Events and Announcements - NC Center for Afterschool Programs

Media Statement: NC CAP Applauds Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s Call to Direct Meta Settlement Funds to Youth Programs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Elizabeth Anderson, NC CAP Director, eanderson@ncforum.org RALEIGH, N.C. — Following Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s historic announcement that North Carolina will receive up to $645 million in the landmark child safety...

New Report: NC Holds Steady on Afterschool Spots, But 664,000 Children and Their Families Are Still Waiting

Written By: Elizabeth Anderson North Carolina public schools will be the best in the nation by 2030, according to a bold and exciting new strategic plan from the North Carolina Department of Public Education and the State Board of Education. Given students spend...

2025-2028 NCDPI COHORT 18 21ST CCLC COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM

Happy Winter! The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction's Office of Federal Programs announced the release of a Request for Proposal (RFP) on January 13, 2025, for the Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers Cohort 18 Grant Competition. Program...

Celebrating Afterschool Professionals by Advocating for their Wellbeing and Advancement

This week - April 22nd through 26th - marks Afterschool Professionals Appreciation Week, a time to recognize, appreciate, and advocate for those who work with children and youth in diverse school and community-based settings during...

Women’s History Month: Spotlighting Our NC CAP Director Elizabeth Anderson

Written By: Elizabeth Anderson, with edits by Sebastian Pruett Happy Women's History Month! To start things off, we want to share a little bit about a woman who is very important to us and the work of the NC Center for Afterschool Programs (NC CAP). That's right, it's...

2023 Afterschool Champion Awards

We are excited to announce the launch of the 2023 Afterschool Champion Awards! These awards help recognize and celebrate outstanding individuals in North Carolina who have made remarkable contributions to the field of afterschool and out-of-school time (OST) programs....

Synergy Conference 2020

Registration is now open for the Virtual Synergy Conference 2020. We hope you will join us July 28-31, 2020 as we convene virtually utilizing the iCohere platform. The registration fee for the virtual Synergy Conference 2020 is $50 per person. You can register for...

Synergy Conference 2018

The Synergy Conference 2018 in Greenville, NC was a huge success. This year's conference, "Building Tomorrow's Workforce Today Through Expanded Learning", featured workshops in Arts & Literacy, Closing Gaps, College & Career Readiness, Organizational Capacity,...

New Report Highlights Where Young People Face the Greatest Obstacles to Success in North Carolina

GREENVILLE, NC (April 26, 2018) – A new report released today by the Public School Forum of North Carolina and its NC Center for Afterschool Programs (NC CAP) highlights large areas of North Carolina where young people are at risk of not succeeding. The...

February 2018 Webinar: Child Poverty

Date Thursday, February 8 at 1:00 pm Topic Economic Development: Child Poverty Presenters Whitney Tucker, NC Child Pushti Patel, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle Kim Konderla, Wake Salvation Army