Who We Are

The Georgia Afterschool Investment Council is dedicated to ensuring Georgia's youth have access to high-quality, affordable afterschool and summer learning programs. Over 1 million kids, at least half of Georgia’s school-age children, may spend time away from their parents between the hours of 3PM-6PM and in the summer. Too often, our middle schoolers and high school youth are left with too few opportunities at a time when community relationships and career exploration become more central to their development. The Georgia Afterschool Investment Council (GAIC) is committed to responding to such crises. Our organization is developing an inter-related public policy and engagement strategy to sharpen the public and private roles for investments in our youth and build the public will for increased attention to the afterschool/out-of-school time issues Georgia faces.

GAIC Featured
Georgia Leads the Way: Implementation of First National Afterschool Academies at State Level

GAIC held the first Georgia Afterschool Institute (GAI) the week of July 28th at the University of Georgia. To read about this event and next steps, please click here.

Savannah Mayor Johnson: GA's Afterschool Champion

Mayor Johnson was honored as GA's Afterschool Champion in Washington, D.C. at the Afterschool Alliance's Afterschool Challenge. To read more, please see our press release.

Georgia Afterschool Responds to the AJC

GAIC's response in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution to A school reform long on common sense (AJC, @issue, April 15)

One Minute of Your Time Makes a Difference for Georgia's Kids

Sign up as a supporter of Afterschool for All in Georgia at http://www.afterschool2010.org/join_GA.cfm.

Atlanta Puts the Lights On! Afterschool

Atlanta citywide celebration one of 7,500 events nationwide to make afterschool programs available to all. Click here to watch a short highlight video of this exciting event!

Georgia Afterschool Network Receives Innovation Funding

Georgia's families will benefit from increased attention to the after school hours and the growing need for more afterschool programs, thanks to a 3-year grant to GAIC from the C.S. Mott Foundation. To read the press release, click here.

The Current State of Afterschool in Georgia: Building a Strong Foundation

Download a copy of the first statewide report on afterschool in Georgia


GAIC Featured Partners
Georgia Department of Human Resources, Afterschool Services

The mission of the Department of Human Resources (DHR) Afterschool Services Program is to strengthen Georgia families by expanding afterschool and summer services available to school age youth. For more information, please visit www.afterschoolservices.net.


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