In 2004, Providence established the Providence After School Alliance (PASA) as a public/private partnership to increase access to quality after-school programming for the young people of the city, starting with middle school age youth. Truly a community initiative, more than 100 leaders from after-school organizations and city departments joined teams of youth and parents to create the plan, which was also informed by research from Community Matters and market research.

In the last eight years, PASA has grown exponentially to include two primary initiatives that it collaborates with the city of Providence and the local community to build, operate, and support: the AfterZone for middle school youth, and the Hub for high school youth.

Since 2005, PASA has facilitated after-school and summer programming for over 7,000 Providence Middle and High School students! Currently, PASA's resources allow us to provide after-school and expanded learning opportunities for 40% of Providence Middle School students— with your help, we can grow our capacity to engage more young people in a range of learning opportunities that contribute to their success!

Interested in supporting PASA? Click on the "Donate" section of our website or check out our Crowdrise page for more information!