Georgia School Age Care Association

Education and Professionals Membership

It's important for you as a child care provider, school-age care program staff or director, or as a person who loves children to join GSACA. Be a part of an organization that improves the lives of children when they are not in school. The school-age care profession is one to be proud of. Join GSACA! It's about time!

Member benefits include:

TACT: Technical Assistance, Consultation and Training. GSACA sponsors DHR certified, competency-based training. Members receive training discounts, telephone consultation, and free technical assistance by appointment only.

Professional Development Forums, PDF. GSACA hosts forums on topics of interest for school-age care providers. Forums are free to members and include such topics as Summer planning and Creative Leadership. Current Projects.

The Lending Library. The library contains information on current research, regulations, health and safety, news from other states and information on working with elementary and middle school-agers. It includes school-age and childcare perodicals and more than 1,000 holdings.

GSACA School Age Care! Newsletter. Members receive the newsletter two times during the membership year.

The Randy Taylor Resource Room. The Resource Room gives members access to theme kits, activity guides, recycling area, laminator, button maker and technical assistance files.

SAC FAX. Members receive the SAC FAX which provedes updates to members on issues related to legislation, funding and training.

Curriculum Development. The 3:00 Project? Curriculum is and example of our innovative development in the field for middle-school aged youth.

National AfterSchool Association. GSACA members receive membership in NAA which includes a national newsletter and discounted registration fees for the nation school age conference. Link to NAA.

Local, state and federal advocacy. GSACA supports state and federal legislation that is favorable to school-age children, youth and their families.

Research. GSACA provides statistics and research on school-age care. "How do Georgia's children spend their out-of-school time?" Click here for school-age statistics.

Publications. Members receive discounts on all GSACA publications. Click here for GSACA Publications.

What better way to stay informed about upcoming training, funding opportunities, accreditation! Become a GSACA member and keep abreast about news in the field locally, statewide, and nationally.

“Our program shares space with our local elementary school and I feel certain that the students and the school both benefited from the accreditation process. Additionally, the hard work we did with GSACA has improved staff retention because staff members gained a sense of ownership in knowing that their input was important to the accreditation process. Accreditation also gave our program an opportunity to get feedback from the children which was a real asset to our program improvement efforts.”

Dianna Robertson, Site Coordinator Sarah Harp Minter Elementary After School Program (Fayetteville)

Cost of membership

$25.00 for student membership (1 year only)

$50.00 for individual membership

$200.00 for Level 1 organizational membership
(1-5 members, 1 NAA membership)

$300.00 for Level 2 organizational membership
(6-10 members, 2 NAA memberships)

$400.00 for Level 3 organizational membership
(11-15 members, 3 NAA memberships)

$500.00 for Level 4 organizational membership
(16-20 members, 4 NAA memberships)

$600.00 for Level 5 organizational membership
(21-25 members, 5 NAA memberships)

Join GSACA now, print out membership form and mail it in today!

For more information about GSACA, membership, or member benefits contact the GSACA office at (404)373-7414 or Email:

Georgia School Age Care Association
246 Sycamore Street, Suite 252, Decatur, GA 30030
Phone: (404)373-7414 Fax: (404)373-7428
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