Working Together for Children and Families: A Community Guide to Making the Most of Out-of-School Time

This guide to planning, funding and developing high-quality after-school programs is based on Wallace-supported efforts in three cities.

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October 2001, 42 pages

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Brooke Harvey and Joyce Shortt

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National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) http://www.niost.org/

This guide offers advice on the critical steps of planning, researching, funding and building support for after-school programs. Using three Wallace-supported cities as examples, it provides help at a time of rising demand for such programs.

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