Action for Healthy Children
is a national nonprofit
organization dedicated to addressing the
epidemic of overweight, undernourished and
sedentary youth by focusing on changes in
schools. They, in partnership with the National
Football League, developed ReCharge! Energizing
After-School, the first nationally distributed
afterschool program that fully integrates
nutrition and physical activity through
teamwork-based strategies for youth in grades
3-6. Visit us now for more information about
getting a ReCharge! kit.
Afterschool.gov connects parents, teachers,
afterschool professionals and youth to federal
and nonprofit resources for assistance in
funding, planning activities, and other critical
issues like child abuse and special needs.
Afterschool Alliance - a nonprofit
organization dedicated to raising awareness of
the importance of afterschool programs and
advocating for quality, affordable programs for
all children. It is supported by a group of
public, private and nonprofit organizations that
share the Alliance's vision of ensuring that all
children have access to afterschool programs by
2010.
The Afterschool Institute, Baltimore’s youth
training and development organization, has
developed a program quality self-assessment
tool.
Afterschool Investments
To support State efforts to provide quality
afterschool opportunities, the Child Care Bureau
awarded a technical assistance contract on
out-of-school time to The Finance Project and
their partner, The National Governors
Association Center for Best Practices. The
Afterschool Investments project provides
technical assistance to Child Care and
Development Fund grantees and other State and
local leaders supporting afterschool efforts.
American Youth Policy Form publishes
numerous free, downloadable documents, including
“Serving Older Youth through a Comprehensive
Out-of-School Time System”, “Helping Youth
Succeed Through Out-of-School Time Programs”.
The Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence
at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health has an afterschool action kit.
The Center for Summer Learning works to
create high quality summer learning
opportunities for all young people. The Center
is committed to expanding summer learning
opportunities for disadvantaged children and
youth as a strategy for closing the achievement
gap. Based at Johns Hopkins University, the
Center works to: improve program availability
and quality through training and management
assistance, build public support through
marketing and communications and to influence
public policy and funding through informing
policymakers and engaging stakeholders.
Chapin Hall
is a research and development center that brings
the highest standards of scholarship and the
intellectual resources of one of the world’s
great research universities to the real-world
challenges of policymakers and service providers
struggling to ensure that children grow, thrive,
and take their place in a formidable world.
“What High School Students in The Chicago Public
Schools Do in their Out-of-School Time:
2003-2005, ” “Negotiating Among Opportunity and
Constraint: The Participation of Young People in
Out-of-School-Time Activities,” “The Role of
After-School Programs in Children’s Literacy
Development” and other publications are
available.
ChildCareExchange.com promotes the exchange
of ideas among leaders in early childhood
programs worldwide through its magazine, books,
training products, training seminars, and
international conferences. Sign-up for their
free e-newsletter that covers a variety of
topics, many applicable to school-age children.
Child
Trends is a nonprofit research organization
that studies children, youth and families in
order to improve policy and offers fact sheets,
and other information about critical issues
faced by young people.
Children’s Defense Fund educates the nation
about children and offers opportunities for
taking action and getting involved.
Coordinated by the
YMCA of Greater Cincinnati, the
CincyAfterSchool network began in 2004 to
coordinate afterschool programs for Cincinnati
Public Schools. Leveraging resources via 21st
Century Community Learning Center grants, TANF,
United Way, and other sources, the Network
offers a free curriculum aligned with Ohio
Academic Standards and the 40 Developmental
Assets, an afterschool program manual,
professional development, free eNews
subscription, and an online community network
for afterschool stakeholders.
Concept to Classroom’s site features a
series of FREE, self-paced workshops covering a
wide variety of hot topics in education. Some of
the workshops are based in theory, some are
based in methodology - but all of the workshops
include plenty of tips and strategies for making
classrooms work. Topics include afterschool,
inquiry based learning, teaching to Academic
Standards and evaluation.
Corporate Voices for Working Families is a
non-partisan, non-profit corporate membership
organization created to bring the private sector
voice into the public dialogue on issues
affecting working families. It is committed to
policy initiatives that address high quality
learning opportunities in early childhood
education and afterschool, knowing that an
investment in children plays a critical role in
improving young people's chances of success both
in school and life. Download “Why Businesses
Care About Afterschool” and toolkits to help
afterschool programs connect with businesses and
communities.
The DC Children and Youth Investment Trust
Corporation links public and private
resources, creativity and commitment to address
strategically, the long term needs of children,
youth and families in the District of Columbia.
Their website contains a free downloadable DC
standards for Out-of-School time
self-assessment.
The Environmental Education Council of Ohio,
(EECO) promotes and facilitates environmental
education and nurtures knowledge, attitudes and
behaviors so that Ohio has a more
environmentally literate population and a
healthier environment.
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids takes a hard
nosed look at crime prevention strategies,
informs the public and policymakers about those
findings, and urges investment in programs
proven effective by research. It focuses on high
quality early education programs, prevention of
child abuse and neglect, after-school programs
for children and teens, and interventions to get
troubled kids back on track. An entire section
of their website is devoted to afterschool.
The Finance Project
The Finance Project has developed unparalleled
resources that help leaders address financing
and sustainability issues for out-of-school time
programs. The Out-of-School Time clearinghouse
brings together The Finance Project's resources
with resources developed by other organizations
dedicated to building better after-school
programs. Visit now to see Financing After-School
Programs by Robert Halpern, Sharon Deich, and
Carol Cohen.
Click
here for Guide to Federal Funding Sources
for Out-of-School and Community School
Initiatives.
The Foundation
Center
The Foundation Center's mission is to strengthen
the nonprofit sector by advancing knowledge
about U.S. philanthropy. Founded in 1956, the
Center is the nation's leading authority on
philanthropy and is dedicated to serving grant
seekers, grant makers, researchers,
policymakers, the media, and the general public.
The Harvard Family Research Project distills
a wealth of information compiled in the Harvard
Family Research Project Out-of-School Time
Program Evaluation Database examining a specific
aspect of out-of-school time (OST) evaluation.
High/Scope Educational Research Foundation
has developed The Youth Program Quality
Assessment, a validated instrument designed to
evaluate the quality of youth programs and
identify staff training needs. It has been used
in community organizations, schools, camps, and
other places where youth have fun, work, and
learn with adults.
KidsOhio.org
is an Ohio-led, nonpartisan, nonprofit
organization working to improve the lives and
education of Ohio's nearly three million
children, especially disadvantaged youngsters.
With a statewide reach and a special focus on
Columbus and Central Ohio, KidsOhio.org
advocates for cost-effective public policies,
identifies best practices, and leverages its
strategic location in the state capital,
bringing together policymakers, practitioners
and business and community leaders to formulate
practical solutions to real problems facing Ohio
children.
Learn
and Serve America has numerous resources for
service learning.
Learning Point Associates
At a time when more children are spending the
time between 2 and 6 p.m. unsupervised, the need
for quality after-school programming is great. A
quality before-school, after-school, or summer
program can provide a safe place for kids and
additional learning opportunities. Through this
Web site we provide many resources to help a
program from every stage of a development: from
the "This sounds like a good idea" stage through
to an established program looking for creative
ways to improve their programming or find new
funding sources.
MENTOR
works to expand the world of quality mentoring;
an advocate and resource for the expansion of
mentoring initiatives nationwide MENTOR works
with a strong network of state and local
Mentoring Partnerships to leverage resources and
provide the support and tools that mentoring
organizations need to effectively serve young
people in their communities.
Mott Foundation
Charles Stewart Mott's central belief in the
partnership of humanity was the basis upon which
the Foundation was established. While this
remains the guiding principle of its grant
making, the Foundation has refined and broadened
its grant making over time to reflect changing
national and world conditions.
Through its programs of Civil Society,
Environment, Flint Area, Pathways Out of Poverty
and their more specific program areas, the
Foundation seeks to fulfill its mission of
supporting efforts that promote a just,
equitable and sustainable society.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) has numerous resources and activities for
teaching science and astronomy.
National
Afterschool Association (NAA)
The National Afterschool Association, formerly
the National School-Age Care Alliance, was
founded in 1987. We are a professional
association with a membership component-our
membership includes more than 7,000
practitioners, policy makers, and administrators
representing all public, private, and
community-based sectors of after-school and
out-of-school time programs, as well as
school-age and after-school programs on military
bases, both domestic and international. As the
leading voice of the after-school profession, we
are dedicated to the development, education, and
care of children and youth during their
out-of-school hours.
National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC)
The National Child Care Information Center
(NCCIC), a service of the Child Care Bureau , is
a national clearinghouse and technical
assistance center that links parents, providers,
policy-makers, researchers, and the public to
early care and education information.
The National Dropout Prevention Center/Network
is a research center and resource network for
practitioners, researchers, and policymakers to
reshape school and community environments to
meet the needs of youth in at-risk situations so
these students receive the quality education and
services necessary to succeed academically and
graduate from high school.
The National
Institute on Out-of-School Time conducts
afterschool research, education and training,
consultation, and field-building. Much of
NIOST’s work has encompassed projects of
national scope and influence, several
representing “firsts” for the field and many
focusing on building out-of-school time systems.
Their annual fact sheet on out-of-school time
pulls together compelling statistics about the
field, education, families and youth.
National Youth
Development Information Center, an
initiative of the National Collaboration for
Youth, is a one-stop website for youth workers
with interest in any and all of the following
areas: funding, programming, research, policy,
job and training opportunities. NYDIC also
provides current news to the youth development
field and has one of the largest online
libraries, providing practice-related
information at low-cost or no cost. NYDIC
provides constant opportunities for
practitioners to share knowledge and experience,
enabling them to build the best practice in the
field of youth development.
National
Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center is
a source of information on prevention and
intervention publications, research and
statistics on violence committed against
children and teens.
The New York
State Afterschool Network has developed a
downloadable quality self-assessment tool.
National Community Education Association’s
mission is to provide leadership to those who
build learning communities in response to
individual and community needs. It does this by
providing its members with national and regional
training conferences and workshops; specialized
periodicals, publications, and products;
opportunities for peer support and networking;
and information and referral services. In
addition it acts as an advocate for community
education by working with related organizations
and promoting at the national, state, and local
levels: parent and community involvement in
public education; the formation of community
partnerships to address community needs; and the
expansion of lifelong learning opportunities for
all community residents.
Ohio Coalition
for the Education of Children With Disabilities
Ohio Legislators
www.house.state.oh.us/jsps/Representatives.jsp
www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/by_name.html
Ohio Afterschool
Association
Ohio Afterschool Association is
the state wide professional organization for
people working on behalf of school age children.
Our mission is to advocate for and educate
school age professionals throughout Ohio.
While our name might be new to you, we have been
active in Ohio since 1986 . We are a state
affiliate of the National Afterschool
Association (formerly the National School Age
Care Alliance) and we have local affiliates
representing every county in Ohio.
The Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
(OJJDP) provides national leadership,
coordination, and resources to prevent and
respond to juvenile delinquency and
victimization. OJJDP supports states and
communities in their efforts to develop and
implement effective and coordinated prevention
and intervention programs and to improve the
juvenile justice system so that it protects
public safety, holds offenders accountable, and
provides treatment and rehabilitative services
tailored to the needs of juveniles and their
families.
Ohio Partners in Character Education: A
statewide network of schools, community
organizations, businesses, and educators working
to improve and advance character education in
Ohio. Website includes professional development,
grant rfps and other resources.
Ohio State
University School of Social Work and Education:
Community Collaboration Model for School
Improvement Ohio Resource Center enhances
teaching and learning by promoting
standards-based best practices in mathematics,
science, and reading for Ohio schools and
universities. ORC serves as a trusted source of
easily accessible, peer-reviewed, high-quality,
and effective resources.
Olweus
Bullying Prevention Program, a multi-level,
multi-component program designed to reduce and
prevent schools’ bully problems. School staff
are largely responsible for introducing and
implementing the program, and their efforts are
directed toward improving peer relations and
making the school a safe and pleasant place to
be.
The Ohio
Child Care Resource and Referral Association
(OCCRRA) has Afterschool Specialists who
provide training, technical assistance,
afterschool library materials, networking
opportunities and other resources to afterschool
programs throughout Ohio.
Ohio Department of Education licenses
afterschool programs located in school
buildings. Website contains information on
becoming a licensed program.
ODE - 21st Century Community Learning
Centers
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
licenses afterschool programs that are not in
school buildings. Website contains information
on becoming licensed.
Operation Respect is a non-profit
organization working to assure each child and
youth a respectful, safe and compassionate
climate of learning where their academic, social
and emotional development can take place free of
bullying, ridicule and violence. Founded by
Peter Yarrow of the folk group Peter, Paul &
Mary, the organization disseminates educational
resources that are designed to establish a
climate that reduces the emotional and physical
cruelty some children inflict upon each other by
behaviors such as ridicule, bullying and-in
extreme cases-violence. It is a unique
organization that provides a gateway to broad
scale adoption of school-based character
education as well as social and emotional
learning (SEL) programs.
Outcomes and Research in Out-of-School Time
Program Design is a paper written by Nancy
Peters of the Best Practices Institute in
Philadelphia. The purpose of this paper is to
suggest reasons and mechanisms for integrating
outcomes and research into quality after-school
program design.
The
Out-of-School Time Resource Center (OSTRC)
is part of the University of Pennsylvania's
School of Social Policy & Practice and is housed
in its Center for Research on Youth and Social
Policy (CRYSP).The OSTRC promotes out-of-school
time (OST) student achievement by conducting
research on and providing access to staff
resources and professional development. The
OSTRC maintains a website, administers a
professional Listserv, and publishes several
resource directories.
Partnership for Afterschool Education
fosters afterschool education in New York City,
but has numerous resources for all afterschool
professionals.
Philadelphia Youth Network website contains
a downloadable “core standards for youth
programs” developed for programs in
Philadelphia through a collaborative process.
The Program in Education,
Afterschool & Resiliency (PEAR)
is dedicated to making meaningful theoretical
and practical contributions to youth
development, school reform and prevention.
Their website contains links to research and
resources; they hold an annual PEAR
Conference: The Whole Child, The Whole Day,
in the spring.
The Promising Practices in Afterschool (or
"PPAS") System is an effort to find and
share things that are working in afterschool
programs. The PPAS website is for afterschool
program directors who want to improve the
quality of their programs. All sorts of other
people will find it useful, too--people like
program staff, volunteers, parents, community
members, policymakers, funders, researchers, and
anyone else who cares about children and youth.
Various topics can be found, the seven
components of afterschool are outlined, and
visitors to the website can sign up for a list
serve.
Public Education Network (PEN) is a national
association of local education funds (LEFs) and
individuals working to advance public school
reform in low-income communities across our
country. Sign up for their weekly news blast ;
it contains a compilation of news related to
education and grant opportunities.
Public/Private Ventures is a national
nonprofit organization whose mission is to
improve the effectiveness of social policies,
programs and community initiatives, especially
as they affect youth and young adults. In
carrying out this mission, P/PV works with
philanthropies, the public and business sectors,
and nonprofit organizations. This website
contains valuable resources, including “Getting
it Right: Strategies for After-School Success,”
and an e-mail update sign-up.
School Age Notes offers books, resources, a
newsletter, and training materials for school
age programs.
The
Search Institute is an independent nonprofit
organization whose mission is to provide
leadership, knowledge, and resources to promote
healthy children, youth, and communities. To
accomplish this mission, the institute generates
and communicates new knowledge, and brings
together community, state, and national leaders.
A number of afterschool programs build their
programming using The Search Institute’s
framework of 40 Developmental Assets, which are
positive experiences and personal qualities that
young people need to grow up healthy, caring,
and responsible.
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
National Partnership for Quality Afterschool
Learning offers a free, on-line afterschool
training toolkit and numerous other resources.
Stop Bullying Now is a United States Health
and Human Services website that provides
numerous resources for afterschool and school
staff, parents and youth. Materials are also
available in Spanish.
The
Afterschool Corporation (TASC) works to
enhance the quality, sustainability and
availability of afterschool programs in New York
City. They have numerous reports, publications,
information about innovative afterschool
programs that are of interest to those outside
of NYC.
The Treu-Mart Youth Development Fellowship
Program at Case Western Reserve University’s
Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations provide intellectual, interpersonal, and
professional supports to youth service providers
to enable them to model caring environments,
high expectations, and opportunities for
meaningful participation in their work with
youth. The program also builds on the existing
strengths and capacities of community-based
agencies to enhance affirming social networks.
The Wallace Foundation’s mission is to
enable institutions to expand learning and
enrichment opportunities for all people. They do
this by supporting and sharing effective ideas
and practices. To achieve their mission the
Wallace Foundation has three objectives:
strengthening education leadership to enhance
student achievement; improving after-school
learning opportunities; and expanding
participation in arts and culture. Their website
contains numerous research and resource
documents.
WestEd is a nonprofit research, development,
and service agency that enhances and increases
education and human development within schools,
families, and communities. Their priority is
serving underserved populations. WestEd focuses not
just on what goes on in school, but also in
children’s homes, after-school programs, and
communities; in the training and development of
those who teach and guide children; and in
legislatures and other decision-making bodies
whose policies touch all of the above. Sign-up
for their free e-newsletter.
The YouthARTS Web site is designed to give
arts agencies, juvenile justice agencies, social
service organizations, and other community-based
organizations detailed information about how to
plan, run, provide training, and evaluate arts
programs for at-risk youth.
