Engaging kids during the critical hours after school
The A+ After-School Program is a partnership with the Hawaii State Department of Education (DOE) to provide care after the school day.
Preparing for A+ After School Registration 2024-2025
Online registration for the A+ Program for School Year 2024-2025 will open on May 6, 2024, at 8 am. Download the 2024-25 A+ Welcome Letter & FAQs. This will answer any questions you may have about the Afterschool A+ program and registration process.
Please be aware that YMCA staff will not be onsite at schools until afterschool hours on May 6, when the A+ program starts. The YMCA cannot be responsible for registrations delivered to non-YMCA staff. The YMCA highly recommends submitting registrations on May 6th from 8a to the start of A+ Afterschool program as follows:
- Via Online Registrations – the link will be available on May 6 at 8am on this webpage. **We have addressed the issue from the previous year, and our online system has been upgraded.**
- Drop off manual registrations at any YMCA Branch location - but be sure to hand-deliver registrations to YMCA staff to ensure receipt. Registrations will be dated and timestamped when received.
2023-2024 A+ Program
Eligibility
All “latchkey” children enrolled in public elementary schools in K-6, are eligible to participate if they are living with parent(s), guardian(s)*, or foster parent(s)/guardian(s)** who is/are:
- Employed during the hours of A+ operations;
- Working in the A+ Program;
- Attending colleges, universities, or other types of schools during the hours of A+ operations - class schedule including day/time is required; or
- Engaged in job training programs during the hours of A+ operations.
*If either biological parent is NOT authorized to pick up, explanation and custody documents are required to be submitted each school year.
**Foster documents are required to be submitted each school year.
Self Employed/Independent Contractors
Self-employed parents and independent contractors can usually make their own schedules and need to verify their working status.
- If you do NOT receive a W-2 at the end of the calendar year from your employer, or you receive a 1099 form from the company you work with, additional documents will be required.
- Please submit a copy of your GE tax license AND a copy of either
- income tax return including your Schedule C or
- printed business checking account
What to expect after you submit registration
Registrations are processed in the order they are received. Once we have completed processing your registration(s), you will receive an email notification on the status of your child’s/children’s enrollment.
You can also log into your A+ online account to check on your enrollment status and also to set up your auto-payments. When you log into your A+ online account you will see either:
- Enrolled (site), or
- Waitlisted* (site), or
- If there is no status update, it means that your registration is still being processed and there may be missing information needed. Please re-check your email (both your inbox and "SPAM" folders) to be sure that you did not miss an email from [email protected] that requested additional information or documents that were missing from your registration. You need to submit the requested information as soon as possible in order for us to complete your registration process; OR if you had re-submitted requested information or documents, you may have received another email requesting an additional update. Please be sure to provide requested updates as soon as possible.
*Waitlist: Some A+ school sites have reached capacity due to staffing challenges, capacity limits, or may not have reached the minimum enrollment requirement. Please know that we are working on resolving these limitations with promotions to hire more staff (including offering a $250 Y Credit referral bonus), working with schools to expand capacity, and for those sites that have not met the minimum enrollment, we will be promoting registration at those impacted school sites.