Funding Map for New Orleans’ Afterschool Programs The Afterschool Partnership August 20, 2008
Issue Statement • Less than 25% of school-age children in New Orleans currently have access to afterschool programs • Afterschool programming is most limited in the areas that had the most extreme flooding • The areas of the city with the highest crime rates have the most limited afterschool programming
Issue Statement (cont.) • The overwhelming majority of afterschool programs targets elementary and middle school students, with little for high school students • State afterschool funders have made it difficult for programs to rely on stable funding
Afterschool Partnership’s Role • Local afterschool intermediary • Publishes local funding guide for programs based on funding research • Sponsors sustainability workshops • Regularly surveys programs to understand access funding issues
Purpose of Report • • • • •
Research federal discretionary programs Research federal block grants Research state own-source funds Research city own-source funds Research largest local private funders
Framing the Analysis Definition of Afterschool funding sources: Sources that can be used to provide educational, enrichment, recreational or supportive services to children ages 5-18 during non-school hours.
Post- Katrina Limitations • State plans are very general, and only include broad target areas for federal block grant allocations versus specific awardees and amounts. • Local funders do not all keep track of awards by specific subject areas/target population. One funder included early childhood grants in total, while another had everything generally categorized as “education.”
Federal Budget Trends • Federal spending on children has declined in recent decades, from 20% of the federal domestic spending in 1960 to 15% of the federal domestic spending 2006. • Almost all children’s programs are discretionary, and will continue to lose out to entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security. • Children’s programs primarily target low-income families, so benefits disappear when income increases.
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Overview of Largest Federal Programs Funding Afterschool PROGRAM Child Care Block Grant 21st CCLC TANF Food and Nutrition Title I Grants to Schools Title I SES Social Services Block Grant
TOTAL Estimated Federal Investment in OST
AGENCY U.S. Department of Health & Human Services U.S. Department of Education U.S. Department of Health & Human Services U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Department of Education U.S. Department of Education U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
AMOUNT FOR OST $1,200,000,000 $ 991,000,000 $ 856,000,000 $ 342,000,000 $ 119,600,000 $ 63,700,000 $ 28,000,000
$3,600,300,000
21st Century Community Learning Centers Louisiana Allocations FY2004 FY2005 FY2006 FY2007 FY2008
$21,573,000.62 $20,995,000.07 $20,853,000.67 $20,942,000.36 $20,190,000.16
*Estimates show as much as $20,000,000 was not drawn down in 2005 and smaller amounts in subsequent years by Louisiana.
No Child Left Behind NCLB
Orleans Parish Allocation
Title I School Improvement
$0
Title I SES
$0
Title I, Part A
$40.5 million
Title I, Comprehensive School Reform
$0
Title IV, Safe & Drug Free Schools
$355,000
Title V, Innovative Programs
$66,000
Child Care Development Fund Percent of School Age Children Receiving CCDF Subsidies 60% 45%
50% 40%
38%
46%
41%
39%
Alabama
Georgia
51%
30% 20% 10% 0% Louisiana
Mississippi
Arizona
North Carolina
Monthly School-Age Rate Provider Compensation Comparison State Louisiana Arizona Florida Georgia Indiana Mississippi North Carolina Tennessee
Standardized Monthly School-Age Rate $165 $300 $360 $320 $616 $180 $446 $240
State Investments in Afterschool • TANF - $9.5 million a year/renewed each year so no consistent guarantee of funding • Community Based Tutorial Program - $1.3 million/no new applicants unless current contractor withdraws and only $15,500 a year • Section 8(g) - $5.1 million/year/none for afterschool
LA-DOE Administration of Afterschool Funds LA-DOE Afterschool Investment
21st CCLC $20 Million
TANF $9.5 Million
CBT $1.3 Million Total $30.8 Million
Local Investment in Afterschool City of New Orleans City of New Orleans Opportunities for Youth Budget 600
$467.6 Million
500 400 300 200 100 0
$2.65 Million Adopted 2008 Opportunities for Youth Budget
Adopted 2008 City of New Orleans Budget
Breakout of City Funding for Youth
City Recreation Department Budget History
Afterschool Programs Receiving Portion of CDBG ($15.1 million) Agency Name New Orleans Ballet Association First Emanuel Baptist Church Catholic Charities Archdiocese NO Youth Empowerment Project Concerned Citizens for a Better Algiers TOTAL
Funding $34,617 $22,500 $20,000 $20,000 $18,500 $115,617
Comparison of City Investments in Afterschool City Albuquerque, NM Fort Worth, TX Alexandria, VA Charlotte, NC Baltimore, MD
Funding commitment from the City for Afterschool $2.5 million/year $1.2 million/year $2 million/year $550,000/year $7 million/year
Little Rock, AR
$3.5 million/year
Austin, TX Providence, RI Waco, TX New Orleans, LA
$2.5 million/year $315,000 $350,000 $115,617
Funding Source City general fund City crime tax City general fund City general fund City general fund; CDBG; City Department of Social Services/TANF ½ cent sales tax increase City general fund CDBG; tax levy City general fund CDBG
City Population 471,000 529,000 128,283 540,828 651,154 183,043 600,000 173,618 113,726 300,000
Investment in School-Age Programs By Funding Source Afterschool and Summer Camp Investment by Source
State 5% Federal 76%
Private & United Way 6% City 13%
Orleans Afterschool Federal Investment by Area Afterschool Investment by Federal Program Area Housing and Urban Development Department of 0.4% Labor Juvenile 3.3% Justice 1.6%
Education 40.1%
Health and Human Services 54.6%
Trends in Afterschool • National – NCLB reauthorization and federal domestic funding trends • State – State financial investments and supportive legislative examples • Local – Youth Opportunities Task Force
Recommendations - Federal • Build capacity with providers to make sure grants that are submitted are more competitive, which means working with them on program design • Pursue more discretionary grants
Recommendations - State •
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Effectively lobby for the state to allocate more TANF funding for Afterschool for All, and to make specific allocations of Section 8(g) funding to afterschool and summer camps Work with DSS on reasonable school-age licensing regulations and Quality Rating System requirements so that school age providers are more likely to go through licensing Consider pursuing a dedicated revenue stream like unclaimed lottery money or duplicate birth certificates (like Children’s Trust), etc. Consider legislative action to establish a statewide afterschool network Develop and re-apply for a Mott Foundation statewide afterschool network grant, to build statewide advocacy and support within the field
Recommendations - Local • Establish the Youth Opportunities Task Force to develop a plan for afterschool and youth development activities and funding in New Orleans • Work with the City toward obtaining a local dedicated revenue stream • Support NORD’s efforts to seek more city funding for the recreation budget • Work with local private foundations and corporations to nurture a stronger investment in afterschool and summer