Cities that want to make smart investments in high-quality out-of-school programs need to know what such services should cost. But existing studies don’t provide this key data, concludes this literature review from The Finance Project and Public/Private Ventures. The out-of-school-learning field urgently needs an up-to-date, nationwide scan of what quality services — as well as specific program features — really cost. These researchers plan to fill this knowledge gap with a more comprehensive study that they are developing, with Wallace support, for release in late 2007. This interim report surveys what is known and what can be learned from cost studies of other education-based programs for children.