Take the Challenge – the Lights On Afterschool #LightBulbChallenge. Take a picture of your staff and students imitating the Lights On logo, make a video of someone having fun with the logo, or post a selfie of yourself imitating the logo (you may need some help with that one). You can even take a series of […]

Rico X Will Work in Tennessee and Nationally to Increase Access to Afterschool Programs. Contact: Magen Eissenstat, 202/371-1999 News Release: October 3, 2019 Washington, DC – The Afterschool Alliance today announced that Rico X, Vice President of School Age Services at the YMCA of Middle Tennessee, has been selected to serve as an Afterschool Ambassador […]

On September 20th, 2019, United Ways of Tennessee released ALICE in Tennessee: A Financial Hardship Study. This groundbreaking report reveals that more than one in three households in Tennessee struggle to meet basic needs.  ALICE stands for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed and represents households that are working but cannot afford the basic necessities such […]

Since its inception, NAZA has continuously invested in building youth workers’ capacity to provide high-quality programming through free-of-charge trainings in positive youth development, youth program quality assessment, mental health, youth engagement, project-based learning, literacy and more. The offered professional development opportunities are intentionally five positive youth development principles that Nashville adopted in 2009, as well […]