Specifications include, but are not limited to: The State of Maine is seeking proposals to provide services which fulfill the purpose and requirements of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program, as defined by the U.S. Department of Education. All program services must take place during non-school hours or periods, such as before or after school, vacations, and holidays. The primary goal of this program is to help underperforming students meet state and local learning standards as well as offer additional support services to students and their families. 1. Provide opportunities for academic enrichment, including providing tutorial services to help students, particularly students who attend low-performing schools, to meet challenging State academic standards; 2. Offer students a broad array of additional services, programs, and activities, such as youth development activities, service learning, nutrition and health education, drug and violence prevention programs, counseling programs, arts, music, physical fitness and wellness programs, technology education programs, financial literacy programs, environmental literacy programs, mathematics, science, career and technical programs, internship or apprenticeship programs, and other ties to an in-demand industry sector or occupation for high school students that are designed to reinforce and complement the regular academic program of participating students; and 3. Offer families of students served by community learning centers opportunities for active and meaningful engagement in their children’s education, including opportunities for literacy and related educational development.