Non-profit gets $26 m for after-school work

The Youth Policy Institute, a local nonprofit that works with more than a dozen schools and hundreds of San Fernando Valley students, received a $26 million grant Tuesday for after-school programs at 21 Los Angeles schools.Connie Llanos in the Daily News.

The money from the California Department of Education will benefit two Valley schools - Fenton Avenue Charter School and Pacoima Charter Elementary - allocating more than $800,000 for intervention and enrichment programs on the campuses.