Funding eliminated for after-school programs serving rural communities
Children in the Red Barons age group (first and second grade) work on an electronic snap circuits project at a Bigfork ACES summer camp on Friday, June 29. Earlier this month, ACES learned it was not selected to receive 21st-Century Community Learning Center grant funding, which impacts before- and after-school programming not only in Bigfork, but also in Deer Park, Kila and Marion schools. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Approximately $200,000 in annual 21st-Century Community Learning Center federal grant funding has been eliminated for after-school programming in Bigfork, Deer Park, Kila and Marion.
A current five-year funding cycle that supported the programs, which operated in a consortium under the umbrella of Bigfork ACES, ended on June 30 and was not renewed in the most recent competitive application process.
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