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After-school in Nebraska

Updated 2026-06-13

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1,133
public schools
346K
students enrolled
$6.5M
federal 21st CCLC
6,831
youth served (funded)
kids in unmet demand
Nebraska needs more after-school seats. You could open a program.

A step-by-step guide for Nebraska — local demand, 21st CCLC funding, licensing, and how to launch.

How to start a program in Nebraska →

Federal funding (21st CCLC)

FY2026 $6,515,398
6,831 youth
Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers
Afterschool Alliance — Nebraska state facts →

State funding streams

No dedicated state stream recorded — federal 21st CCLC only, as far as we've ingested.

Who's in charge

Statewide after-school network
Nebraska – Beyond School Bells
Jeff Cole · Lincoln
https://beyondschoolbells.org →
Education & after-school conferences (39 — click to expand) Browse & filter all →
Statewide
Nebraska – Beyond School Bells
🗓 See network site for current events
Statewide afterschool & expanded-learning field
National Afterschool
National AfterSchool Association
🗓 Annual (spring)
Afterschool & out-of-school-time professionals
National Out-of-school time
BOOST Collaborative
🗓 Annual (spring, Palm Springs, CA)
OST leaders & practitioners
National Expanded learning
Foundations, Inc.
🗓 Annual (winter)
Afterschool & expanded-learning educators
National Summer learning
National Summer Learning Association
🗓 Annual
Summer & out-of-school-time field
National Advocacy
Afterschool Alliance
🗓 Annual (Washington, D.C.)
Afterschool advocates & program leaders
National Awareness
Afterschool Alliance
🗓 Annual — every October
Nationwide rally for afterschool programs
National Out-of-school time
How Kids Learn Foundation / Temescal Associates
🗓 Annual
OST & youth-development staff
National Program quality
The After School Institute
🗓 Annual
Afterschool program staff & directors
National Camp & summer
American Camp Association
🗓 Annual (winter)
Camp & summer program professionals
National Parks & rec youth programs
National Recreation and Park Association
🗓 Annual (fall)
Parks, recreation & out-of-school-time staff
National Social-emotional learning
CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning)
🗓 Annual
Educators & OST staff focused on SEL
National STEM in OST
STEM Next Opportunity Fund
🗓 Annual
STEM learning ecosystem leaders
National Youth development
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
🗓 Annual
Club professionals & youth-development staff
National Youth development
National 4-H Council
🗓 Annual
4-H & youth-development educators
National Youth systems
Forum for Youth Investment
🗓 Periodic
Youth-serving systems & intermediaries
National OST systems & intermediaries
Every Hour Counts
🗓 Periodic
Citywide OST system leaders
National Statewide networks
Mott-funded 50 State Afterschool Network
🗓 Annual
State afterschool network leaders
National Education innovation
🗓 Annual (March, Austin, TX)
Education & OST innovators
National Education innovation
ASU+GSV
🗓 Annual (spring)
Education leaders & funders
National Education philanthropy
Grantmakers for Education
🗓 Annual (fall)
Education & youth funders
National K-12 ed-tech
Future of Educational Technology Conference
🗓 January 26-29, 2027, Orlando, FL
K-12 educators, tech directors, district leaders
National K-12 ed-tech leadership
Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)
🗓 April 13-15, 2026, Chicago, IL
K-12 edtech leaders, CIOs/CTOs, superintendents
National K-12 ed-tech & instructional strategies
ISTE+ASCD
🗓 June 28 - July 1, 2026, Orlando, FL
K-12 educators, instructional leaders, edtech professionals
National School/district leadership
AASA, The School Superintendents Association
🗓 February 12-14, 2026, Nashville, TN
Superintendents and district administrators
National School leadership
National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
🗓 July 13-15, 2026, Orlando, FL
Elementary & middle-level principals and assistant principals
National School leadership
National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
🗓 February 6-9, 2027, Tampa, FL
Secondary school principals and assistant principals
National STEM in OST
STEM Next Opportunity Fund
🗓 Annual
Afterschool and out-of-school-time STEM leaders
National Summer learning
National Summer Learning Association
🗓 Annual (winter)
Summer & expanded-learning leaders
National Youth mentoring
MENTOR National
🗓 January 28-29, 2027, Washington, DC (annual, end of National Mentoring Month)
Mentoring practitioners, researchers, funders, youth leaders, government & civic leaders
National Youth advocacy & resilience
Georgia Southern University
🗓 Annual (early March), Savannah, GA
Teachers, principals, counselors, social workers, youth-serving professionals & community leaders
National Summer camp & youth development
American Camp Association, NY & NJ
🗓 March 9-11, 2027, Atlantic City, NJ
Camp directors & camp professionals nationwide
National Federal education programs (ESEA/Title I)
National Association of ESEA State Program Administrators (NAESPA)
🗓 February 23-25, 2027, Louisville, KY & online
Federal program administrators, Title I educators & school leaders
National Professional learning
Learning Forward
🗓 Annual — every December
District administrators, principals, instructional coaches & teacher leaders
National Science & STEM education
National Science Teaching Association (NSTA)
🗓 Twice yearly — November 4-7, 2026, Indianapolis, IN; March 17-20, 2027, Boston, MA
K-12 science teachers, STEM educators & science supervisors
National Early childhood & school-age education
National Association for the Education of Young Children
🗓 December 5-8, 2026, Washington, DC (centennial); Dec 4-7, 2027, Chicago, IL
Early childhood educators, program leaders & school-age care professionals
National Middle level education
Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE)
🗓 November 4-7, 2026, Nashville, TN
Middle school educators & leaders
National Community schools & family engagement
Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) / Coalition for Community Schools
🗓 Annual (late spring)
Community school coordinators, district leaders, OST & family engagement practitioners
National School counseling & student support
American School Counselor Association
🗓 July 11-14, 2026, New Orleans, LA
K-12 school counselors & student support staff

Specific dates and venues change each year — visit each organizer for the current schedule.

By category

General after-school120

By operator

School district120

By cost

Not specified120
After-school service providers & vendors (1,036)

Organizations that run or supply Nebraska after-school programs — state-funded operators and enrichment vendors.

Operators are organizations awarded state/federal after-school funding; vendors are licensed providers servicing after-school. Each card links to its source.

Program directory

120 programs on record

Program Contact Operator Cost Award yr Award $

Nebraska schools — breakdowns

Schools serving each grade

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Count of schools whose grade span includes each grade.

Schools by level

High 283
Middle 109

Browse Nebraska schools by district (257)

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Omaha Public Schools108 Lincoln Public Schools80 Millard Public Schools38 Papillion La Vista Community Schools24 Grand Island Public Schools24 Bellevue Public Schools22 Elkhorn Public Schools18 Westside Community Schools17 Kearney Public Schools15 Fremont Public Schools14 Norfolk Public Schools12 North Platte Public Schools12 Columbus Public Schools11 Ralston Public Schools11 Lexington Public Schools9 Educational Service Unit 138 South Central Nebraska Unified 58 Sidney Public Schools8 Educational Service Unit 038 Schuyler Community Schools8 Gretna Public Schools8 So Sioux City Community Schs8 Scottsbluff Public Schools8 Hastings Public Schools7 Crete Public Schools7 Valentine Community Schools6 Beatrice Public Schools6 Mc Cook Public Schools6 Blair Community Schools6 Bennington Public Schools6 Gering Public Schools6 Waverly School District 1455 Alliance Public Schools5 Riverside Public Schools5 Raymond Central Public Schools5 Madison Public Schools5 Broken Bow Public Schools5 Falls City Public Schools5 Nebraska City Public Schools5 Northwest Public Schools4 Boyd County Schools4 Louisville Public Schools4 Adams Central Public Schools4 Lakeview Community Schools4 Minatare Public Schools4 Douglas Co West Community Schs4 Wahoo Public Schools4 Wayne Community Schools4 Sioux County Public Schools4 Hay Springs Public Schools4 Burwell Public Schools4 Holdrege Public Schools4 Educational Service Unit 084 York Public Schools4 Johnson Co Central Public Schs4 Norris School Dist 1604 Plattsmouth Community Schools4 Ainsworth Community Schools4 Cozad Community Schools4 Central Valley Public Schools4 Chadron Public Schools4 Morrill Public Schools4 Osceola Public Schools4 East Butler Public Schools4 Laurel-Concord-Coleridge School4 Aurora Public Schools4 Minden Public Schools4 Gordon-Rushville Public Schs4 Bruning-Davenport Unified Sys4 Springfield Platteview Community Schools4 Auburn Public Schools4 Mullen Public Schools3 Neligh-Oakdale Schools3 Wausa Public Schools3 Wauneta-Palisade Public Schs3 Rock County Public Schools3 Hartington Newcastle Public Schools3 Fillmore Central Public Schs3 Wilcox-Hildreth Public Schools3 Leyton Public Schools3 Ashland-Greenwood Public Schs3 West Point Public Schools3 Wallace Public Sch Dist 65 R3 Sargent Public Schools3 Harvard Public Schools3 Wood River Rural Schools3 Pender Public Schools3 Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer3 Gothenburg Public Schools3 Lyons-Decatur Northeast Schs3 Emerson-Hubbard Public Schools3 David City Public Schools3 Boone Central Schools3 St Paul Public Schools3 Central City Public Schools3 Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs3 Alma Public Schools3 Exeter-Milligan Public Schools3 Seward Public Schools3 Diller-Odell Public Schools3 Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools3 Boys Town Interim Prg Schs3 Southern School District 13 Wynot Public Schools3 Dundy Co Stratton Public Schs3 St Edward Public Schools3 Ord Public Schools3 North Bend Central Public Schs3 Humphrey Public Schools3 Todd County School District 66-13 Banner County Public Schools3 Cambridge Public Schools3 Weeping Water Public Schools3 Shelby - Rising City Public Schools3 West Holt Public Schools3 Franklin Public Schools3 Sterling Public Schools3 Fairbury Public Schools3 Ponca Public Schools3 Friend Public Schools3 Cross County Community Schools3 Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca Schools3 Cody-Kilgore Public Schs3 Arnold Public Schools2 Chambers Public Schools2 Medicine Valley Public Schools2 Allen Consolidated Schools2 Wheeler Central Schools2 Ravenna Public Schools2 Randolph Public Schools2 West Hastings Schools (Dhhs)2 Stapleton Public Schools2 Mitchell Public Schools2 Bayard Public Schools2 Arlington Public Schools2 Elmwood-Murdock Public Schools2 Centennial Public Schools2 Osmond Community Schools2 Arthur County Schools2 Arcadia Public Schools2 Superior Public Schools2 Potter-Dix Public Schools2 South Platte Public Schools2 Elwood Public Schools2 Hayes Center Public Schools2 Hyannis Area Schools2 Red Cloud Community Schools2 High Plains Community Schools2 Eustis-Farnam Public Schools2 Johnson-Brock Public Schools2 Winnebago Public Schools District 172 Chase County Schools2 Stuart Public Schools2 Creighton Community Public Schools2 Niobrara Public Schools2 Scribner-Snyder Community Schs2 Perkins County Schools2 Wisner-Pilger Public Schools2 Newman Grove Public Schools2 Blue Hill Community Schools2 Garden County Schools2 Bridgeport Public Schools2 Sutherland Public Schools2 Pierce Public Schools2 Bancroft-Rosalie Comm Schools2 Anselmo-Merna Public Schools2 Conestoga Public Schools2 Callaway Public Schools2 Sutton Public Schools2 Maywood Public Schools2 Brady Public Schools2 Pawnee City Public Schools2 Gibbon Public Schools2 Sandhills Public Schools2 Hemingford Public Schools2 Walthill Public Schools2 Mc Cool Junction Public Schs2 Creek Valley Schools2 Plainview Public Schools2 Hitchcock Co Sch System2 Oakland Craig Public Schools2 Bertrand Public Schools2 Axtell Community Schools2 Yutan Public Schools2 Crawford Public Schools2 Stanton Community Schools2 Arapahoe Public Schools2 Homer Community Schools2 Palmyra District O R 12 Heartland Community Schools2 Freeman Public Schools2 Giltner Public Schools2 Lewiston Consolidated Schools2 Centura Public Schools2 Battle Creek Public Schools2 Ogallala Public Schools2 Mead Public Schools2 Kimball Public Schools2 Paxton Consolidated Schools2 Loup County Public Schools2 Educational Service Unit 092 Dorchester Public School2 Leigh Community Schools2 Tri County Public Schools2 Thedford Public Schools2 Wilber-Clatonia Public Schools2 Doniphan-Trumbull Public Schs2 O'Neill Public Schools2 Litchfield Public Schools2 Hampton Public School2 Malcolm Public Schools2 Southern Valley Schools2 Ansley Public Schools2 Logan View Public Schools2 Southwest Public Schools2 Loomis Public Schools2 Elgin Public Schools2 Deshler Public Schools2 Crofton Community Schools2 Omaha Home For Boys School2 Twin River Public Schools2 Thayer Central Community Schs2 Mc Pherson County Schools2 Isanti Community School2 Cedar Bluffs Public Schools2 Shelton Public Schools2 Shickley Public Schools2 Tekamah-Herman Community Schs2 Maxwell Public Schools2 Winside Public Schools2 Elkhorn Valley Schools2 Wakefield Public Schools2 Fullerton Public Schools2 Loup City Public Schools2 Bloomfield Community Schools2 Keya Paha County Schools2 Elm Creek Public Schools2 Milford Public Schools2 Educational Service Unit 042 Pleasanton Public Schools2 Elba Public Schools2 Overton Public Schools2 Amherst Public Schools2 Meridian Public Schools2 Hershey Public Schools2 Fort Calhoun Community Schs2 Palmer Public Schools2 Sumner-Eddyville-Miller Schs2 Silver Lake Public Schools2 Educational Service Unit 072 Clarkson Public Schools2 Kenesaw Public Schools2 Patrick J Thomas Juvenile Justice Cntr1 Educational Service Unit 021 Educational Service Unit 151 Educational Service Unit 011 Educational Service Unit 051

Public schools (click to collapse)

1,133 schools on record · 346,364 students · 289 cities · 94 counties

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