low-income families, so benefits disappear when income increases.

Overview of Largest Federal Programs Funding Afterschool

PROGRAM AGENCY AMOUNT FOR OSTChild Care Block Grant U.S. Department of Health &

Human Services$1,200,000,000

21st CCLC U.S. Department of Education $ 991,000,000TANF U.S. Department of Health &

Human Services$ 856,000,000

Food and Nutrition U.S. Department of Agriculture $ 342,000,000Title I Grants to Schools U.S. Department of Education $ 119,600,000Title I SES U.S. Department of Education $ 63,700,000Social Services Block Grant U.S. Department of Health &

Human Services$ 28,000,000

TOTAL Estimated Federal Investment in OST

$3,600,300,000

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21st Century Community Learning Centers Louisiana Allocations

FY2004 $21,573,000.62FY2005 $20,995,000.07FY2006 $20,853,000.67FY2007 $20,942,000.36FY2008 $20,190,000.16

*Estimates show as much as $20,000,000 was not drawn down in 2005 and smaller amounts in subsequent years by Louisiana.

No Child Left BehindNCLB Orleans Parish Allocation

Title I School Improvement $0

Title I SES $0

Title I, Part A $40.5 million

Title I, Comprehensive School Reform $0

Title IV, Safe & Drug Free Schools $355,000

Title V, Innovative Programs $66,000

Child Care Development Fund

Percent of School Age Children Receiving CCDF Subsidies

38%45%

41% 39%46%

51%

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Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Georgia Arizona NorthCarolina

Monthly School-Age Rate Provider Compensation Comparison

State Standardized Monthly School-Age RateLouisiana $165Arizona $300Florida $360Georgia $320Indiana $616Mississippi $180North Carolina $446Tennessee $240

State Investments in Afterschool

• TANF - $9.5 million a year/renewed each year so no consistent guarantee of funding

• Community Based Tutorial Program - $1.3 million/no new applicants unless current contractor withdraws and only $15,500 a year

• Section 8(g) - $5.1 million/year/none for afterschool

LA-DOE Administration of Afterschool Funds

LA-DOE Afterschool Investment

21st CCLC $20 Million

CBT $1.3 Million

TANF $9.5 Million

Total $30.8 Million

Local Investment in AfterschoolCity of New Orleans

City of New Orleans Opportunities for Youth Budget

$2.65 Million

$467.6 Million

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Adopted 2008 Opportunities for YouthBudget

Adopted 2008 City of New OrleansBudget

Breakout of City Funding for Youth

City Recreation Department Budget History

Afterschool Programs Receiving Portion of CDBG ($15.1 million)

Agency Name Funding New Orleans Ballet Association $34,617 First Emanuel Baptist Church $22,500 Catholic Charities Archdiocese NO $20,000 Youth Empowerment Project $20,000 Concerned Citizens for a Better Algiers $18,500 TOTAL $115,617

Comparison of City Investments in Afterschool

City Funding commitment from the City for

Afterschool

Funding Source City Population

Albuquerque, NM $2.5 million/year City general fund 471,000 Fort Worth, TX $1.2 million/year City crime tax 529,000 Alexandria, VA $2 million/year City general fund 128,283 Charlotte, NC $550,000/year City general fund 540,828 Baltimore, MD $7 million/year City general fund;

CDBG; City Department of Social Services/TANF

651,154

Little Rock, AR $3.5 million/year ½ cent sales tax increase

183,043

Austin, TX $2.5 million/year City general fund 600,000 Providence, RI $315,000 CDBG; tax levy 173,618 Waco, TX $350,000 City general fund 113,726 New Orleans, LA $115,617 CDBG 300,000

Investment in School-Age Programs By Funding Source

Afterschool and Summer Camp Investment by Source

Federal 76%

City 13%

Private & United Way

6%

State5%

Orleans Afterschool Federal Investment by Area

Afterschool Investment by Federal Program Area

Health and Human

Services54.6%

Education 40.1%

Department of Labor3.3%

Juvenile Justice1.6%

Housing and Urban

Development 0.4%

Trends in Afterschool

• National – NCLB reauthorization and federal domestic funding trends

• State – State financial investments and supportive legislative examples

• Local – Youth Opportunities Task Force

Recommendations - Federal

• Build capacity with providers to make sure grants that are submitted are more competitive, which means working with them on program design

• Pursue more discretionary grants

Recommendations - State• Effectively lobby for the state to allocate more TANF funding for

Afterschool for All, and to make specific allocations of Section 8(g) funding to afterschool and summer camps

• Work with DSS on reasonable school-age licensing regulations and Quality Rating System requirements so that school age providers are more likely to go through licensing

• Consider pursuing a dedicated revenue stream like unclaimed lottery money or duplicate birth certificates (like Children’s Trust), etc.

• Consider legislative action to establish a statewide afterschool network• Develop and re-apply for a Mott Foundation statewide afterschool

network grant, to build statewide advocacy and support within the field

Recommendations - Local

• Establish the Youth Opportunities Task Force to develop a plan for afterschool and youth development activities and funding in New Orleans

• Work with the City toward obtaining a local dedicated revenue stream

• Support NORD’s efforts to seek more city funding for the recreation budget

• Work with local private foundations and corporations to nurture a stronger investment in afterschool and summer