Advantage After School

Supporting students across New York

UPDATE – Advantage After School received a $2.5 million increase in this year’s state budget! Thank you to everyone for their advocacy over the last year.

Advantage After School Facts

  • Number of Programs: 177 statewide
  • Students Served: 16,000
  • Demand For Afterschool Funding: 3 out of 4 qualified applicants for competitive grant programs go unfunded. These unfunded, but qualified, applicants for the 2014 round of Advantage After School funding totaled over $31 million; the 2012 round of Advantage After School totaled almost $48 million.
  • Limited Geographical Overlap With Empire State After-School: Out of the 177 Advantage After School Programs currently operating, 103 of these programs are located in areas not currently served through Empire Sate After-School funding.

Find Your Advantage After School Program(s) by Legislative District

Download your Excel spreadsheet below.