21st Century Community Learning Centers

Local federally funded community learning centers provide before-school, after-school, weekend, and summer academic enrichment, youth development, and family education, particularly for students at high-poverty and low-performing schools.

Student eligible for a current local 21st Century Community Learning CenterFamily member eligible for a participating center's family education services

Entitlement facts

Benefit type: Government benefit. A government-funded or administered benefit, service, coverage program, assistance program, or public access route. Taxonomy definition →
What it unlocks: Out-of-school-time reading, math and other academic help; arts, science, technology, recreation, mentoring, college and career, health, and youth-development activities; plus literacy and educational services for participating children's families where offered.
Who qualifies: Student eligible for a current local 21st Century Community Learning Center; Family member eligible for a participating center's family education services
Requirements: A child must be served by a current state-funded local center and meet its school, grade, residence, enrollment, schedule, attendance, consent, transportation, or priority rules. Programs particularly serve students attending high-poverty or low-performing schools, but the exact target population and family participation rules are set by each subgrantee.
How to activate: Ask the child's school or district about its 21st CCLC or federally funded after-school and summer programs, or contact the state education agency listed through the federal program, then complete the local registration, consent, schedule, and transportation steps.
Cost basis: Variable by provider or eligibility. The user's out-of-pocket cost cannot be represented by one fixed amount because it depends on provider policy, income, household, geography, selected service, coverage group, subsidy amount, or the underlying program. It may be free, reduced, sliding-scale, or partly paid.
Cost and fees: Many funded activities are free, while local programs may have limited seats, attendance rules, waitlists, transportation boundaries, optional activity charges, or other approved fee practices. Availability follows current state subgrants and is not guaranteed at every school.
Geography: US, State-funded local school and community-center service areas
Personalization: Published eligibility is not described as individually targeted.

EVIDENCE / 1 SOURCE

Eligibility is conditional, not guaranteed.

Check the provider's final terms immediately before applying, depositing funds, spending, or changing a paid relationship.

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MACHINE RECORD

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21st Century Community Learning Centers

Entitlement facts

Eligibility is conditional, not guaranteed.

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