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Human Service Programs > DHSP Afterschool Programs
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DHSP Afterschool Programs

The Department of Human Service Programs (DHSP) offers a variety of youth-serving, Out-of-School Time (OST) programs for Cambridge children, youth, and teens. Through our Community Schools programs, Cambridge Youth Programs, and Childcare Afterschool programs, Cambridge children, youth, and teens have access to developmentally appropriate afterschool activities during the school year, school vacation weeks, and summer camps and programs. All of our afterschool programs encourage peer connection, skill-building, and leadership development and are welcoming to all. DHSP’s Inclusion Initiative works with staff and families to ensure that our programs are inclusive of individuals with disabilities.

Open seats in DHSP afterschool programs are filled through a lottery system. The DHSP Afterschool Programs Lottery application opens every spring for placement in the coming school year. For the latest updates, visit www.cambridgema.gov/AfterschoolLottery. 

DHSP Afterschool Program Models

Childcare Afterschool

Open to Cambridge Kindergarten - 5th graders.

Community Schools

Open to Cambridge Kindergarten - 5th graders.

King Open Extended Day

Open to Cambridge Kindergarten - 5th graders.

Cambridge Youth Programs

Open to Cambridge 4th - 8th graders.

Cambridge Agenda for Children OST

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The Agenda for Children Out-of-School Time (AFCOST) is a joint initiative of the Department of Human Service Programs, Cambridge Public Schools, and nonprofit Out-of-School Time (OST) organizations. The mission of Cambridge Agenda for Children Out-of-School Time is to convene, catalyze and support the youth serving community in Cambridge for the shared purpose of increasing equity, access and innovation and sustaining the highest quality OST opportunities and experiences for all children, youth and families.

AFCOST is leading the Cambridge Out-of-School Time Expansion Study process, which provides a road map for phased afterschool expansion in Cambridge.

 

Learn more about AFCOST

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