Increasing access, enhancing quality, supporting partnerships

Massachusetts Afterschool Partnership

Service learning is an approach to teaching and learning in which students use academic and civic knowledge and skills to address genuine community needs. Click here to read more about what MAP is doing for service-learning programs across the state

MAP has launched a new initiative to help programs integrate entrepreneurial curriculum into their program as well as launch a new statewide virtual pitch competition!

Informal STEM learning offers students a unique experience that maintains their interests and makes them more likely to stay in a STEM field in college. Click here to see the research and to check out our STEM Opportunity Library!

Click here to learn about what trianings are happening around the state of Massachusetts. MAP also offers coaching and learning communities for afterschool and summer providers.

Massachusetts Afterschool Partnership’s

Afterschool 101 Webinar

Watch this recorded video with our Executive Director, Patrick Stanton, as he explains the basic rules, regulations, and funding sources impacting the afterschool field in Massachusetts.

Check out our Out-of-School Time Story Map!

The Massachusetts Afterschool Partnership (MAP) Out-of-School Time Story Map depicts the afterschool and out-of-school time landscape in the state of Massachusetts. This map is designed to be used as a tool by legislators, advocates, providers, and families to understand where sites are located, where state and federal funding is being directed, and how this intersects with indicators of child-wellbeing. As we approach a federal funding cliff from ARPA funds, we hope this valuable information can inform strategies for supporting Massachusetts children and youth. Click here to learn more!

STEM PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT: Flying Cloud Institute!

Massachusetts afterschool and summer programs are a key component of supporting the building of STEM identities for children and youth, especially for girls and non-binary youth. By including hands-on activities that support a creative engineering mindset, incorporating role models into programs, engaging parents and families around STEM careers, and centering equity in all aspects, STEAM programs can help prepare the next generation of innovators.

To highlight the great work being done in Massachusetts, Massachusetts Afterschool Partnership partnered with the Flying Cloud Institute to create STEM Spotlight Videos! Learn more about their Makerspace and Girls Science Club programs here!

National Afterschool Association 2024 Convention

Be You. Be Here. Belong.

The National Afterschool Association is hosting their 2024 Convention in Dallas, Texas on March 17-20, 2024. This is an amazing opportunity to connect with other OST professionals across the country. Register by Dec. 14 to get the lowest rate we offer! Rates will increase after Dec. 15, so register now!

MAP is the state affiliate of the National Afterschool Association (NAA). Check out their website for more information!

Making a Difference.

MAP is the only statewide organization dedicated to ensuring all children and youth have access to high quality afterschool programming. In FY2017, MAP was able to develop and strengthen our relationship building and development with essential foundations that allow us to do our work. Advocacy, professional development and technical assistance, communications, policy change, and systems change. The last fiscal year saw an increase in organizational capacity and a budget that allowed us to do more across all initiatives.

2017 annual report

MAP in the news

Advocacy and Research

covid-19 pandemic

In 2020, Massachusetts Afterschool Partnership was interviewed by 22 News on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on parents, afterschool educators, and children.

gap cited in afterschool programs

In 2018, the Mass Afterschool Partnership released a new report on afterschool and summer learning, outlining the need for more programs and presented recommendations to the legislature to build a robust and equitable system. Watch the video to learn more!

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