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A New York State alliance helps after-school programs support children's health and fitness.

Rep. Clarke was honored for her successful fight to save 207 endangered after-school programs.

The president of The After-School Corporation (TASC), Lucy N. Friedman, joined supporters of after-school programs across the state in commending Governor Eliot Spitzer for proposing a $10 million supplement to federal after-school funding in his Executive Budget for fiscal year 2009.

Two TASC staff employees were recently honored by New York state agencies.

New York City students who attended middle school after-school programs had better attendance in ninth grade, and earned more credits, than students who did not, according to an independent analysis of students in after-school programs supported by The After-School Corporation (TASC).

A message from our partners at the Coalition for After-School Funding (CASF), learn more about how to testify at the upcoming budget hearings. Your support is needed to influence the state budget so allocations will benefit after-school programs.

Children throughout the Lower East Side celebrated Lights On Afterschool last Thursday, Oct. 18, showing their support for the programs that supervise and stimulate them each day in the hours before their parents can pick them up.

After-school programs that serve 34,000 New York State kids (more than 20,000 in New York City) could close, due to a funding decision by the state Department of Education. Kids visited Albany on March 14, 2007 to save them.