Recruiting and Retaining Older African-American and Hispanic Boys in Afterschool Programs

Posted by on January 10, 2011

Recruiting and Retaining Older African-American and Hispanic Boys in Afterschool Programs: What We Know and What We Still Need to Learn.  While there is evidence to indicate participation in out-of-school time activities increases positive outcomes, recruiting and retaining older youth in these programs is a hard task. This report explores that question and suggests making programs relevant leads to better recruitment and retention.  The report also argues that relevance should occur at both the surface level – language used, the way materials are presented, location of programs – and the deep structural level – addresses cultural, social, and historical factors that influence the participants’ behavior. Public/Private Ventures.

http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1102608312958-59/Recruiting+and+retaining.pdf


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