These snapshots of actual out-of-school-time (OST) programs are examples of the types of programming options that the Quality OST Cost Calculator helps you determine. Use these short case studies to generate ideas and consider new strategies for quality OST programs in your community. These case studies were updated in January, 2009.
Program: A+ After School Program
Location: Wautoma, Wisconsin
Cost: $354,250 (2008-2009 fiscal year budget)
Elementary-, middle- and high school students who attend the A+ After School Program in Wautoma, Wisconsin, receive homework help, followed by recreation and enrichment activities of the students’ choice. Read full case study
Program: Boys & Girls Club of Hutchinson/Kids After School, Inc.
Location: Reno County, Kansas
Cost: $447,870 (2006 fiscal year budget)
What began as a small after-school initiative for children in rural Reno County, Kansas is now a program serving an average of 350 youth per day. Read full case study
Program: Boys & Girls Club of the Smoky Mountains
Location: Sevierville, Tennessee
Cost: $1,147,783 (2005 fiscal year budget)
Young people living in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee have access to five types of programming at their local Boys & Girls Club: arts; education and career development; character and leadership development; health and life skills education; and sports, fitness and recreation. Read full case study
Program: Claremont School District Family School Connection
Location: Claremont, New Hampshire
Cost: $843,500 (annual budget)
Located in an agricultural community of about 12,000 people, the Claremont School District runs an after-school program for local children and teenagers. Read full case study
Program: The Garage
Location: Burnsville, Minnesota
Cost: $325,000 (2009 fiscal year budget)
Teens are the driving force behind The Garage, a program of after-school, weekend and summer activities housed in a 6,000-square-foot onetime maintenance facility for the city of Burnsville, Minnesota. Read full case study
Program: Heads Up
Location: Washington, D.C.
Cost: $2,650,000 (2008 fiscal year budget)
The Heads Up afterschool program provides low-income, “high potential” students from some of the lowest-performing schools in Washington, D.C. the opportunity to learn individually or in small groups with dedicated tutors. Read full case study
Program: Workplace Learning Connection
Location: East Central Iowa
Cost: $305,726 (2005 fiscal year budget)
Making connections between school and careers is the focus of out-of-school time learning opportunities for East Central Iowa young people in the Workplace Learning Connection program. Read full case study