State Profile | New Hampshire

The Afterschool Investments project has developed profiles for each state to provide a snapshot of the "state of afterschool," as well as an opportunity to compare afterschool activities across the country. This profile provides key data and descriptions of the afterschool landscape, which includes a range of out-of-school time programming that can occur before and after school, on weekends, and during summer months. It is designed to serve as a resource for policymakers, administrators, and providers.

• Quick Facts
• Statewide Initiatives
• Notable Local Initiatives
• Statewide Organizations
• Additional Resources
• Notes and Sources

Quick Facts

Demographics

For more demographic information, visit http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/statedata/statepro/index.html

Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)

CCDF Administrative Overview

Settings

Where CCDF-Subsidy school age-children are served:

Uses of CCDF Targeted Funds and Quality Dollars for Afterschool

"Resource and referral and school-age" targeted funds:
Funds may be used for consumer education about the availability of child care, assistance with parent/provider issues, technical assistance to existing providers, recruitment of new providers, and a child care database using NACCRRAware.

Other quality activities:
Funds may be used to provide start-up grants for new school-age programs to become licensed through the Bureau of Child Care Licensing.

Provider Reimbursement Rates

Tiered Reimbursement Rate System:
New Hampshire has a two tiered reimbursement rate involving a Licensed Plus Rate and a Nationally Accredited Rate. The former is the first of the tiered system and provides cash awards at 5% of the total amount billed for children receiving scholarship. It serves children in protective and preventive care. The latter provides cash awards at 10% of the total amount billed for children receiving scholarship and recognizes national accredited programs and programs that are certified by DCYF

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Child Care

Program Licensing Policies

Kindergartens, nursery schools or any other daytime programs operated by an elementary or secondary school system or institution of higher learning are exempt.

Systems/Quality Supports

21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC)

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Statewide Initiatives

• PlusTime New Hampshire. PlusTime NH is a statewide non-profit organization whose mission is to provide the guidance, leadership and support essential to create, improve and sustain afterschool programs in NH communities.

  PlusTime NH provides the training, advocacy, financial and human resources critical to program success by:

  • Creating new programs that meet local community need
  • Strengthening existing programs through training and ongoing consultation
  • Funding afterschool programs
  • Leveraging financial and volunteer resources
  • Advocating for public funding (local, state and federal)
  • Collaborating with local community, state, national and private organizations for financial, programmatic, and informational support
  • Educating our constituencies by reporting the outcomes and lessons learned of our collaborative efforts.

  Current PlusTime NH initiatives include:

• Extended Learning Opportunities. With support from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, the NH Department of Education and PlusTime NH will work with four school systems to develop an afterschool Extended Learning Opportunities model that can soon be used by high schools state-wide.   Ground work for this project was made possible by a Supporting Student Success grant and in-depth consulting services from the three organizations involved in this joint initiative: the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), and National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center).
• Statewide Afterschool Evaluation Task Force. PlusTime NH co-chairs the Statewide Afterschool Evaluation Task Force together with the NH Department of Education.  The second report of academically focused afterschool programs in NH, and including several years of data, will be made available to the public later in 2008.
• Out of School Matters! NH. OSM! NH is a model middle school program that improves that academic preparedness and achievement in youth from underserved schools and communities in NH.  PlusTime NH provides in-depth training and consultation in combination with grants.  Funds for the program were provided by Nellie Mae Education Foundation, Balfour Foundation and Jessie B. Cox Foundation.
• Afterschool Quality Improvement. Through a grant from the Child Care Development Block Grant, PlusTime NH is working to increase afterschool program quality, broaden professional development opportunities for program staff, and increase the number of licensed afterschool slots in NH.
• New England After 3 pm: Spotlight on New Hampshire.  PlusTime NH recently collaborated with the Afterschool Alliance, Department of Education, and Nellie Mae Education Foundation to conduct a study on education leaders’ views on afterschool programs and their contributions to student success.  The report highlights that 96% of education leaders agree that children in afterschool programs are more likely to attend school regularly, turn in homework on time and improve their grades and test schores compared to similar students who do not participate. A copy of the report can be found online at www.plustime.org.

  More information about PlusTime NH can be found at www.plustime.org

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Notable Local Initiatives

• Nashua Youth Safe Haven. Sponsored by the Eisenhower Foundation and located at the Nashua Police Athletic League, this new afterschool program for Nashua youth is a cooperative effort involving local police, the Nashua School District, the Nashua Housing Authority, and the New Hampshire National Guard.  Program managers work with Nashua School District and coordinate funding with the district’s 21st Century Community Learning Centers funding. The Safe Haven targets at-risk youth and has 100 students registered, with about 30 students attending the Haven on a daily basis. The primary goal of the program is to support students’ academic growth, and program officials monitor student progress.   

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Statewide Organizations

National AfterSchool Association Affiliate:

New Hampshire NAA
Easter Seals
555 Auburn Street
Manchester, NH, 03103
Phone: 603-226-2791

Statewide Child Care Resource & Referral Network:

New Hampshire Child Care Resource and Referral Network
c/o Southwestern Community Services, Inc.
69 Z Island, P.O. Box 603
Keene, NH 03431
Phone: 603-352-7512
Fax: 603-466-2907

Statewide Afterschool Network:

PlusTime New Hampshire
160 Dover Rd. Suite 1
Chichester, NH 03258
Phone: 603-798-5850
Email: info@plustime.org
Web: www.plustime.org

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Additional Resources

State Child Care Administrators:
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/statedata/dirs/display.cfm?title=ccdf

State TANF Contacts:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa/states/tanf-dr.htm

21st Century Community Learning Centers Contacts:
http://www.ed.gov/programs/21stcclc/contacts.html

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Notes and Sources

Demographics

Total population, 2008: Annual Estimates of the Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008, U.S. Census Bureau.

Number of children ages 5-12, 2008: Estimates of the Resident Population by Single-Year of Age and Sex for the United States and States: July 1, 2007, U.S. Census Bureau.

Percent of students eligible for free and reduced-price lunch rate, 2006: Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools from the Common Core of Data: School Year 2005-06. U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics. Note: Most recent data.

Percent of K-12 students in Title I "schoolwide" schools, 2006: Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools from the Common Core of Data: School Year 2005-06. U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics. Schools enrolling at least 40 percent of students from poor families are eligible to use Title I funds for schoolwide programs that serve all children in the school. Note: Most recent data.

Child Care and Development Fund

The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) is the largest federal funding source for child care. States receive a funding allocation determined by formula and have broad flexibility to design programs that provide child care subsidies for low-income children under the age of 13 and to enhance the quality of child care for all children. Federal CCDF funding consists of mandatory, matching, and discretionary funds. Federal law requires that states spend at least 4 percent of their CCDF funds as well as additional targeted funds on activities to improve the quality and availability of child care. CCDF administrative data in this and the following sections is from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Child Care Bureau, as reported by States, unless otherwise noted.

FFY09 CCDF Allocation: Funding allocations are based on appropriation and do not reflect any reallotted or redistributed funds that may occur at a later date.

FFY09 state MOE plus match: In order to receive Federal matching funds, a state must expend Maintenance of Effort funds. Note that this does not capture actual expenditures, only the minimum required to draw down all available federal funds.

FFY09 Tribal CCDF Allocation: Federal CCDF Funds are awarded directly to Federally-recognized Indian Tribes.

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Funding: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) appropriates an additional $2 billion in one-time CCDF Discretionary funding available to State, Territory and Tribal Lead Agencies in FY09 as part of the economic stimulus package.

FFY07 total quality expenditures: This data includes FY07 and prior year funds expended for quality from each of the CCDF funding streams (mandatory, matching, and discretionary) and expenditures under targeted funds for infant and toddler, school-age care and resource and referral. This figure provides information obtained from state financial reports submitted for FY07.

Uses of CCDF Targeted Funds and Quality Dollars for Afterschool: Portions of CCDF discretionary funds are targeted specifically for resource and referral and school-age child care activities as well as for quality expansion. (These funds are in addition to the required 4 percent minimum quality expenditure.)

Maximum rate for school-age category: Rates are listed for center-based care, family child care, and license exempt programs; where rates vary by region or county, the rate for the most populated urban area is given.

Standardized monthly school-age rate: Monthly rate for a child, age 8, in care after school during the school year at a center in the most costly district for four hours per day, 20 days per month. Calculated (in the lowest tier of a tiered system) using information from the FY2008-2009 State CCDF Plan, including rate structures, as submitted to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families.

Separate subsidy rates for different age ranges and Tiered Reimbursement Rate Systems: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Child Care Bureau. Report of State Plans FY2008-2009.

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Child Care

In addition to spending TANF funds directly on child care, a state may transfer up to 30 percent of its TANF grant to CCDF. Expenditures represent TANF funds spent in FY07 that were awarded in FY07 and prior years. Data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, available at: In addition to spending TANF funds directly on child care, a state may transfer up to 30 percent of its TANF grant to CCDF. Expenditures represent TANF funds spent in FY07 that were awarded in FY07 and prior years. Data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, available at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofs/data/2007/tanf_2007.html.

Program Licensing and Accreditation Policies

States with separate school-age licensing standards and states with specialized requirements for child care centers serving school-age children: National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center (NCCIC) and National Association for Regulatory Administration, 2007 Child Care Licensing Study, see: http://www.naralicensing.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=160.

Ratio of children to adults in school-age setting: Data from the National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC), available at: http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov.

School-based, school-age programs exempt from licensing: Research conducted by Afterschool Investments, March 2008.

Systems/Quality Supports

School-age credential: NCCIC, State Professional Development System Credentials for Individuals, see: http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/poptopics/pd-credentials.html.

Statewide quality rating system: NCCIC, Quality Rating Systems: Definitions and Statewide Systems, see: http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/qrs-defsystems.html.

Statewide afterschool network: National Network of Statewide Afterschool Networks, see: http://www.statewideafterschoolnetworks.net/.

21st Century Community Learning Centers

The 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program is a state formula grant. Funds flow to states based on their share of Title I, Part A funds. Data from the U.S. Department of Education 21st Century Community Learning Centers Office and the 21st CCLC Profile and Performance Information Collection System as of July 2009.

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The Child Care Bureau awarded a technical assistance contract to The Finance Project for the Afterschool Investments project. The goals of the Afterschool Investments project include:

• Identifying ways that state and communities are using Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) subsidy and quality dollars to support out-of-school time programs, and sharing these practices and approaches with other states;
• Identifying administrative and implementation issues related to CCDF investments in out-of-school time programs, and providing information and context (about barriers, problems, opportunities) as well as practical tools that will help CCDF administrators make decisions; and
• Identifying other major programs and sectors that are potential partners for CCDF in supporting out-of-school time programs and providing models, strategies, and tools for coordination with other programs and sectors.

Contact Us:

Email:
afterschool@financeproject.org

Web:
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The Finance Project
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Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-587-1000
Web: www.financeproject.org

The Afterschool Investments project’s State Profiles are designed to provide a comprehensive overview of noteworthy State and local initiatives across the country. Inclusion of an initiative in the Profiles does not represent an endorsement of a particular policy or practice.