New Report: After-School Grows Up

Posted by on January 14, 2005

[posted from Promising Practices in After School listserv]

The Robert Wood Johnson After School Project?s most recent report, After-School Grows Up, provides in-depth studies of four cities?Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and San Diego?who have, over time, developed highly effective afterschool support organizations. In the last decade, initiatives to create, expand and improve afterschool services for young people have become more typical in large cities across the United States. However, the field is still nascent and tremendous challenges remain. Co-authors Tony Proscio and Basil J. Whiting discuss the complexities of funding, staffing, and governance for each of these organizations; and, while each city’s story is set in a unique political and social landscape, there are common elements in their profiles that the Project believes are fundamental to their successes to-date.

If you would like more information on this report, or would like to receive a copy, please contact: JoAnne Vellardita at jvellardita@theafterschoolproject.org.