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Roswell seeks grant for after-school programs

Roswell is seeking a $181,880 grant to help pay for AmeriCorps members to serve as teachers’ aides in after-school programs. AJC FILE
Roswell is seeking a $181,880 grant to help pay for AmeriCorps members to serve as teachers’ aides in after-school programs. AJC FILE
By David Ibata
Jan 30, 2017

Roswell is applying for a $181,880 grant that would help more than 500 students enrolled in local after-school programs.

The City Council approved a resolution to submit an application for the funds, from the Georgia Commission for Service and Volunteerism. They would go to three of the city’s nonprofit partners – the STAR House Foundation, Ed Isakson YMCA and Fulton County Schools – to hire part-time AmeriCorps members as teachers’ aides.

The aides would provide additional support to students performing below grade-level and who are dual-language learners, according to a staff report prepared for the Council meeting. A total of 524 students in after-school programs would benefit in the 2017-18 Fulton County school year.

Roswell will be required to provide matching funds of at least 24 percent in each of the next three years, or $57,436 in the first year, staff said.

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