Capacity Building in Today’s OST Policy Environment

Join the Forum for Youth Investment, the Afterschool Alliance, and the American Institutes for Research (AIR) for a conversation on capacity building and the policy environment facing 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) today. We’ll look at how capacity building drives better outcomes, the current funding and policy realities programs face, and how the ESSA/ESEA waiver environment is affecting state-level capacity-building and quality investments — with firsthand examples of what’s at stake. Hear from researchers and advocates on the front lines of this work, and explore what it means for your own program and community.