Making Sense of the 2024 Election: Out-of-School Time Monthly Field Convening

November 15, 2024, 12:00 pm ET

Making Sense of the 2024 Election: Implications for the OST Field

See below for webinar resources.

Join the EdFunders OST Impact Group as we make sense of the 2024 election cycle and hear from experts on their analyses of implications for the OST field. We’ll explore both potential challenges and opportunities on the federal and state level for summer, afterschool, and school-age care programs. We'll also discuss ways field leaders can advocate for high-quality youth programs.

• Gerardo Jaimes Garcia, Education Initiatives Senior Manager, San Diego Foundation

Speakers:

• Brian Ortega, K-12, Sr. Policy Analyst, UnidosUS
• Erik Peterson, Senior Vice President of Policy, Afterschool Alliance 
• Autumn Rivera, Policy Specialist, Education, National Conference of State Legislatures 
• Karen Schulman, Senior Director of State Child Care Policy, National Women’s Law Center

Resources

• Afterschool Alliance slides
  • Data sources for “afterschool has broad appeal” on slide 4: https://afterschoolalliance.org/afterschool-polling.cfm
• NCSL Slides
• UnidosUS OST Practice to Policy PPT

• Afterschool Alliance
  • Afterschool Alliance blog: Election 2024 results – What may be next for afterschool
  • Afterschool Alliance blog: State and local elections 2024 – Implications for afterschool programs
• National Conference of State Legislatures
  • NCSL’s 2024 Elections page
  • NCSL’s Ballot Measure Database 
  • NCSL’s k-12 education bill database
  • One of NCSL’s OST Legislative Roundups
  • GIS mapping tool of programs that’s helpful with policymakers that overlays concentrations of poverty, educational attainment, JJ referrals, and other data to show where access needs exist: https://www.ncsl.org/state-legislatures-news/details/how-data-mapping-can-inform-out-of-school-time-policy
• National Women’s Law Center
  • Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: State Child Care Assistance Policies 2023 – National Women’s Law Center
  • Why the 2025 Tax Fight Matters for Care Investments – National Women’s Law Center
  • Tax Credits Are Not the (Full) Solution to the Child Care Crisis – National Women’s Law Center
• UnidosUS
  • UnidosUS: Out-of-School Time Learning: Practice to Policy topic brief
  • Resource put together for folks that may face deportation: A Guide to the Challenges and Opportunities After Deportation
• Children’s Funding Project: Voters in Local Communities Approve Up to $133 Million for Kids in the 2024 Election

About the Series

Join the EdFunders Out-of-School Time Impact Group for an ongoing conversation with funders, practitioners and other field leaders centered on learning about and with the out-of-school time sector, focusing on essential issues in OST now and in the future. Each video call will dive into a specific content area, challenge, and/or opportunity for the field and feature experts in the sector and philanthropy.

Register once for the ongoing series and join as your schedule allows. Already registered? We’ll send you a reminder of your meeting access beforehand.

Calls are scheduled from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET on the third Friday of each month.

See video and resources from past calls in the event archive.