All children and youth learn and achieve success in a community dedicated to ensuring they reach their full potential. Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence's (AzCASE) mission is to promote accessible, high-quality expanded learning opportunities for all Arizona children and youth by focusing on professional development, advocacy, and capacity building in the out-of-school time community.

Because young people spend 80% of their waking hours outside of school, the Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence is dedicated to improving public awareness and support for learning and personal development in those out-of-school hours. AzCASE serves as a hub for advocacy, public awareness, collaboration, and partnerships to advance out-of-school time programming using the following strategies on behalf of youth and families in Arizona.

Public Awareness and Information Resource

Collaboration

Advocacy

Professional Development and Recognition

Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence has a broad network of partners that span the state, leading and supporting out-of-school time efforts in urban and suburban regions of Arizona. Our partners are diverse, and include school districts, educators and administrators, higher education institutions, state and local political leaders, nonprofit and community-based organizations, local businesses, and out-of-school time program providers.