Specifications include, but are not limited to: The 21st CCLC program is authorized under the Title IV, Part B of the Elementary and Secondary Educ ation Act (ESEA) of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015. Its purpose is to provide opportunities for communities to establish or expand activities in “community learning centers” that: 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; 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 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. Recipients of 21st CCLC funding from the Maine Department of Education (DOE) must address all three program components noted above at each program site and such services must be available to all students participating in the program. The structure of local 21st CCLC programs may vary across the state to include before school, after school, weekends, holidays, summer vacation, and other times when schools are not in session. At a minimum, however, Maine’s 21st CCLC programs must offer both school year and summer program services to participating students as outlined in Appendix G. Approved 21st CCLC programs must link directly to the local School Administrative Unit’s (SAU’s) Consolidated SAU Plan and align with the Maine Learning Results. The Department will be accepting applications from new, expansion, and renewal proposals. The combined total funding available for all proposals is projected to be $3,500,000.00 (subject to the final federal allocation for the program).
