Title IV, Part B: 21st Century Community Learning Center (CCLC) Grants

 

Overview

The 21st CCLC Program is a competitive federal grant for Local Education Agencies (LEAs) and Community or Faith-Based Organizations (CFBOs) to serve students and their families attending schools with poverty levels of 40 percent or higher outside of regular school hours.

Authorized under Title IV, Part B, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the program's specific purposes are to:

  1. provide opportunities for academic enrichment, including providing tutorial services to help students (particularly students in high-poverty areas and those who attend low-performing schools) meet State and local student performance standards in core academic subjects such as reading and mathematics;
  2. offer students a broad array of additional services, programs, and activities such as youth development activities, drug and violence prevention programs, counseling programs, art, music, and recreation programs, technology education programs, and character education programs, that are designed to reinforce and complement the regular academic program of participating students; and
  3. offer families of students served by community learning centers opportunities for literacy and related educational development.

The following local education agencies and community-based organizations have 21st CCLC for the 2026-2027 fiscal year:

  • Boys & Girls Club of Utah County 
  • Rockwell Charter 
  • Cache County School District 
  • Davis School District 
  • American Preparatory Academy 
  • City of South Salt Lake 
  • Guadalupe School 
  • Jordan School District 
  • Murray School District 
  • Salt Lake City Schools District 
  • Salt Lake County Youth Services 
  • USU Extension - Salt Lake County 
  • YMCA of Northern Utah 
  • USU Extension - Garfield County 
  • USU Extension - San Juan 
  • Grand School District (BEACON) 
  • Utah Neighborhood Connection
  • Youth Impact

Grant Application Information

Competitions are held every other year on even numbered years, with the next one anticipated to be 2028. Generally the RFP is released in March, the Bidders Conference is held in April, applications are due in May, and award decisions are announced in early July. This schedule is open to change. If you are interested in being added to the e-mail list for the 21st CCLC Grant release, please complete  Utah State Board of Education (USBE) 21st Century Community Learning Center (CCLC) Grant Email List Form . 

21st CCLC Grant Competition Information and Application Documents

School Year 2026-2027

For information about the 21st CCLC grant purposes, grant cycle, and requirements, please review the 21st CCLC Grant Information Guide and watch the Grant Information Video.  

Application calendar (dates subject to change)

    • Required Letter of Intent DUE: 4/1/26 at 11:59 pm 
    • Application Opens in Utah Grants: 5/1/26
    • Application Documents DUE in Utah Grants: 5/27/26 at 5:00 pm 
    • Grant Review Period: 5/28/26 to 7/10/26 
    • Award Notification: Week of 7/13/26 

Grant Application

To apply for the 21st CCLC grant, please download the 21st CCLC Application Packet 2027 using the following link. Fill out all responses directly in the application document unless otherwise indicated and upload the completed document to your application in Utah Grants.  

Bidders Conference

The Bidder's Conference with information about the application process was prerecorded, and you may view it here.  

Resources

Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1964: Community Learning Center

21APR Reporting

21APR is the United States Department of Education’s 21st Century Community Learning Center’s (21st CCLC) data collection system. The 21APR is designed to collect data from all 21st CCLC grantees who had active sites in the program year that we are currently reporting. Data is collected year-round, including during summer programming, and is reported after the school year ends.  

Data is reported in two windows: 

Window 1 

    • Activities 
    • Staffing 
    • Participation 

Window 2  

    • Outcomes

 

21APR State Education Agency (SEA) Data Guide

Teacher Survey for 21st CCLC Grant Reporting

Evaluation Reports

Statewide Comprehensive Evaluation Efforts Plan

Statewide Comprehensive Evaluation Efforts Plan
This report provides an overview of the current evaluation efforts for the grant program

Afterschool Program Quality Improvement in Utah: Development of a Program Quality Framework

This report includes information from two studies of afterschool program quality in Utah, based on Senate Bill (S.B.) 125, 2017 General Session, focusing on current afterschool program quality improvement practices and recommendations for future quality improvement efforts. S.B. 125 required the Utah State Board of Education to establish rules for high quality afterschool program standards.

Afterschool Program Quality Improvement in Utah Report
University of Utah, Utah Education Policy Center

21st Century Community Learning Center (CCLC): Services and Innovative Practices in Utah 2016-2017

This report include an evaluation of the 21st CCLC program sites. The dual purposes of the evaluation were to examine current 21st CCLC program offerings and identify 21st CCLC sites with exemplary and innovative program practices.

21st Century Community Learning Centers Services and Innovative Practices in Utah
University of Utah, Utah Education Policy Center

Contact Us

Savannah Hunt
21st Century Community Learning Education Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7825 | Email