School Age Care

"School Age" care includes programs that provide care before and/or after school operating hours for children between the ages of five and twelve. They may go by different names-extended day, out-of-school time or after-school.

Resources available from the Office of Child Care and Head Start specifically for School-Age Child Care include:

Maine After School Network

The purpose of the Maine After School Network is to enable every child to have access to quality, inclusive, affordable after school programming that meets the needs of the child, the family, and the community.

The Maine After School Network was created in response to the out-of-school time needs of school age children and youth in Maine. The network supports programming that meets the physical, social-emotional, and education needs of the school-aged population.

Membership is open to those with a personal or professional interest in providing high quality out of school time programs. For more information you may visit www.maineafterschool.net or contact: Deborah Chase, Director deborah.chase@maine.edu or Cynthia Stancioff Cynthia.stancioff@maine.edu.

There are professional organizations available to School Age Care Providers. For more information on school age care contact: