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Montana after-school programs gain new support network thanks to 3 year grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

October 24, 2014 /

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Montana after-school programs will soon have a new support network.

On Oct. 1 the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation http://www.mott.org/ committed to granting $75,000 each year for the next three years to fund the Montana Afterschool Alliance. http://afterschoolalliance.org/policyStateFacts.cfm?state_abbr=MT

The organization will be the first in Montana, but is an affiliate of the national Afterschool Alliance that supports after-school networks in 41 states, according to the nonprofit’s website.

"The premise is that in basically all states there [was] no state champion for after-school activities," Danica Jamison, president and CEO of the Greater Gallatin United Way, said.

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