Nov 16 2022
Winning Sustained Public Financing for Out-of-School Time
What: A multi-session learning opportunity focused on strategic public financing for children and youth. Topics will include:
- Understanding the true cost of OST (November 16, 2-3:30p EST): Hearing from partners with cost modeling and cost estimation work underway; Discussing the value of cost modeling for addressing job quality improvement.
- Understanding current public investment in OST (January 18, 2-3:30p EST): Connecting Funders with state, local and regional fiscal mapping efforts.
- Generating revenue to fill the gap (March 15, 2-3:30p EST): Discussing shared principles for revenue generation and local funding examples, especially related to workforce compensation and job quality.
- Moving the work forward (May 17, 2-3:30pm EST): Identifying action items that funders can do today to advance sustained public financing for child and youth programs.
Who: Grantmakers for Education (EdFunders) member funders, facilitated by the Children’s Funding Project.
When: Four 90-minute meetings over the course of the fall 2022 to spring 2023.
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Public Media Briefing on Children’s Media
Join us on April 20 for a conversation that will bring together both education and media funders to consider how non-commercial children’s media fits within a broader public-interest media ecosystem.