Title I · ESSA · After-School Programs

A SphereUs Corporation℠ program · Home of SUN Youth℠

Turn Title I Dollars Into Student Success

SUN Youth℠ (SphereUs Youth℠) is an ESSA-compliant after-school employment program that qualifies as an allowable Title I, Part A expense — while giving your students real income, real skills, and real futures.

Find your state's SUN Youth hub →

Go to Your State's SUN Youth℠ Hub

Families: start without waiting for a school partnership

SUN Youth℠ works for your child today — assign paid family chores, build work history, and teach financial literacy. Pick your state above to see the full family-chores guide and upgrade path.

Explore Family Chores

Bring SUN Youth℠ to your Title I school

When your school partners with SUN Youth℠, neighbors can hire vetted, guardian-supervised students through the program. Share this with your principal or PTA.

Bring SUN Youth℠ to Your School
Community Sphere℠ Youth Employment

While Your Title I Partnership Is Pending — Your Community Sphere℠ Is Already Hiring

Even before your school's Title I partnership goes live, the trusted organizations your families already belong to — churches, PTAs, clubs, YMCAs, First Tee chapters — are community spheres where compliant work opportunities abound today. Buyers and Premier members in your sphere can employ and refer your students with full compliance intact. These are not Title I–funded seats and do not replace your school's sponsored-student pipeline — they are a real, vetted opportunity layer available now.

Organizations that you trust, that you and your neighbors already belong to, are community spheres where compliant work opportunities abound. Familiarity brings comfort — not waived scrutiny. Every SUN Youth℠ gig carries the same guardian oversight, GPS safety, FLSA and labor-law compliance, and background checks, whether the employer is a fellow member of your organization or a neighbor you're just meeting.

You trust the organizations in your community because they are pillars of your community — and you trust their vetted employees and volunteers with your children. You can trust SphereUs℠ SUN Youth℠ for all the same reasons. This is one of the many values of the sphere.

Same compliance, oversight, and safety gates apply to every gig — no posture is ever relaxed because two families share an organization.

SUN Youth℠ is a program of SphereUs Corporation · federalprograms.com · nafepa.com