AfterSchool Policy and Visioning Tool

Posted by on August 13, 2004

[posted from Promising Practices in After School listserv]

We are pleased to announce that new products have been added to the Afterschool Investments project website: http://nccic.org/afterschool/. The Afterschool Investments project, a Child Care Bureau-supported initiative, provides technical assistance to Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) grantees and other State and local leaders to support afterschool efforts, and is a partnership between The Finance Project and the National Governor’s Association Center for Best Practices. The following resources are now or soon to be available at our website:

? State Afterschool Profiles
? Creating a Vision for Afterschool Partnerships
? CCDF and 21CCLC: State Efforts to Facilitate Coordination for Afterschool Programs
? Estimating Supply and Demand for Afterschool Programs: A Tool for State and Local Policy Makers

State Afterschool Profiles
State Afterschool Profiles provide a snapshot of the state of “afterschool” in every state as well as an opportunity to compare afterschool activities across the country. Profiles highlight key data and descriptions of the afterschool landscape, which includes a range of out-of-school time programming that can occur before and after school, on weekends, and during summer months. They are designed to serve as a resource for policymakers, administrators, and providers. Profiles are currently available at: http://www.nccic.org/afterschool/statep.html for ten states and the District of Columbia. Check back in early fall to see profiles for every state.

Creating a Vision for Afterschool Partnerships
This tool, available at http://nccic.org/afterschool/visioning-tool.pdf, is intended to help the growing number of new afterschool partnerships create a shared vision for their work. It contains information to educate partners on what a vision statement is and the purpose it serves; provides two alternative techniques for creating a vision; and includes a variety of considerations for planning teams as they finalize a vision statement.

COMING SOON! The following products will be available online in early fall:

CCDF and 21CCLC: State Efforts to Facilitate Coordination for Afterschool Programs.
To date, few afterschool programs have successfully integrated funding from the Child Care and Development Fund and 21st Century Community Learning Centers. This brief describes the rationale for increased coordination, the challenges involved, and emerging strategies for states to consider that can make it easier for programs to utilize both funding sources.

Estimating Supply and Demand for Afterschool Programs: A Tool for State and Local Policy Makers.
This tool provides a framework for estimating supply and demand-from basic steps to an in-depth review-by summarizing and highlighting experiences in a number of states. This tool describes the ways states and communities have made estimates and included lessons learned from pioneers in the field.