Nita M. Lowey 21st Century E2 OST Community Learning Centers

New 21st CCLC Cohort IX and ESSER II OST Cohorts Subgrantees Awarded!

The new Cohorts of 21st CCLC and ESSER II OST (E2 OST) began on July 1, 2021. Cohort IX and E2 OST represent 37 organizations (school districts, community base organizations, and institutions of higher education), serving 78 centers/schools. They represent a broad spectrum of various organizations, regions of Colorado, student populations, and urban/suburban/rural areas. CDE awarded approximately $10.5 million with 21st CCLC funds and ESSER II funds to these centers across the state.

View the Cohort IX subgrantees (PDF)
- Cohort IX Program Summaries (PDF)
View the E2 OST subgrantees (PDF)
- E2 OST Program Summaries (PDF)

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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.