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CSC Spotlight
Holiday Message from CSC
This season, Center for Schools and Communities thank our partners in education, community organizations, and government for a year of meaningful collaboration.
Together, we supported schools, strengthened communities, and advanced evidence-based approaches that promote safety, well-being, and opportunity for children and youth. As we move into the new year, we remain committed to building on this momentum—working side by side to create lasting, positive change.
Wishing you a peaceful holiday season and continued success in the year ahead.
Funding Announcement: FY 2025–26 Statewide BOOST Grant Now Open
Informational webinar: Dec. 19, 1 p.m.
Application deadline: Jan. 26, 2026
The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) is now accepting applications for the FY 2025–26 Statewide Building Opportunities for Out-of-School Time (BOOST) funding opportunity. This competitive grant supports statewide youth-serving organizations working to expand high-quality out-of-school time (OST) programming for at-risk school-age youth across Pennsylvania.
The BOOST program is designed to strengthen structured before-school, afterschool, and summer learning opportunities that promote academic success, social-emotional learning, career readiness, mentoring, and safe environments for young people ages 5–18.
This holiday season, the Susquehanna Education Foundation (SEF) invites you to make a difference close to home. Your generosity will help support students and families when they need it most.
Funds related to Center for Schools and Communities:
Center for Schools and Communities provides comprehensive services to build organizational capacity. We work closely with local education agencies, community-based organizations and state and local departments to strengthen systems. We help our clients increase their knowledge, awareness and skills by providing high quality professional learning opportunities, research and evaluation design, and customized consultation. Our knowledgeable staff has a diverse array of expertise and skills in school safety, youth violence prevention, out-of-school time, family-community-school partnerships and positive youth development. We will work with you to review, develop and implement plans to meet your needs and identify effective strategies designed to transform lives.
