There is and has been a significant interest and investment in after school by corporations for over a decade. The amount spent by companies interviewed totaled $136.6 million invested in after school initiatives for 2005. Over the last five years, the total investment reaches over $1 billion invested in afterschool and related youth development and parent education programs and resources.
Publications and Toolkits
Workforce Readiness
Corporate Investments in Afterschool (May 2006)
Corporate Voices for Working Families Finds More Corporate Dollars Invested in After School Programs than Federal Funding
(May 16, 2006 – Washington, DC) Corporate Voices for Working Families today released the Corporate Voices After School White Paper that found the contributions of just eight American companies directly to local after school programs is more than 13 percent of the federal dollars that went directly to after school programs in 2005. The eight companies invested $136.6 million in 2005 with more than $1 billion invested over the last five years.
Afterschool Business to Business Afterschool Toolkit (December 2005)
While many businesses understand the important effects that high-quality afterschool programs and services can have on their bottom line and productivity, they are unsure how to become involved.
America’s Leading Busniesses Call For More High-quality After Schoool Programs
(August 23,2004, Washington, DC)–– Corporate Voices for Working Families today unveiled the framework for building quality after school systems in the United States that all young people have access to. Corporate Voices is calling on local, state and federal government entities, as well as private and non-profit sectors, to assess existing after school programs, consider philanthropic priorities, review policy proposals on 21st Century Community Learning Centers, and other programs, and formulate policy positions that provide more after school care to working families.
Afterschool for All: A Call to Action from the Business Community (March 2004)
Over the past decade, the business community has been a leader in supporting quality afterschool programs for young people through the creation of innovative public-private initiatives as well as through private philanthropic efforts.
Early Childhood Education: A Call to Action from the Business Community (March 2003)
Over the past two decades business leaders have invested time, expertise and resources in efforts to improve K-12 education in the United States. What we have learned leads us to conclude that America’s continuing efforts to improve education and develop a world-class workforce will be hampered without a federal and state commitment to early childhood education for 3- and 4-year-old children.
Mayor Menino and Business Leaders to Participate in the 'Town Hall' Meeting on After-School Care for State's Young Children
BOSTON-- Mayor Thomas P. Menino, corporate leaders from throughout the state, foundation representatives, educational experts, and nonprofit organizations will participate in a "Town Hall Meeting on After School Care" on Thursday, November 21st between 8:45 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., at Gasson Hall, Boston College. The session will discuss the need for public-private initiatives to expand critical after school programs for the state's young children as a way of helping assure school readiness and helping crime prevention.