The California AfterSchool Network’s Rural Committee is proud to announce the official working definition of “rural.” The CAN Rural Committee felt it was extremely important for the committee’s rural definition to be carefully crafted to help unite programs and to be a useful tool for the after school field in general. Now with a working definition in place, the California AfterSchool Network’s Rural Committee is dedicated to advance professional dialogue about the unique challenges, promising practices, and policy recommendations to improve conditions and access to rural after school programs.

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