Mission & History
The Nebraska CLC Network is a statewide public-private partnership supporting school-community collaborations that provide children and youth what they need to be successful.
Nebraska CLC Network supports sustainable, high quality, school-based and school-linked community learning centers that operate during the non-school hours to help meet the needs of Nebraska's youth, their families and their communities because success builds on and is supported by what happens in and around students' homes and neighborhoods, both before and after the end of the traditional school day.
While each community learning center (CLC) is different, responding to the differing needs of individual neighborhoods and communities, full service CLCs bring together core program components; these include afterschool and summer activities for youth, early childhood care and education programs, parental involvement and adult education activities, health and behavioral health services and related community development programs.
The Nebraska CLC Network is currently focused on achieving the following goals: creating a sustainable network built on statewide, regional, and local partnerships, particularly school-community partnerships, focused on supporting policy development at all levels; supporting the development and growth of statewide and local policies that will secure the resources needed to sustain existing and new CLC programs; and fostering the development of statewide systems that encourage high quality programs.
Recent Network Successes
Collaborated with Governor's office and National Governor's Association on a Governor's Summit on Extended Learning Opportunities, January 2008
Convened second annual CLC Awareness Week at the State Capitol, January 2008
Launch of network website, December 2007
Successfully completed 1st year implementation of Parent Information Resource Centers program, November 2007
Secured three year funding from the C.S. Mott Foundation and other partners for core Network activities, October 2007
