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The ASES Round 2 application is open and the deadline is coming up fast!
In this quick video, Arc CEO Brad Lupien breaks down who should apply, what this funding can support for the current school year, and why it’s a valuable opportunity for districts and schools looking to expand or strengthen their afterschool programs.
If your district is eligible, now is the time to act. Applications are due December 3rd, don’t miss out on bringing additional resources to your students and community.
Let’s make the most of this window and keep high-quality afterschool programs thriving. ✨
Brad Loopy in here with a little bit more information about the California after school funding streams. We've been getting lots of questions about the Asus Round 2 application that came out from the California Department of Education Expanded Learning Division about a week and a half ago. It is due on the 3rd of December. What is Asus Round 2? Asus Round 2 is a mid year opportunity for our elementary, middle and K8 schools to get an Asus grant. In the middle of a grant cycle. There are two eligible groups. One would be public and charter elementary, middle, and K8 schools that do not have an ACE grants currently, but they are running a comprehensive after school program or want to be running a comprehensive after school program. The second group would be folks that do have an Asus grant but they do not have a full capacity Asus grant. For an elementary school, a full grant is 83 students. We have some schools that are only getting funding for 60 students. This would be an opportunity to apply to get from 60 to 83 students with more dollars. If we're running a comprehensive program for some of our school districts, this would actually allow them to free up some of their ELO P dollars that they're using to serve students above the 60 or the 80. With Asus dollars so that they could take those Elop dollars and move them to other schools. The Asus grant is specific to a school, the LP allocation. Is for a district to move between their schools. So we are seeing examples where schools are getting Asus funding. Potentially in round two, that would allow them to free up some of their ELO P dollars to serve other schools, including their high schools. If there are further questions about this, we're available to help and there's lots of resources out there on the CDE website as well as through the county Office of Education and other technical assistance units to answer your questions.
