After-School Opportunities

Resources

Additional resources—beyond those listed here—can be found by searching our Resources Database. Listed below are some of the items on After-School Opportunities that can be found in our database. Related search terms such as 'out-of-school experiences' may identify additional resources, including those that have been added recently.

Publications

Afterschool Time. (2006, Winter). Mosaic. Available: http://main.edc.org/mosaic/mosaic11/toc.asp

Costs of out-of-school time programs: A brief review of the literature. (2006, February). Available: www.financeproject.org/documents/ revisedexecutivesummary.pdf

Hammond, C., and Reimer, M. (2006). Essential elements of quality after-school programs. Clemson, SC: National Dropout Prevention Center/Network. Adobe PDF Document (PDF, 372 KB)

U.S. Department of Education. (2000). 21st Century Community Learning Centers: Providing quality afterschool learning opportunities for America's families. Jessup, MD: U.S. Department of Education. Available: www.ed.gov/pubs/Providing_Quality_Afterschool _Learning

Wimer, C. (2006, May). Learning from small-scale experimental evaluations of after school programs. Out-of-School Time Evaluation Snapshot, 8. Available: www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/afterschool/ resources/snapshot8.html

Web Sites

The Afterschool Alliance is a coalition of public, private, and nonprofit organizations dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of after-school programs and advocating for quality,affordable programs for all children.

GEAR UP: Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs' mission is to significantly increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education.

The National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) has as its mission to ensure that all children, youth, and families have access to high quality programs, activities, and opportunities during nonschool hours.

The National School-Age Care Alliance (NSACA) is the only national membership organization representing the entire array of public, private, and community-based providers of after-school programs.

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