21st Century Community Learning Centers

NEW 21st CCLC Request for Applications (RFA) Coming Soon!

The next 21st CCLC grant competition is expected to begin in mid-February 2020 with applications due back in April. The RFA materials will be available on this webpage starting mid-February and will be announced in the CDE Scoop during the same time period. The Scoop is CDE's weekly newsletter. If you are not already subscribed to the Scoop, please visit this link CDE's Communications page.

About

Program Overview - 21st CCLC Fact Sheet (PDF)

The 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) competitive grant program is authorized under Title IV, Part B, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015. The purpose of this important program is to to establish or expand community learning centers that:

Provide opportunities for academic enrichment, including providing tutorial services to help students (particularly students in high-poverty areas and those who attend low-performing schools) meet state and local student performance standards in core academic subjects such as reading, writing, and mathematics;
Offer students a broad array of additional services, programs, and activities, such as youth development activities, service learning, nutrition and health education, drug and violence prevention programs, counseling programs, arts, music, physical fitness and wellness programs, technology education programs, financial literacy programs, environmental literacy programs, mathematics, science, career and technical programs, internship or apprenticeship programs, and other ties to an in-demand industry sector or occupation for high school students that are designed to reinforce and complement the regular academic program of participating students; and
Offer families of students served by community learning centers opportunities for active and meaningful engagement in their children’s education, including opportunities for literacy and related educational development.

News

21st CCLC Important Dates for 2019-2020 (PDF)

21st CCLC Cohort VIII Subgrantees Awarded!

The new Cohort of 21st CCLC Subgrantees began on July 1, 2018. Cohort VIII represents 40 organizations (school districts, community based organizations, and institutions of higher education), serving 68 centers/schools. They represent a broad spectrum of various organizations, regions of Colorado, student populations, and urban/suburban/rural areas.

View the Cohort VIII Subgrantees (PDF)
Cohort VIII Program Summaries (PDF)

21st CCLC Funded Subgrantees

Currently Funded

Previously Funded - 21st CCLC Cohorts I - VI (Sortable Excel)

Contact Us

Dana Scott - 21st CCLC State Coordinator
Scott_D@cde.state.co.us | (303) 866-6791

Cody Buchanan - 21st CCLC Lead Consultant
Buchanan_C@cde.state.co.us | (303) 866-6861

Anna Young - 21st CCLC Lead Consultant
Young_A@cde.state.co.us | (303) 866-6488

Delaney McGinn - 21st CCLC Program Assistant
McGinn_D@cde.state.co.us | (303) 866-6679