Focus on Families! How to Build and Support Family-Centered Practices in After School 

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Children benefit when their parents or caregivers are actively involved in their out-of-school learning. Yet a new report by the Harvard Family Research Project and United Way of Massachusetts Bay finds that only a quarter of programs surveyed had effectively incorporated families. This guide, funded by Wallace under its Parents and Communities for Kids initiative, offers after-school providers practical guidance on giving parents, guardians and other caregivers a more significant role in children’s out-of-school learning, through specific strategies and three case studies.

Published: February 2006, 51 pages

Author(s): Zenub Kakli, Holly Kreider and Priscilla Little; Tania Buck and Maryellen Coffey

Publishing Organization: Harvard Family Research Project and United Way of Massachusetts Bay

Companion Document(s): Related News Release

Document Type: Report

Document Format: PDF

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