ASOST-S Grant Summer 2025                                       

In partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Massachusetts Afterschool Partnership (MAP) is calling for proposals for the ASOST-S Grant for Summer 2025. This grant program is intended to help expand access to and increase quality of summer programs in the Western and Southeastern regions of Massachusetts. MAP will award programs an amount of up to $25,000, awarded to programs for services offered from July 1st, 2025 – August 31st, 2025. MAP has approximately $435,000 to award to summer programs. 

Programs can apply to ASOST-S funds for a wide range of services and support, including but not limited to staff wages and/or compensation, emotional learning services, transportation, and professional development. Funds cannot be used for capital projects. 

Please note: Boys and Girls Clubs and YMCAs are not eligible to apply for this grant.

Purpose and Process 

The overall goal of the grant is to help ASOST programs enhance the quality of and increase access to afterschool and out-of-school time (ASOST) programs in order to improve academic, physical, social, and emotional wellness of school-age youth during the school year and summer months. The main priorities of the grant are to support activities that enhance one or more of the quality criteria areas outlined in the Guidelines for Quality Enhancements in After-School and Out-of-School Time and to increase access to quality ASOST programs for students who have previously been underserved.   

MAP reserves the right to change the scope and/or of the terms of the RFP depending on the number of proposals received, funding requested, and changes to the anticipated allocations by the state legislature. MAP may also extend the date for application submissions.

This Summer’s Grantees:

• 18 Degrees/Kids' Club

• ABACUS: Attleboro Public Schools

• Art Museum New Bedford Inc.

• Berkshire Pulse

• Berkshire South Regional Community Center

• Camp Wind-in-the-Pines, Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts

• Child Care of the Berkshires/Monument Square and Magic Season

• Crossroads/C5 Leaders from Brockton

• Dream Out Loud Center

• Educational Divide Reform

• Flying Cloud Institute

• Greenagers, Inc./Explore! Summer Program

• Haitian Community Partners Foundation

• Holyoke Public Schools

• Homework House Holyoke, Inc.

• Lower Pioneer Valley Educational Collaborative

• Nauset Youth Alliance

• New Bedford Whaling Museum High School Apprenticeship Program

• Pa'lante Transformative Justice

• Pittsfield Public Schools

• Robbins Children's Programs

• The Collaborative for Educational Services

• The Maria Mitchell Association

• Ware Public Schools

• Wareham Public Schools 21st CCLC CARE Summer program

• Westfield Child Center

• YWCA of Southeastern Massachusetts, Inc.