Official Site of The State of New Jersey

Division: Student Services and Career Readiness
Office: Student Support Services

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Purpose: The New Jersey Afterschool/Summer Program is a state-funded grant program open to to national or statewide youth-serving organizations to expand existing afterschool/summer programs or to create new programs that offer high-quality, engaging out of school time (OST) activities to youth throughout New Jersey. These programs will increase students� career and college readiness and increase positive student behavior while engaging parents through the provision of academic support and enrichment activities in at least one of the following areas: academic support, science, technology and math (STEM, career exploration and/or community service). The target population is students between the ages of 5-18. This is a sixteen (16) month grant program. Applicants may apply for up to $250,000.

Eligible Agencies: Public or Private youth serving organizations