In partnership with the Missouri Chamber of Commerce Foundation, the Missouri Afterschool Network announces the 2023 Building Business/Community Partnership for Afterschool Success Grant.
This mini-grant will provide an opportunity for 5 local Chambers to receive up to $4,000 to work directly with local afterschool programs. The grant application deadline is April 30.
Please contact Aaron Banks (abanks@missouri.edu) with questions or to discuss the information contained in the Request for Proposal application document.
Focus
This grant proposal is set up to provide funding to local communities seeking to build partnerships with afterschool programs related to the broad umbrella of workforce development. Chamber-afterschool partnerships should focus on one or more of the following workforce development areas:
1) Career awareness
2) Post-secondary planning
3) STEM
4) Entrepreneurship education.
Timeline
- RFP Release – March 1, 2023
- Proposal deadline – April 30, 2023
- Award announcement – May 15, 2023
- Award disbursements – June 1, 2023
- Grant activity to take place from May 1, 2023 until December 15, 2023
- Impact Report (3-5 pages) Due with final disbursement to follow – December 31, 2023
Application
For detailed information, please review the 2023 Business-Afterschool Engagement Grant RFP.