Every Child Matters of America

After School Programs, Inc. (ASP) is a non-profit organization that has been serving families in Florida since 1991, providing high-quality after school programs to over 10,000 children from diverse backgrounds. With a dedicated team of over 1,000 credentialed childcare professionals, ASP emphasizes safety, education, and happiness in its comprehensive academic and recreational services across numerous schools. ASP offers a variety of programs including academic enrichment, early release activities, and summer camps, designed to develop the whole child through engaging curricula. The organization prioritizes child safety, ensuring all staff undergo rigorous background checks and training in CPR, first aid, and child care best practices. Generated from the website

Through the IBM KidSmart Early Learning Program, Young Explorer learning centers were granted to nine non-profit early learning programs in Broward County. This exciting award was made possible through a grant from IBM, which collaborated with Gifts In Kind International ( GIKI ) to distribute the learning centers. The Early Learning Coalition of Broward, Inc was one of 16 Coalitions that received learning centers through the Association of Early Learning Coalitions ( AELC ) which received the initial grant and coordinated the distribution throughout Florida to Coalitions. Selection criteria for computer recipients in Broward included an essay submission along with the requirement that the child care provider be non-profit. The centers receiving computers included: Ascension Peach Child Care, First Christian Church Day School, First United Methodist Preschool, Miramar United Methodist Preschool, Mount Bethel Christian Academy, Redeeming Word Christian Academy, Susie C. Holley Cradle Nursery, School of Islamic Studies, and Temple Beth Orr.