Jodi Grant
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| birth_name = Jodi Grant
| birth_date = March 1968
| birth_place = Flushing, Queens
| education = Yale University
Harvard Law School
| occupation = Executive Director, Afterschool Alliance}}
Jodi Grant (born March 1968) has served as the executive director of the Afterschool Alliance, an American not-for-profit organization, since 2005.{{cite web|title=Offices & Staff|url=http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/aboutUsOffices.cfm|publisher=Afterschool Alliance|access-date=30 Mar 2015}} Prior to joining the Afterschool Alliance, Grant was the director of Work and Family Programs for the National Partnership for Women & Families. She also worked on Capitol Hill as general counsel to the Senate Budget Committee and as staff director for the Democratic Steering and Coordination Committee. Grant frequently appears in national media, including National Public Radio, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Hill, the Atlantic, Bloomberg Business, and The New York Times. She also appeared in the documentary Screenagers Under the Influence. {{cite web|title=Moms Scramble To Find Afterschool Care|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112432376|publisher=National Public Radio|access-date=30 Mar 2015}}{{cite web|title=Parents Scramble as Ax Falls on After-School Programs|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204660604574372790309436158|publisher=Wall Street Journal|access-date=30 Mar 2015}}{{cite news|title=Fewer Home Alone As Census Sees 39% Drop in Latchkey Kids|newspaper=Bloomberg |date=11 June 2013 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-06-11/fewer-home-alone-as-census-sees-39-drop-in-latchkey-kids|publisher=Bloomberg Business|access-date=30 Mar 2015}}{{cite web|title=It's 3 O'Clock. You're at Work. Where Are Your Kids?|url=http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/16/its-3-oclock-youre-at-work-where-are-your-kids/?_r=0|work=The New York Times| date=16 October 2014 |access-date=30 Mar 2015}}{{Cite web |last=Lonas Cochran |first=Lexi |date=2024-11-29 |title=When Trump left office, students were struggling because of the pandemic. They still are |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4996564-trump-education-covid-pandemic-learning-loss-schools/ |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Fetters |first=Ashley |date=2020-07-31 |title=There Are Other Options Besides Reopening Schools |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/07/how-help-parents-without-fully-reopening-schools/614836/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}{{Cite news |title=As summer camps prepare to reopen, parents wonder if there's room for their kids |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/as-summer-camps-begin-to-reopen-parents-wonder-if-theres-room-for-their-kids/2020/06/05/29074d9c-a676-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html |access-date=2022-08-03 |issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOia6d4demo |title=Screenagers Under The Influence Trailer |date=2023-09-28 |last=Screenagers Movie |access-date=2024-11-27 |via=YouTube}}
Early life and education
Grant was born in Flushing, Queens, New York. She grew up in Oyster Bay, New York, where she attended Oyster Bay High School. She received her B.A. in Sociology with distinction from Yale University in 1990, where she was elected senior class president. In 1993, Grant received her J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she was elected president (first marshall) of the class of 1993. She also served on the editorial board for the Human Rights Journal.{{cite journal|title=Harvard Human Rights Journal, Volume 5, Spring 1992| journal=Harvard Human Rights Journal | year=1992 | volume=5 |url=http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/hhrj5&div=4&id=&page=|publisher=HeinOnline|access-date=30 Mar 2015}} Grant, her husband and two children live in Washington, D.C.
Career
Grant worked as the general counsel for the Democratic Senate Budget Committee from 1994 to 1997. As general counsel, she managed budget bills and reconciliation bills on the floor of the United States Senate, coordinated closely with Republican staff of the budget committee to develop and implement legislation, and handling all legal and ethical matters.{{cite web|url=http://naaweb.org/jodi-grant|title=Jodi Grant|publisher=National After-School Association|access-date=30 Mar 2015}}
From 1997 to 2001, Grant served as the staff director for the Democratic Steering and Coordination Committee, chaired by then-Sen. John Kerry.{{cite web|title=Select and Special Committees of the Senate|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CDIR-1999-06-15/pdf/CDIR-1999-06-15-STATISTICALINFORMATION-2.pdf|publisher=United States Government Publishing Office|access-date=30 Mar 2015}} Her legislative accomplishments include expanded support for the child tax credit, the Children's Health Insurance Program and class size reduction. She also served as liaison to the National Governors' Association, where she worked closely with Republican and Democratic governors.
Following her tenure as a Senate staffer, Grant joined the National Partnership for Women & Families, formerly the Women’s Legal Defense Fund, serving as Director of Work and Family Programs from 2001 to 2005. Grant worked to protect and expand the Family and Medical Leave Act, and was a member of the team that successfully defended the law before the U.S. Supreme Court in Hibbs vs. Nevada Department of Human Resources.{{cite book|last=Rowe-Finkbeiner|first=Kristin|date=2004|title=The F-word: Feminism in Jeopardy: Women, Politics, and the Future|url=https://archive.org/details/fwordfeminisminj00rowe/page/163|publisher=Seal Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/fwordfeminisminj00rowe/page/163 163-164]|isbn=978-1580051149|url-access=registration}}{{cite web|title=Expecting Better: A state-by-state analysis of parental leave programs|url=https://www.lidac.com/pdf/ParentalLeaveReportMay05.pdf|publisher=National Partnership for Women & Families|access-date=16 April 2015}}{{cite web|title=Brief in Opposition, Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs, No. 01-1368 (U.S 2001)|url=http://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1013&context=scb|publisher=Georgetown University Law Center|access-date=16 April 2015}}{{cite news|title=Expat adviser: Maternity leave: U.S. vs. Europe|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/23/news/23iht-radviser_ed3_.html|work=The New York Times|date=23 August 2003 |access-date=16 April 2015|last1=Artley |first1=Meredith }} Grant also created a national campaign for paid sick days in June 2004, which included a coalition of more than 100 organizations.{{cite web|title=Paid Leave Programs: A Win-Win for Employees and Employers|url=https://workfamily.sas.upenn.edu/archive/interviews/paid-leave-programs-win-win-employees-and-employers-vol76-june-2005|publisher=Work and Family Researchers Network|access-date=30 Mar 2015}}
Grant serves as executive director of the Afterschool Alliance, where she oversees all aspects of the organization—setting its goals and strategies for policies, including the re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; working with the field to help programs tap into private and federal funding streams; and supervising research to help national, state and local afterschool advocates and providers support, create and expand quality afterschool programs. She began her duties as the executive director of the Afterschool Alliance in 2005 and has since been named one of the 25 most influential people in the afterschool field and published and interviewed extensively as an afterschool expert. {{cite web|title=Top 25 Most Influential People in Afterschool|url=http://naaweb.org/awards-recognition/item/127-top-25-most-influential-people-in-afterschool|publisher=National AfterSchool Association|access-date=16 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150314233507/http://naaweb.org/awards-recognition/item/127-top-25-most-influential-people-in-afterschool|archive-date=14 March 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Rural kids need, deserve afterschool opportunities|url=http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/abetteriowa/2016/04/01/rural-kids-need-deserve-afterschool-opportunities/82391662/|publisher=The Des Moines Register|access-date=5 May 2016}}{{cite web|title=Jodi Grant|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jodi-grant/|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=5 May 2016}}{{cite web|title=FBI National Academy Associate Magazine, Nov/Dec 2015|url=http://www.fbinaa.org/FBINAA/Associate_Magazine/FBINAA/Associate_Matters_Archive.aspx?hkey=126ed3f2-240e-4cd0-abff-913ee0061c2e|publisher=FBI National Academy Associates|access-date=5 May 2016}}{{Cite web |date=2022-05-01 |title=Advocacy Agenda: May 2022 |url=https://www.nassp.org/publication/principal-leadership/volume-22-2021-2022/principal-leadership-may-2022/advocacy-agenda-may-2022/ |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=NASSP |language=en-US}}{{Citation |title=I Can't Do This, But I CAN Do That {{!}} Watch the Movie on HBO {{!}} HBO.com |url=https://www.hbo.com/movies/i-can-t-do-this-but-i-can-do-that |language=en |access-date=2022-08-02}} Under Grant's leadership, the Afterschool Alliance has played a leading role in the U.S. Department of Education's Engage Every Student Initiative, helping school districts and community organizations leverage funds available for after-school and summer learning programs through the American Rescue Plan Act.{{Cite web |last=Modan |first=Naaz |last2= |last3= |last4= |last5= |last6= |title=Ed Dept encourages year-round enrichment programming with Engage Every Student Initiative |url=https://www.k12dive.com/news/ed-dept-encourages-year-round-enrichment-programming-with-engage-every-stud/627287/ |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=K-12 Dive |language=en-US}} The Afterschool Alliance estimates more than $10 billion in American Rescue Plan Act funding was used to support after-school and summer learning programs.{{Cite web |title=Afterschool Alliance: COVID-19 |url=https://afterschoolalliance.org/covid/American-Rescue-Plan.cfm |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=afterschoolalliance.org}} The organization has also helped cultivate high-profile champions for after-school programs including Usher, Arnold Schwarzenegger, former U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley.{{Cite web |last=Guzmán |first=Eric |title=In visit to Detroit, Usher praises Boys & Girls Club after-school programs |url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/2024/09/13/usher-detroit-boys-girls-club-after-school-programs/75180463007/ |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=Detroit Free Press |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Strauss |first=Valerie |date=2015-03-25 |title=Schwarzenegger and Paige: Why Congress should keep funding afterschool programs |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/03/25/schwarzenegger-and-paige-why-congress-should-keep-funding-afterschool-programs/ |access-date=2024-11-27}} {{Cite web |title=Afterschool Alliance Leadership Circle |url=https://www.afterschoolalliance.org/aboutuscircle.cfm |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=www.afterschoolalliance.org}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.afterschoolalliance.org Afterschool Alliance] - Official Site
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CW5EPlualU SparkAction] - Afterschool and Youth Development
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8oPQ46NMyI The Community Agenda]
Category:People from Flushing, Queens
Category:People from Oyster Bay (town), New York
Category:Yale University alumni
Category:Harvard Law School alumni
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