SAFE BASE awarded funding for five years

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January 10, 2012 - 12:00 AM

SAFE BASE is here to stay — for at least another five years, anyway.

SAFE BASE director Angela Henry told the USD 257 Board of Education Monday the after-school program serving USD 257 for the past 12 years has secured $584,473 through a 21st Century Community Learning Center grant provided via the Kansas State Department of Education.

“We weathered the storm again,” Henry said. “It’s mind boggling to me that at the end of this grant cycle we’ll have been here for 17 years and when I was offered the job, I was told I had a job for three years.”

The funds, funneled to the state by way of the federal government, cover operational expenses such as salaries, staff training, basic supplies, food and some technology tools such as iPads and iPad accessories.

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