Houston Endowment Grants Bring CASE After-School Initiative Services to 2 Aldine ISD Campuses

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The Harris County Department of Education (HCDE) recently announced the nearly $400,000 in funding provided by Houston Endowment through the Education Foundation of Harris County. Funding for each nonprofit that provides services in the Cooperative for After-School Enrichment will range from $5,000-$30,000. Aldine ISD along with several other districts as well as a number of private and charter schools in the greater Houston area will benefit from after-school grants.

Twenty-five nonprofit after-school providers such as Spirit of Youth Fencing Foundation and the Houston Youth Symphony were awarded the funding through CASE. The nonprofits deliver services such as fine arts activities, mentoring or physical fitness to specific schools and organizations within Aldine, Alief, Houston, Sheldon, Pasadena, Spring Branch and Stafford school districts. More than 45 nonprofit applications seeking a total of $2.4 million were received for funding consideration.

“These out-of-school time activities offer enrichment for children in grades PreK through 12,” said Lisa Thompson Caruthers, director of CASE. “Opportunities include career exploration and the chance to develop hobbies in activities like fencing, dance, golf and theater. We also help students with academic support through hands on STEM projects.”

The Ensemble Theatre received funding to work directly with Carver High School students while FotoFest, Inc. will work with Raymond Academy in Aldine ISD.

For a complete list of schools and neighborhoods benefiting from the after-school grant, go to www.afterschoolzone.org. The zone is a resource available for locating after-school programs across greater Harris County.

CASE, is a division of Harris County Department of Education and supports more than 55 after-school programs, which serve more than 5,000 children in 10 area school districts and four charter schools throughout Houston and Harris County.

HCDE provides education services to the general public and 25 school districts throughout Harris County and beyond.