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New Jersey After 3 is a statewide network of afterschool programs serving more than 12,500 children and their families across 114 urban, suburban and rural school communities.

The New Jersey After 3 network consists of local community organizations who partner with public schools to expand learning time by more than 40% each school day, keeping kids safe, improving student achievement and supporting working families through a specific, evidence-based afterschool program model that ensures consistency and encourages local innovation.

New Jersey After 3 provides critical support to 45 nonprofit program partners that include Boys & Girls Clubs, YMCAs, museums, hospitals and other community agencies. Support comes in the form of year-round training and technical assistance, rich content, and operating support grants.

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News & Announcements

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Teams Up With New Jersey After 3 to Kick Off Semester of Service with Book Drives Celebrating MLK Day

Last week, volunteers from forty Enterprise Rent-A-Car branches donated books to New Jersey After 3 afterschool programs as part of the statewide launch to New Jersey After 3's Semester of Service initiative.

The event was among three education initiatives highlighted nationally by The Corporation for National & Community Service.

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New Jersey After 3 Awarded Competitive Federal Stimulus Grant

Grant expands agency's statewide AmeriCorps program, creates new jobs and builds upon New Jersey After 3's success in improving student literacy.

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Afterschool Educator Delivers Revitalized Playground to Camden School

Jacqueline Burgos, a 1st grade teacher at R.C. Molina School, and afterschool educator in Communities in Schools' New Jersey After 3 program, moved mountains to get a new playground donated and built for her school in Camden, NJ.

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State of New Jersey Named Among Top 10 States for Afterschool

Ranking based on data from the Afterschool Alliance’s landmark America After 3PM Study.

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Statewide Graduation Campaign Recommends Expansion of New Jersey After 3 at Dropout Summit

New Jersey After 3 programs were explicitly mentioned by State officials as important contributors to effective dropout prevention.

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High School Students Volunteer for KEEP Program

Peer leaders at Vernon Township High School are now stretching their wings and mentoring younger children enrolled in the NJ After 3 KEEP program at the Cedar Mountain School every Wednesday afternoon.

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New Jersey After 3 Named Lead Agency for 2010 Semester of Service and Global Youth Service Day   

Through Semester of Service, New Jersey After 3 will engage more than 4,500 students and 2,000 family and community members from within their network to participate in the "Speak Out & Listen Up" themed service projects. 

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