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After-school Services

Community Learning Centers

The Seattle Human Services Department provides funding through the Seattle Families and Education Levy to three Community Learning Centers located at elementary schools in southwest and southeast Seattle. The goal is to foster successful after-school programming that results in improved academic achievement, school performance and healthy youth development for those children attending. Human Service Department staff provide technical assistance, facilitate planning between programs and schools, and monitor program outcomes.

Each program serves approximately 70-80 children (second-fifth graders), provides 12 - 15 hours of after-school programming per week and plans monthly family activities in coordination with the school.

Community Learning Centers can provide a variety of services including:

  • Academic skill building (focusing on reading, math, and writing)
  • Project-based learning and age-appropriate activities
  • Arts and recreation
  • Culturally relevant experiences tailored to the needs of students and their families
  • Homework assistance and tutoring

Teachers select participants and then work with Community Learning Center staff to develop learning plans for each student. Community Learning Center staff coordinate with the school family support worker and the family involvement staff to include family members in supporting student success.

The City of Seattle is providing approximately $507,326 from the Seattle Families and Education Levy in 2011 to the nonprofit, community-based organizations operating the three elementary Community Learning Centers.


2011 Funded Agencies and Programs

  • YMCA at Concord Elementary, 206-252-8100
  • YMCA at West Seattle Elementary, 206-252-9450
  • Tiny Tots Child Development Center at Van Asselt Elementary, 206-252-7548

Information

For more information about Seattle Human Services Department-funded services for children and families, call Michael Mathewson at 206-386-1017 or e-mail childrenandfamilies@seattle.gov.

For information about other Community Learning Centers, our partners and similar programs contact the agencies listed above or visit:


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Seattle Human Services Department
Street address: 700 5th Avenue, Suite 5800, Seattle, WA 98104
Mailing address: PO Box 34215, Seattle, WA 98124-4215

Phone: 206-386-1001
Fax: 206-233-5119
TTY/TTD: 206-233-2778

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