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Engaging Older Youth: Program and City-Level Strategies to Support Sustained Participation in Out-of-School Time
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by Sarah N. Deschenes, Amy Arbreton, Priscilla M. Little, Carla Herrera, Jean Baldwin Grossman, Heather B. Weiss with Diana Lee
April 2010, 90 pages
This report details the findings from a joint P/PV-Harvard Family Research Project study that examined the practices and structural features of almost 200 out-of-school-time programs to identify the characteristics most successful in retaining older youth—as well as the strategies cities are using to support participation. The full report can be accessed here; an accompanying research synopsis can be found here.
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The Cost of Quality Out-of-School-Time Programs, Executive Summary
With support from The Wallace Foundation, P/PV partnered with The Finance Project to embark on one of the largest and most rigorous out-of-school-time (OST) cost studies to date. This executive summary highlights the full report's key findings, summarizes variations in program costs and provides recommendations for policymakers and funders who seek to build and sustain quality OST programs for children and youth in their communities.
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Beacons In Brief
This second issue in the In Brief series focuses on the San Francisco Beacon Initiative and summarizes the key findings from P/PV's recent evaluation.
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Community Change for Youth Development in Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri, is one of six sites in Community Change for Youth Development (CCYD), a national demonstration project aimed at increasing basic supports and opportunities available to youth aged 12-20. This report documents the experiences and challenges of the YMCA of Greater Kansas City in leading this community-based iniative.
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Extended-Service Schools: Putting Programming in Place
This interim evaluation report of the Wallace-Readers Digest Funds Extended-Service Schools Adaptation examines what it takes to get a community-oriented school-based youth program off the ground, the early challenges that can be expected, and how the ESS sites addressed their challenges.
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