Just Updated – Resource Guide for After-School Programs

The companion Resource Guide to the 2008 report, Putting It All Together: Guiding Principles for Quality After-School Programs Serving Preteens, has just been updated. Both the report and this companion guide were commissioned by the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health and produced by Public/Private Ventures.

This online Resource Guide provides recent research and tools to help service providers strengthen their after-school programs, particularly those serving preteens. The guide is organized around the six principles of quality after-school programs that are described in the above-mentioned report from 2008.

For data on preteens, visit kidsdata.org.

Learn more:

• View the full online Resource Guide>>
• Read the background report>>

• Resource Guide Sections:
  • Overview
  • Principle 1: Focused and Intentional Strategy
  • Principle 2: Exposure
  • Principle 3: Supportive Relationships
  • Principle 4: Family Engagement
  • Principle 5: Cultural Competence
  • Principle 6: Continuous Program Improvement
  • Other Resources