Resources on Afterschool

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	Across Demographic and Party Lines, Americans Clamor for Safe, Enriching Afterschool Programs Survey highlights from Junior Achievement, Americans for Better Education, Knowledge Works Foundation, Phi Delta Kappa, Education Testing Service, Education Week, National PTA and National Education Association. (4 pages)
	Afterschool Programming in Ohio: Supply and Demand Estimates A summary by the Ohio Afterschool Network and The Strategy Team, Ltd of the findings about the supply and demand for afterschool services (i.e., capacity, enrollment, funding amounts and funding sources). (2 pages)
	Afterschool Programs Help Youth Succeed and Stay in School This short fact sheet provides information on why afterschool and youth development programs are beneficial for academic, social and emotional outcomes for youth and why voters support these programs. (2 pages)
	Afterschool Programs Keep Kids Safe and Healthy This short fact sheet provides information on why afterschool and youth development programs are beneficial for academic, social and emotional outcomes for youth and why voters support these programs. (2 pages)
	Afterschool Programs Level the Playing Field for All Youth An issue brief on ways to provide afterschool programs to SES disadvantaged youth. (2 pages)
	America After 3:00 pm A survey of America's youth afterschool activities. (1 page)
	City Strategies - Assessing Local Afterschool Resources and Needs A strategy paper discussing six steps that municipal leaders should consider when conducting a needs assessment of local afterschool programs and providing examples of how some communities have responded to this challenge. (8 pages)
	Critical Need: Georgia's Parents Speak Out About Afterschool (Executive Summary) To gain an understanding of parents’ afterschool needs, challenges and desires across the state, Georgia PTA and Georgia Afterschool Investment Council commissioned a scientific telephone survey of 600 registered Georgia voters with school-age children. This brief outlines the results of that survey. (2 pages)
	Critical Need: Georgia's Parents Speak Out About Afterschool (Full report) To gain an understanding of parents’ afterschool needs, challenges and desires across the state, Georgia PTA and Georgia Afterschool Investment Council commissioned a scientific telephone survey of 600 registered Georgia voters with school-age children. This report gives the full results of that survey. (8 pages)
	How to Make Summer Reading Effective This brief outlines a conversation with James Kim, assistant professor of education at Harvard University, about his research on what we can learn from summer reading studies and how we can use that information to help young people retain or improve reading skills. (2 pages)
	Hunger Doesn't Take a Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status Report 2008 Documents the current status of participation in two federal nutrition programs- Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and National Summer Lunch Program (NSLP)- as well as promotes successful initiatives to increase participation. (22 pages)
	Investing in Youth Poll Results from a 2005 national and city-level poll of adult priority on afterschool, job training, service-learning, recreation, arts and health care programs. (17 pages)
	Learning Around the Clock: Benefits of Expanded Learning Opportunities for Older Youth This publication is designed to help policymakers and practitioners learn about expanded learning opportunities (ELOs) that have been effective in helping youth improve their academic performance and school engagement, learn skills important for career success, develop positive social and behavioral skills, and improve their health and wellness. (180 pages)
	More Than a Hunch: Kids Lose Learning Skills Over the Summer Months This brief outlines a conversation with Duke University Professor Harris Cooper about his research on the importance of funding summer learning programs. (2 pages)
	More than meets the eye! This flyer is designed to raise awareness of the benefits of afterschool programs, and Wyoming's afterschool initiatives (1 page)
	National Law Enforcement Poll 2002 A survey summary from the Mason-Dixon poll of 1,178 chiefs of police, sheriffs and prosecutors surveyed about afterschool programs. (3 pages)
	Nationwide poll A report brief on nationwide poll results on afterschool programs. (6 pages)
	Philadelphia Safe and Sound After-School Program Parents Survey A summary of polling survey results from an afterschool parent survey. (17 pages)
	Philadelphia Safe and Sound After-School Program Parents Survey: Executive Summary A PowerPoint presentation of the Philadelphia afterschool programs parent survey results. (13 pages)
	Poll Reveals Strong Support for After-School Among New York State Voters A poll of New York registered voters to gauge opinion regarding the need for and importance of afterschool programs in New York. (4 pages)
	Report to Ohio Afterschool Network: Afterschool Programming in Ohio - Supply and Demand Estimates Although some Ohio afterschool programs have excess capacity, overall demand for afterschool programs in the state far exceeds supply. In fact, Ohio has a gap of more than 240,000 spaces in structured, affordable and convenient afterschool programs, according to a study released August 10th, 2006 by The Ohio Afterschool Network. (28 pages)
	Summer Can Set Kids on the Right - or Wrong - Course This brief outlines a conversation with Professor Karl Alexander of Johns Hopkins University about his research on the loss of academic skills by low-income youth over the summertime. (2 pages)
	Summertime and Weight Gain This brief outline a conversation with Ohio State University statistician Paul von Hippel about his research on weight gain for young people during the summer months, and how it affects children and society as a whole. (2 pages)
	The Skills Imperative: How Career and Technical Education Can Solve the U.S. Talent Shortage This report discusses the challenges of preparing students for 21st Century job skills and proposes that the goal of the education system should be to enable the delivery of achievement, not just in academics, but in overall career-readiness. (24 pages)
	The State of Out of School in Vermont This report compiles the results of an investigatory survey which sought to establish benchmarks of the quantity and variety of Vermont’s out-of-school time and afterschool programs. (15 pages)
	The Value of Afterschool Programs This fact sheet provides a quick look at the academic, social and emotional benefits of afterschool programs for youth and teens. (2 pages)
	Tracking Youth Outcomes A summary sheet highlighting two promising practices and snap poll data on afterschool youth outcomes. (9 pages)

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