2009

Afterschool Partnership is a proud recipient of Greater New Orleans Foundation Community Grant award. The grants are a wonderful support to non-profits around the…

On December 1, 2009, Katy Reckdahl was able to report that the Iberville Community Center has reopened with community support. Afterschool Partnership is proud…

On November 22, 2009, Katy Reckdahl featured Iberville’s Community Center that was closing due to budget shortfalls. Afterschool Partnership’s Lauren Bierbaum and Gina Warner…

On November27, 2009, Afterschool Partnership’s Youth Liaison Cornelle Carney was featured in the Times-Picayune as a guest Op-Ed columnist writing on the need for…

At November’s Candidates’ Panel we had the pleasure of hosting Mayoral and City Council Candidates. After the meeting we provided each campaign with a…

For Immediate Release
New Orleans –
Youth Advocacy Coalition Announces Mayoral Forum
A coalition of local non-profit youth advocacy organizations led by the Afterschool…

Louisiana Losing Ground in Making Afterschool Programs Available; Fewer Kids in Afterschool; Unmet Demand Growing
Afterschool Alliance Survey of Louisiana Households, sponsored by the…

Eric Jensen represented Afterschool Partnership this morning on the radio program The Take Away.  He was able to speak about the struggles New Orleans…

A groundbreaking new report has been published by National League of Cities’ Institute for Youth, Education, and Families highlighting the broad range of innovations…

I hope many of you read the article in Monday’s Times-Picayune about the Inspector General’s report on the city budget process. Especially interesting (but…

Congratulations to our own Dara Lum Shackelford and the Department of Social Services for being featured in The Advocate for their work towards improving …

We are excited to launch the latest version of our website! Please explore to find out more about our work and the ways in…

We had another successful summer on the research front! The Partnership ran focus groups at 11 summer program sites. We met with a total…

Afterschool Partnership’s Youth Mapping Initiative, a youth-driven project to gather, collect, and update information and opportunities for youth and families in our community and…

Childhood Hunger Great American Bake Sale Grant, DUE 9/30
http://tinyurl.com/2ghgpm
State Farm Youth Advisory Board Grant, DUE 10/2
http://www.statefarmyab.com/apply.php
United Health Heroes Childhood Obesity…

Gina will be using this area to provide her insight into current projects, opportunities on the horizon, and ideas that are important to our…

First Book-Greater New Orleans is excited to announce our next round of book grants for the 2008-2009 school year! Since the 2007 academic year,…

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was signed into law on February 17, 2009 and provides Louisiana with a unique opportunity to…

Dara has been selected to the inaugural class of the Innovation in Louisiana Government Fellowship (ILGF). The Fellowship will drive a culture of leadership…

The NORD Report is available here. This report was presented by the NORD Citizens Advisory Panel (NORDcap), a diverse group of business, community, and…