Afterschool Caucuses


The Afterschool Caucuses in the United States Senate and House of Representatives were established in order to build support for afterschool programs and increase resources for afterschool care. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Sen. Tina Smith and Representative Nita Lowey

History

The House and Senate Afterschool Caucuses were founded on March 3, 2005. In addition to the co-chairs, the founding members of Senate and House Afterschool Caucuses are Senators Barbara Boxer and Susan Collins and Representative Dale Kildee. Today, these Caucuses serve as a voice on the issue of strengthening and increasing the availability of afterschool programs. Ninety Representatives are members of the House Afterschool Caucus and thirty Senators are members of the Senate Afterschool Caucus.

Purpose

The Caucuses were formed in response to the finding that 14.3 million children go home alone after the school day ends, including more than 40,000 kindergartners and almost four million middle school students in grades six to eight. The Caucuses act to promote the availability of afterschool programs, with a special emphasis on the 21st Century Community Learning Center program, for every American school-age child by increasing public awareness of such programs and supporting increased federal resources. In each chamber, the Caucuses have conducted a variety of activities supporting the goal of quality, affordable programs for all children. This has included organizing congressional briefings on specific topics such as the role of the STEM fields in afterschool education; disseminating letters in support of increased resources for afterschool to the President as well as congressional colleagues; sharing new research on effective programs; and organizing press events around the with celebrity supporters.
The Afterschool Caucuses seek to educate the public on the role that afterschool programs play in the lives of families, and promote the expansion of federal, state, and local support in order to make access to these programs a reality for all interested children and families.

Membership

The Afterschool Caucuses are nonpartisan. As of January 2017 there were a total of 59 members in the House Afterschool Caucus with 50 Democrats and 9 Republicans, and 28 members of the Senate Afterschool Caucus with 7 Republicans, 2 Independents and 19 Democrats.

United States House of Representatives

  1. Rep. Nita Lowey, Co-Chair
  2. Rep. Lou Barletta
  3. Rep. Andre Carson
  4. Rep. Kathy Castor
  5. Rep. David Cicilline
  6. Rep. John Conyers
  7. Rep. Jim Cooper
  8. Rep. Joe Courtney
  9. Rep. Henry Cuellar
  10. Rep. Elijah Cummings
  11. Rep. Susan Davis
  12. Rep. Rosa DeLauro
  13. Rep. Lloyd Doggett
  14. Rep. Al Green
  15. Rep. Gene Green
  16. Rep. Alcee Hastings
  17. Rep. Brian Higgins
  18. Rep. Ruben Hinojosa
  19. Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee
  20. Rep. Dan Kildee
  21. Rep. Jim Langevin
  22. Rep. Rick Larsen
  23. Rep. John Larson
  24. Rep. Barbara Lee
  25. Rep. John Lewis
  26. Rep. Dan Lipinski
  27. Rep. David Loebsack
  28. Rep. Zoe Lofgren
  29. Rep. Stephen Lynch
  30. Rep. Carolyn Maloney
  31. Rep. Doris Matsui
  32. Rep. Betty McCollum
  33. Rep. Jim McDermott
  34. Rep. Jim McGovern
  35. Rep. Greg Meeks
  36. Rep. Richard Neal
  37. Rep. Kristi Noem
  38. Rep. Chellie Pingree
  39. Rep. David Price
  40. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
  41. Rep. Bobby Rush
  42. Rep. Tim Ryan
  43. Rep. Janice Schakowsky
  44. Rep. Adam Schiff
  45. Rep. Jose Serrano
  46. Rep. Terri Sewell
  47. Rep. Mike Simpson
  48. Rep. Louise Slaughter
  49. Rep. Adam Smith
  50. Rep. Bennie Thompson
  51. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
  52. Rep. Joe Wilson
  53. Rep. Don Young

    United States Senate

  54. Sen. Lisa Murkowski
  55. Sen. John Boozman
  56. Sen. Dianne Feinstein
  57. Sen. Chris Coons
  58. Sen. Richard Durbin
  59. Sen. Jerry Moran
  60. Sen. Susan M. Collins
  61. Sen. Angus King
  62. Sen. Chris Van Hollen
  63. Sen. Debbie Stabenow
  64. Sen. Tina Smith
  65. Sen. Amy Klobuchar
  66. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
  67. Sen. Robert Menendez
  68. Sen. Tom Udall
  69. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
  70. Sen. Chuck Schumer
  71. Sen. Robert Casey, Jr.
  72. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
  73. Sen. Jack Reed
  74. Sen. John Thune
  75. Sen. Bernard Sanders
  76. Sen. Patty Murray
  77. Sen. Maria Cantwell
  78. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito
  79. Sen. Tammy Baldwin
Last Updated July 29, 2019