What We Do

The After-School Corporation works in New York City, New York State and nationally to enhance the quality, availability and sustainability of comprehensive, daily after-school programs. The first nonprofit organization in the nation to set about building a citywide K-12 after-school system, TASC funds, monitors, evaluates and supports after-school programs in New York City public schools.

TASC is dedicated to building the after-school field by expanding training and college opportunities for after-school staff, and by strengthening the alignment between school day and after-school learning. We develop measures of program quality and accountability, and share with after-school providers lessons learned throughout nearly a decade of developing programs.

We support TASC model programs that operate every day school is in session from 3 to 6 PM, and innovate by developing new curricula and professional practices tailored to help kids achieve the best possible outcomes through after-school. TASC is developing new program models that complement school reform, expand student learning time, and meet the needs of all ages from kindergarten through high school.

TASC advocates and informs after-school policy by serving as a trusted advisor to a broad network of federal, state and local policymakers and elected officials. We are a partner and coalition builder among organizations that share a common mission of making after-school a public responsibility, and assuring that publicly funded programs are of high quality.