Coordinating After-School Resources

How the after-school work of schools, nonprofits, parks and other organizations can be coordinated to create better, more accessible programming citywide.

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Building Citywide Systems for Quality: A Guide and Case Studies for Afterschool Leaders ›
October 2012
This guide of case studies explains how cities and intermediaries can work with after-school providers across an entire neighborhood, city or region to build quality across a system.
Building Management Information Systems to Coordinate Citywide Afterschool Programs: A Toolkit for Cities ›
September 2012
Do you need to build a management information system for your city’s after-school programming? Get a jump start with this guide.
Making the Connections: A Report on the First National Survey of Out-of-School Time Intermediary Organizations ›
June 2012
The first national survey of “intermediaries” finds that these groups are playing a key role in boosting after-school services.
After-School Data: Six Tip Sheets on What Cities Need to Know ›
June 2012
Six tip sheets offer an easy way to learn about using data to boost after-school programming.
Municipal Leadership for Afterschool: Citywide Approaches Spreading Across the Country ›
October 2011
The National League of Cities identifies and looks in detail at 27 U.S. cities with advanced efforts to coordinate after-school programming.
Collecting and Using Information to Strengthen Citywide Out-of-School Time Systems ›
August 2011
The National League of Cities offers practical guidance to city leaders using data to improve after-school programming throughout cities.
AfterZone: Outcomes for Youth Participating in Providence’s After-School System ›
August 2011
One of the first rigorous evaluations of a citywide after-school initiative finds that the effort, in Providence, produced educational benefits for children.
Making Summer Count: How Summer Programs Can Boost Children’s Learning ›
June 2011
(June 2011) Low-income students suffer large learning setbacks over summer vacation, but this major RAND report finds evidence that good programs can ease the problem.
Think Outside the Clock: Planners Link After-School Programs to Classroom Curriculum ›
April 2011
(April 2011) An article describes citywide efforts to make good after-school programs more accessible and, in some cases, link them to classroom learning.
Hours of Opportunity: Lessons from Five Cities on Building Systems to Improve After-School, Summer, and Other Out-of-School-Time Programs (Volumes I, II and III) ›
October 2010
(October 2010) A major RAND report finds promise and challenges in a new citywide approach to improving the quality and accessibility of after-school programs.

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