The Alaska Afterschool Network is a statewide collaboration strengthening and advocating for before-school, afterschool and summer learning programs in Alaska.
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The American Camp Association has opened applications for its Character at Camp Wave 2 Grant Program. The program provides funding, training and technical assistance to camps that want to celebrate a character development program or project.
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Early Bird registration for the Alaska Out-of-School Time Conference ends in one week! Register for $150 before rates go up.
Learn More: akafterschool.org/conference
Workshop proposal deadline extended to Sept. 25th!
Have ideas, tools or strategies to share with the out-of-school time field? Complete the 2026 workshop proposal form and email it to Xaviera Lee at [email protected].
akafterschool.org/conference
Lights On Afterschool, the national celebration of out-of-school time programs, happens Thursday, Oct. 22.
Register your program with the Afterschool Alliance to put it on the map and show how you're celebrating:
👉loa.afterschoolalliance.org/…
Help us share with Alaska's youth! Their creativity is needed.
2026 BOOKMARK CHALLENGE | We're inviting young Alaskans to answer the question, "What does it mean to be a Health Hero?" To enter, find the "Healthy Is: Bookmark Challenge" under Featured Activities, at Connections for Kids: direc.to/fR4P
The Hotel Captain Cook is this year's Alaska Out-of-School Time Conference host hotel.
The Hotel is a 6-minute walk to the Egan Center. The Network has secured a discounted group rate of $198 per night, using code AKOOS2026.
👉Book now:
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A national study confirms that Alaska's afterschool providers are delivering serious STEM learning.
95% of Alaska parents say their child's afterschool program offers science, technology, engineering and math, up from 66% in 2014.
Read more here: afterschoolalliance.org/docu…
Ready for more learning beyond the Conference? The Pre-conference Institute features 3 workshops.
Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI)
Career-Connected Learning Framework
Planning with Data
Learn more and register here:
akafterschool.org/conference
Register today for Alaska's largest event for afterschool and youth development professionals!
Dates: Nov. 12–13, 2026 (Preconference: Nov. 11)
Location: Egan Civic and Convention Center, Anchorage
Register Here:
akafterschool.org/conference…
Applications are open through Aug 31 for eligible early childhood professionals to receive Optima Health Benefits. Approved participants get a monthly stipend for a year to put toward health and wellness benefits. Learn more:
threadalaska.org/seed/financ…
Happy back-to-afterschool season!
The Alaska Afterschool Network is here to support you every step of the way. Be sure to check out our newsletter with training opportunities, funding alerts, program spotlights, tools, resources and more.
Subscribe Here: akafterschool.org/join-us
Join the @afterschool4all and in collaboration with AAAS - STEMM Opportunity Alliance for the release of the Special Report on STEM.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Don't forget your vote matters and Alaska's kids are counting on it!
Polls and absentee voting locations open at 8 a.m. and close to new arrivals at 8 p.m. on Election Day, August 18. Find the polling location for your registration address here. myvoterportal.alaska.gov/?nv…
Do you have ideas, tools or strategies to share with the out-of-school time field?
The Alaska Out-of-School Time Conference is now accepting workshop proposals!
For more information about the Alaska Out-of-School Time Conference, please visit: akostconference.org
Save the date for the 2026 Alaska Out-of-School Time Conference. The preconference is Nov. 11. The conference is Nov. 12-13 at the Egan Civic & Convention Center in Anchorage. This event supports professional development for out-of-school time providers. Registration opens soon.
Join us for the next Alaska Afterschool Network statewide call on Thursday, Aug. 13 from noon to 1 p.m.
Join by Zoom: zoom.us/j/94015956033 (Meeting ID: 94015956033, Passcode: 205849). Audio only: 1-253-215-8782
Vote for Kids in the August 18 State Primary. It's about elevating children's issues with people on the ballot. You can vote for kids by being an engaged voter: show candidates that the impact of policy on children matters to you, and that it should matter to them.
The Alaska Child Welfare Academy is offering free Strengthening Families Alaska training events. Register today!
Virtual: Aug. 11–12, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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Your Experience Counts: A New Youth Development Credential Takes Shape
A pilot begins this fall. Learn how the credential works and follow the pilot as the field tests what meaningful, practice-based recognition can look like.
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The @American_Heart invites youth-serving organizations to implement a Cardiac Emergency Response Plan.
Participating organizations receive:
2 CPR training kits
Heartsaver CPR training for 3 to 9 staff or volunteers
1 AED
Technical assistance
Learn more: [email protected]
