Strengthening Out-of-School Time Organizations: Three Views

Three experts in after-school learning consider the major organizational obstacles to lifting the quality of programs and discuss possible remedies.

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August 2008

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Gil Noam, Lucy Friedman and Heather B. Weiss

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A New Day For Youth:
Creating Sustainable Quality in Out-of-School Time
Strengthening Out-Of-School Time Nonprofits:
The Role of Foundations in Building Organizational Capacity.
A View from the Field:
Helping Community Organizations Meet Capacity Challenges

In three papers, experts identify key organizational problems facing after-school programs and possible solutions. In Strengthening Out-of-School Time Nonprofits: The Role of Foundations in Building Organizational Capacity, The Harvard Family Research Project suggests steps including helping after-school operators to become more forceful advocates. Harvard researcher Gil Noam, in A New Day for Youth: Creating Sustainable Quality in Out of School Time, says measures such as management training for program executives are important. Lucy Friedman, president of The After-School Corporation, recommends steps including educating principals about the benefits of after-school programs in A View from the Field: Helping Community Organizations Meet Capacity Challenges.

The Cost of Quality Out-of-School Time Programs	https://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/Pages/The-Cost-of-Quality-of-Out-of-School-Time-Programs.aspx	The Cost of Quality Out-of-School Time Programs	Read a groundbreaking report detailing the costs of high-quality after-school and summer programs; an online calculator can help create program budgets.	54092405-3ed7-43af-891b-ab77fa4f2517	Report	<img alt="The Cost of Quality Out-of-School-Time Programs " src="/knowledge-center/PublishingImages/The-Cost-of-Quality-of-Out-of-School-Time-Programs-b.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> <img alt="" src="/knowledge-center/PublishingImages/The-Cost-of-Quality-of-Out-of-School-Time-Programs-a.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />
A Place to Grow and Learn: A Citywide Approach to Building and Sustaining Out-of-School Time Learning Opportunities	https://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/Pages/Sustaining-Out-of-School-Time-Learning-Opportunities.aspx	A Place to Grow and Learn: A Citywide Approach to Building and Sustaining Out-of-School Time Learning Opportunities	Learn about a novel, coordinated approach to expanding and improving after-school and other out-of-school-time programs.	54092405-3ed7-43af-891b-ab77fa4f2517	Report	<img alt="A Place to Grow and Learn" src="/knowledge-center/PublishingImages/Sustaining-Out-of-School-Time-Learning-Opportunities-b.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> <img alt="" src="/knowledge-center/PublishingImages/Sustaining-Out-of-School-Time-Learning-Opportunities-a.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />
Administrative Management Capacity in Out-of-School Time Organizations: An Exploratory Study	https://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/Pages/Administrative-Management-Capacity-in-Out-of-School-Time-Organizations.aspx	Administrative Management Capacity in Out-of-School Time Organizations: An Exploratory Study	Read about the need after-school program organizations' have for investments in administration and management to effectively support their programs for children.	54092405-3ed7-43af-891b-ab77fa4f2517	Report	<img alt="Administrative Management Capacity in Out-of-School Time Organizations: An Exploratory Study" src="/knowledge-center/PublishingImages/administrative-management-capacity-in-OST-B.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> <img alt="" src="/knowledge-center/PublishingImages/administrative-management-capacity-in-OST-a.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />

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