Minnesota Afterschool Advance - Youthprise
A collaboration between Youthprise and the Venn Foundation to help eligible families and students access affordable afterschool enrichment programs using the Minnesota K-12 Education Tax Credit to pay for educational supports and enrichment including tutoring, music lessons, art classes, and supportive distance learning technology. - Afterschool Activities: Works with service providers across the state to offer more accessible afterschool activities to eligible families. Current offerings include driver's education, fine arts, performance arts, academic enrichment, and tutoring. New activities are continually added; check website for new opportunities. - Distance Learning Technology: Assists families with receiving a Chromebook for distance learning for no cost to eligible families by using both the K-12 Education Tax Credit and scholarship dollars. The Minnesota K-12 Education Credit ("Tax Credit") was created by state law in 1997 to help eligible families pay for afterschool activities, but it relies on eligible families paying for activities up front and then waiting for reimbursement in their tax refund. Waiting for the reimbursement of hundreds, even up to a thousand, dollars can be hard for many families. Minnesota Afterschool Advance (MAA) is able to eliminate this wait for eliglble families - giving them the dollars to enroll in afterschool programs now.
Last assured
05/01/2024
Physical Address
3001 Broadway Street NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413
Hours
9 am - 5 pm Monday - Friday
Application process
- Afterschool Activities: Complete the online application for each child in the family who wishes to participate, www.mnafterschool.org/apply; applications will be reviewed for eligibility. Eligible families will be invited to select the afterschool programs their child wishes to participate in. Eligible families will pay the required family contribution of 25% of the price of the activities and Minnesota Afterschool Advance will add its 75% to the child's account. Afterschool activities are available to all eligible students in the household. - Distance Learning Technology: Complete the online application, www.mnafterschool.org/apply; applications will be reviewed for eligibility. Eligible families will receive a special link to order the Chromebook and have it shipped directly to the family/student. Participating families should watch for additional instructions from Minnesota Afterschool Advance at the end of the year. Chromebooks are limited to one per family. - Visit website for detailed eligibility rules and guidelines; https://mnafterschool.org/chromebooks and https://mnafterschool.org/current-program-offerings - For assistance with applying or with questions, call a Community Navigator: - Shamim Yarrow, (612)293-0793, [email protected]; Languages: English, Somali, and Kiswahili - Janelle Hosfield, (612)466-0238, [email protected]; Language: English - Lisa Lennex-Sagbo, (612)440-9342, [email protected]; Languages: English - Maya Soriano, (612)293-7650, [email protected]; Languages: English and Spanish
Fee
- Afterschool Activities: 75% of the eligible education expenses for activities are paid, up to $1,500 per child in grades K-12 - Distance Learning Technology: No cost to eligible families
Required documents
Application; previous and current year taxes
Eligibility
- A child living in Minnesota currently in grades K - 12 and attend public or private school or are homeschooled - Household income during current and previous year must be under $70,000 and the family must file taxes - Commit to filing a Minnesota income tax return for the year of enrollment in Minnesota Afterschool Advance - Provide the required family contribution of 25% of the cost of each afterschool activity the child wishes to participate in. There is no cost for the Chromebook for eligible families. - Commit to ensuring that the child fully uses the services they registered for - Repay Minnesota Afterschool Advance for the amount loaned to the family via the families tax refund (which should include the tax credit to pay for the activities) - Students and parents are eligible if they have an ITIN (IRS Individual Taxpayer Identification Number); a Social Security number is not required - Visit website for detailed eligibility requirements - Statewide for both programs
Languages
Swahili
Spanish
Somali
Service area
MN
Agency info
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