Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) and Out-of-School Time Programs

Program Overview - 21st CCLC Fact Sheet 2023 (Word)

The 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) competitive grant program is authorized under Title IV, Part B, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015. The purpose of this important program is to establish or expand community learning centers that:

1. Provide opportunities for academic enrichment to help students meet state and local student performance standards in core academic subjects such as reading, writing, and mathematics;
2. 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
3. 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.

21st CCLC Funded Subgrantees

Currently Funded

• 21st CCLC Cohort 9 with Program Contact Information (PDF)
  • Cohort 9 Program Summaries (PDF)
• 21st CCLC Cohort E2 OST with Program Contact Information (PDF)
  • E2 OST Program Summaries (PDF)
• 21st CCLC Cohort 10 with Program Contact Information (PDF)
  • Cohort 10 Program Summaries (PDF)

Previously Funded

• 21st CCLC Cohort 8
• 21st CCLC Cohort 7
• 21st CCLC Cohorts 1-6 (Sortable Excel)

Contact Us

Anna Young - Out-of-School Time (OST) Manager
Young_A@cde.state.co.us | (720) 614-8666

Cody Buchanan - OST Program Development Specialist
Buchanan_C@cde.state.co.us | (720) 614-8665

Jacqueline Chavez - OST Programs and Partnership Specialist
Chavez_J@cde.state.co.us | (720) 557-4655

Shannon Allen - OST Programs and Partnership Specialist
Allen_S@cde.state.co.us | (720) 498-4675

Susanna Spear - 21st CCLC Program Assistant
Spear_S@cde.state.co.us | (720) 305-7536