Title IV, Part B, Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) Program is to provide opportunities for communities to establish or expand activities in community learning centers that:

• provide academic enrichment opportunities for children, particularly for students who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools, to meet state and local student standards in core academic subjects;
• offer students a broad array of enrichment activities that can complement their regular academic programs; and
• offer literacy and other educational services to the families of participating children.

These centers can operate before, during, or after school or any time the regular school day is not in session.