Connect for Kids / Child Advocacy 360 / Youth Policy Action Center - After School Activities

Boosting Your Recruitment and Enrollment, Lessons from a New York Beacon Center

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:51:17 -0600

Engaging young teens in quality out-of-school time programs is no easy feat. Cypress Hills-East New York, a Beacon Center located in Brooklyn, has developed a strategy for recruiting and enrolling youth ages 9 to 14 for its school-year program. What works best? The Youth Development Institute shares some of the secrets of success.

Boosting Your Recruitment and Enrollment, Lessons from a New York Beacon Center

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:01:12 -0600

Help Create America's After-School Storybook

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:04:48 -0500

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the federal 21st Century Community Learning
Centers, the Afterschool Alliance is creating a storybook featuring people whose lives
have been improved through out-of-school time programs. Share your stories and program

2008 Changes to the Summer Food Service Program

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:02:13 -0500

A simplified version of the USDA Summer Food Service Program has just gone national. It lessens the paperwork involved for groups or out-of-school time programs that want to incorporate summer meals.

Encouraging Volunteerism

Mon, 22 May 2006 12:46:41 -0500

MindOH! offers free advice on ways to encourage students to get involved in their communities suring the summer.

Summer: Sunshine and Stress

Mon, 22 May 2006 13:23:48 -0500

Summertime. For many, it�s a season of carefree memories colliding with stressful, expensive realities, as busy parents try to figure out how to keep the kids busy, safe and entertained. Linda Baker looks at the challenges, especially for low- and moderate-income families.

Summer Food Service Program Food Tasting Fair

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:27:57 -0500

CFK Reports From: Summer Food Service Program Food Tasting Fair
Event: Food Tasting Fair
Organized By: DC State Education Office
Where/When: Beacon House, March 30, 2006

As summer approaches, many parents are asking themselves this question: "Will my child have enough healthy food to eat this summer?"

Leonardo�s Basement: Hands-On Haven for Kids

Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:28:23 -0500

Imagine it. Plan it. Make it. That�s the basic formula for the popular after-school and summer classes offered by Leonardo�s Basement, a Minneapolis, Minn. program started by hands-on guy Steve Jevning seven years ago. Harvey Meyer takes a look.

People, Places and Possibilities: Integrating Mentoring and After-School

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:23:14 -0500

A once-a-week adult-student mentoring meeting does not an after-school program make, according to this brief from the Forum for Youth Investment. But perhaps, with a little help, it could. The question is not which makes more sense, mentoring or after-school, but how can we utilize both strategies to increase the likelihood that young people have the supports they need to thrive.

National AfterSchool Conference

Fri, 10 Feb 2006 14:25:32 -0600

Start: Feb 23 2006 - 8:00am

End: Feb 25 2006 - 1:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+5

The National AfterSchool Association hosts its annual conference February 23-25, 2006 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Using NCLB Funds to Support Extended Learning Time: After-School Programs

Mon, 07 Nov 2005 18:40:13 -0600

The Finance Project and the Council of Chief State School Officers have released this strategy brief. It describes how six major funding streams included in the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) can support extended learning opportunities.

Girl Scouts of Swift Water Council

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:37:49 -0500

The mission of this organization is to inspire girls with the highest ideals of character, conduct, patriotism, and service they they may become happy and resourceful citizens.

After-School All-Stars

Tue, 19 Jul 2005 08:01:37 -0500

Kids who have no place to go end up going nowhere. Kids with some place to go end up going places.

Every day in the United States as many as 15 million children leave school with no place to go. And every day many of these children are involved in crimes, join gangs, or experiment with drugs, alcohol or sex.

After-School All-Stars offers a proven alternative for middle school children. We engage them in activities and on-going relationships that increase confidence and encourage success in all areas of their lives - at home, in school and in the community.

San Francisco Beacon Initiative

Wed, 08 Jun 2005 09:28:36 -0500

The San Francisco Beacon Initiative is a public-private partnership that promotes youth and family centers in our public schools. The goal of the Initiative is to offer opportunities, services and activities that promote the healthy development of children, youth, families and communities.

The Beacon Centers transform public schools into youth and family centers that become a beacon of activity for the surrounding neighborhood.

Helping Girls Bloom

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:31:57 -0500

In a notoriously troubled New York City neighborhood, Isis Sapp-Grant has created a supportive haven for girls besieged by drug dealers, sexual predators, family violence and gangs. Holly St. Lifer spoke with Sapp-Grant about her Blossom Program for Girls.