2025–26 After School Education and Safety grant program (Round 2)

2025–26 After School Education and Safety grant program (Round 2)

The purpose of the After School Education and Safety Program is to create incentives for establishing locally-driven Expanded Learning programs, including after school programs that partner with public schools and communities to provide academic and literacy support, and safe, constructive alternatives for youth.

The After School Education and Safety (ASES) Program is the result of the 2002 voter-approved initiative, Proposition 49. These programs are created through partnerships between schools and local community resources to provide literacy, academic enrichment and safe, constructive alternatives for students in kindergarten through ninth grade. Funding is designed to: (1) maintain existing before and after school program funding; and (2) provide eligibility to all elementary and middle schools that submit quality applications throughout California. This is round 2 of the 2025-26 ASES Request for Applications.

Details

• Agency: CA Department of Education
• Type: Grant
• Funding Source: State
• Estimated Available Funds: $30,000,000
• Estimated Awards: Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.
• Award Amount: Between $50,000 and $203,500
• Funding Method: Advances & Reimbursement(s)
• Matching Funds: 33%

Categories

Disadvantaged Communities; Education

Eligible Applicants

Public Agency