After School Programs
New from HFI and the After-School Corporation!
Hours that Count: Using After-School Programs to Help Prevent Risky Behaviors and Keep Kids Safe
This 42-page primer was developed in association with the After-School
Corporation and discusses how to develop successful after-school
programs based upon the proven success of the After-School
Corporation's work in New York. Includes a helpful resource section!
- After-School All-Stars
http://www.afterschoolallstars.org - North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
http://www.ncrel.org/after/ and http://www.ncrel.org/after/resource/nation.htm - Department of Education archives
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/SafeandSmart/index.html - Afterschool Alliance
http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/home.html - Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
http://www.fightcrime.org/ - National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
http://www.naesp.org/ContentLoad.do?contentId=39/a
spnews.htm - National Institute on Out-of-School Time
http://www.niost.org/index.html - National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
http://www.safeyouth.org/ - After School Programs (Numerous Links)
http://www.naesp.org/ContentLoad.do?contentId=921 - Top 10 Web sites on After school programs
http://www.guidancechannel.com/ezine.asp?index=148
1&cat=5 - A Resource Guide for planning and operating after school programs
http://www.sedl.org/pubs/fam95/welcome.html - Bringing Education to After school programs
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/After_School_Programs/index
.html - Public/Private ventures: After school programs
http://www.ppv.org/ppv/youth/youth_initiatives.asp
?section_id=8
Possible funding sources for after school programs
- For all federal grant-making agencies (Grants.gov)
http://www.grants.gov/ - School Grants
http://www.schoolgrants.org/ - Target Foundation
http://www.targetcorp.com/targetcorp_group/communi
ty/foundation.jhtml - The National Database of Nonprofit Organizations
http://www.guidestar.org/
News Articles & Studies
- Community Learning Centers: Keeping School Open After School Lets Out (Ed
Week article)
http://www.education-world.com/a_admin/admin023.sh
tml - America's After-School Choice: The Prime Time for Juvenile Crime or Youth
Enrichment and Achievement
http://www.fightcrime.org/reports/as2000.pdf - Boom time for after school programs (Education World article)
http://www.education-world.com/a_admin/admin110.sh
tml - School's Out (Casper Star Tribune article)
- Lights On Afterschool Day: Making Communities Aware of Quality After-School
Programs (Education World article)
http://www.education-world.com/a_issues/issues132.
shtml