The Cooperage Project’s Family Maker Night families pictured is a cup stacking challenges.
Contrell Armor speaking on Capitol steps during 2023 Advocacy Day.
Ty’Wann M. speaking at the 2025 Advocacy Day press conference.
Vicky D. gives youth speech at 2025 Advocacy Day Press Conference.
Academic Adventures Summer Program middle school students learning the barber industry.
Allentown School District STEMFEST Flying Classroom Summer 2025.
Hannah Penn Elementary, York City School District Girls on the Run team.
Green Trees Early Learning Center, Inc shines Lights on Afterschool.
Sunrise of Philadelphia youth experience being cardiologists and epidemiologists.
Senator Scott Hutchison visits Kid's Innovation Playground's open house.
ASD STEM Flying Classroom Event Summer 2025.
Respective Solution Group’s learning activities for 2025 Summer Learning Week.
2025 STEM Ambassador Special Project Cohort.
Founded in 2004, Pennsylvania Statewide Afterschool Youth Development Network (PSAYDN) at Center for Schools and Communities is one of 50 statewide afterschool networks funded through the Mott Foundation and a host of other funders.
Our mission is to promote sustainable, high quality out-of-school time (OST) youth development programs through advocacy and capacity building to enhance the welfare of Pennsylvania’s children, youth and families.
With nearly 3,000 members, over 6,000 recognized OST providers, over 100 partners, and serving in all 67 counties, PSAYDN has grown the network by providing services and supports that influence and impact afterschool on national, statewide, and regional levels.
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Through the Susquehanna Education Foundation, donate to the PSAYDN Fund to expand access to out-of-school (OST) programming, provide vital resources to all communities, build advocacy efforts, award scholarships and foster a lifelong love of learning in children, youth, and families.
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PSAYDN gratefully acknowledges support from a diverse network of partners and supporters who are crucial to developing and sustaining our initiatives. Most of PSAYDN’s program resources, professional development and advocacy efforts are products of local, regional, state and national collaborations.
Please contact PSAYDN if you or your organization are interested discussing new collaborative opportunities that will support high quality out-of-school time for children and youth in Pennsylvania.