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ELEV8 expands reach to fill gaps left by federal funding cuts to after-school programs

On March 28, the Department of Education told states they were going to stop giving them access to hundreds of millions of dollars in grants from the American Rescue Plan Act and the COVID Relief Act. "When we received the notification, along with the rest of the city, that after school programs were being cut because of federal resources being pulled away, we had to think, you know, from a family perspective. How is this going to impact families that use child care, that need child care, use after school programs as their main source of child care,” says Alexandria Warwick Adams, Executive Director of ELEV8. So, ELEV8 decided to expand its reach in hopes of picking up where other programs are unable to remain. Although it is expanding the program, the staff and resources remain the same.

On March 28, the Department of Education told states they were going to stop giving them access to hundreds of millions of dollars in grants from the American Rescue Plan Act and the COVID Relief Act. "When we received the notification, along with the rest of the city, that after school programs were being cut because of federal resources being pulled away, we had to think, you know, from a family perspective. How is this going to impact families that use child care, that need child care, use after school programs as their main source of child care,” says Alexandria Warwick Adams, Executive Director of ELEV8.

So, ELEV8 decided to expand its reach in hopes of picking up where other programs are unable to remain. Although it is expanding the program, the staff and resources remain the same..