after-school programs

The federal freeze on more than $1 billion in education money threw local after-school program providers into chaos. Some are still unsure of restarting programs for the fall despite the freeze ending.

One after-school program provider said the freeze on federal funding, if it continues, will mean shuttering 17 sites across Cleveland, Lorain and Elyria.

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District announced in February it will cut pandemic-era funding to after-school programs not operated by the school district. Dozens of programs and hundreds of parents and students are now wondering what's next.

The Cleveland Institute of Art is among the newest of 14 Impact! after school program sites and the first one in Cuyahoga County focused on arts. The new program provides a way for students to develop their portfolios and for the school to recruit a more diverse student body.

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