Tennessee Afterschool Network

STEM Next in partnership with the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation are continuing and expanding their STEM system building supports for all 50 statewide afterschool networks by providing ongoing professional learning opportunities. These opportunities are intended to support statewide afterschool networks in their efforts to promote high-quality and equitable STEM programming. (The following opportunities are designed for state network leads […]

Take the Challenge – the Lights On Afterschool #LightBulbChallenge. Take a picture of your staff and students imitating the Lights On logo, make a video of someone having fun with the logo, or post a selfie of yourself imitating the logo (you may need some help with that one). You can even take a series of […]

Rico X Will Work in Tennessee and Nationally to Increase Access to Afterschool Programs. Contact: Magen Eissenstat, 202/371-1999 News Release: October 3, 2019 Washington, DC – The Afterschool Alliance today announced that Rico X, Vice President of School Age Services at the YMCA of Middle Tennessee, has been selected to serve as an Afterschool Ambassador […]

On September 20th, 2019, United Ways of Tennessee released ALICE in Tennessee: A Financial Hardship Study. This groundbreaking report reveals that more than one in three households in Tennessee struggle to meet basic needs.  ALICE stands for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed and represents households that are working but cannot afford the basic necessities such […]