The Office of Childhood’s Afterschool Program has two competitive grants for school age afterschool programs that are now open: 

1. 21^st Century Community Learning Center (21^st CCLC) grant for the 2026-2031 award period. 
2. School Age Community (SAC) grant for the 2026-2029 award period.  

For more information and to find the afterschool grants’ application and guidelines, please go to the Afterschool (School Age) Page. Awards are subject to availability of funding. 

The deadline for both grant applications is 1:00 p.m. on Friday, April 24, 2026.  

Questions may be sent to afterschool@dese.mo.gov.