By Katie Landes, Director Join the Georgia Statewide Afterschool Network (GSAN) for the inaugural Brews for Afterschool. It promises to be a festive evening, offering guests an opportunity to play hands-on afterschool-style games and activities, while enjoying delicious food...
By Katie Landes, Director Approximately 100,000 children in Georgia under the age of 18 live with serious mental health conditions. Many of these children do not receive the necessary treatment. Afterschool and summer learning programs can serve as part...
By Katie Landes, Director As the school year wraps up, we are getting excited for summer learning programs across the state to kick into action! Summer learning programs are not only a safe and engaging place for young...
What’s the difference between lobbying and advocating? By Katie Landes, Director Both advocating and lobbying are critical to raising awareness of and support for afterschool. For afterschool in particular, the voices of providers are absolutely indispensable! There are many...
By Katie Landes, Director Earlier this month, afterschool got some much deserved love and attention from education leaders, elected officials, athletes, and celebrities at the 2017 National Afterschool Summit, “Ready to Work.” It’s not every day that Governor Arnold...
By Katie Landes, Director of GSAN 2016 is almost over! It has been a big year for afterschool in Georgia and for us here at the Georgia Statewide Afterschool Network. As we look ahead to 2017, I wanted to...
By Katie Landes, Director Last week, I joined over 150 afterschool providers and advocates on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC for the Afterschool Alliance’s 2016 Afterschool for All Challenge. As part of the Afterschool for All Challenge, I was able to...
By Katie Landes, Director of GSAN, for Get Georgia Reading’s blog It’s official: The long-awaited Georgia Afterschool & Youth Development (ASYD) Quality Standards were released December 1. And this is kind of a big deal for Georgia because more than 280,000 of...
By Katie Landes, Director It’s official! Today marks the release of the long-awaited Georgia Afterschool & Youth Development (ASYD) Quality Standards. Why this is kind of a big deal Over 280,000 of Georgia’s school-aged children participate in an afterschool...
By Katie Landes, Director of GSAN Lights On Afterschool is less than 3 weeks away! This week-long event, which is part of the nationwide Afterschool Alliance’s 16th annual Lights On Afterschool, calls attention to the importance of afterschool programs and the resources required...