The Afterschool Alliance works with a broad range of organizations and supporters, including policymakers and policymaker associations, advocacy groups, afterschool coalitions and providers at every level, business and philanthropic leaders, technical assistance organizations and leaders representing a variety of interests, each with a stake in afterschool  to ensure that all children have access to affordable, quality afterschool programs. 

Key directions in state policy that can help support the growth of state funding for afterschool include an interest in investing more resources into education, concern about children's health and safety and increased interest in programs for older youth.

State Profiles developed by the Afterschool Investments project in their effort to provide a snapshot of the state of "afterschool," as well as an opportunity to compare afterschool activities across the country.

Child Care Licensing: The Utah Department of Health's vision is to access to safe, healthy child care for Utah families and their mission is to support working parents by protecting the health and safety of children in regulated child care programs. This is accomplished by: http://health.utah.gov/licensing/rules.htm

• Establishing and enforcing health and safety standards for child care programs.
• Training and supporting providers in meeting the established health and safety standards.
• Providing the public with accurate information about regulated child care.

State Lights On Declaration signed by Governor Herbert

During the Afterschool Utah Association’s Jumpstart Conference on October 7^th, Governor Herbert’s Chief Deputy of Education, Christine Kearl presented a state declaration recognizing October as “Lights On Afterschool” month in the State of Utah. “Lights On” is a celebration of afterschool programs promoting the critical importance of quality programs for children by ensuring lights stay on and doors remain open for all children during out-of-school time.