AN EMCF SIF investment will help BELL plan for and undertake new efforts to dramatically expand and strengthen its summer learning program by establishing programs in new states, pursuing greater growth in current states, and further building its evidence base by conducting a follow-on evaluation of the program’s impact on students over the course of an entire school year across multiple sites. EMCF SIF funds will also help BELL enhance the sustainability of its summer learning program by investing in its business development capacity to secure additional district contracts and expand its pipeline of potential district partners.

States this investment will support growth in: BELL is developing plans to expand its summer program to California, North Carolina and South Carolina as well as in the five states—Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, and New York—where it is already active.

Number of youth this investment will serve: BELL is developing plans to serve a total of 18,500 to 21,500 youth in its summer program between 2012 and 2014, an increase of up to 17 percent more than originally planned for.

A scenario-based growth plan confirming or revising these projections will be available in June 2011.