KYOSA RESOURCES

FOR PARENTS

Find an out-of-school time program in your area or learn more about child care resources and advocacy contacts. Out-of-School time programs include: afterschool programs, before school programs, and summer learning programs.

 

Download a May calendar of activities that you can do with your child. Courtesy of the Kentucky Parent Information & Resource Center.

FOR PROVIDERS

 Learn more about out-of-school time programs, child care resources, and advocacy links in your area.

USEFUL WEBSITES FOR BOTH PARENTS & PROVIDERS:

The Kentucky Out-of-School Alliance has compiled a list of some of the leading organizations that offer valuable information and resources relevant to out-of-school time programs. These organizations are described below and internet links are provided to access more information from these resources.

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Useful Websites

21st Century Community Learning Centers: The 21st Century CCLC Program is a federally funded grant program designed to create an opportunity for students and their families to continue to learn new skills and discover new abilities after the school day has ended. The focus of this program is to provide expanded academic enrichment opportunities for children attending low performing schools. the website contains information about this program including applicant information, laws, regulations, and guidance. In addition, the website offers resources for students, parents, teachers, and administrators.

Afterschool Alliance :The Afterschool Alliance was launched to raise awareness of the importance of afterschool programs and advocate for quality, affordable programs for all children. The purpose of the Alliance is to serve as a public resource and voice for afterschool programs. The web-site includes policy information and program tools.

Afterschool.gov: Afterschool.gov connects people to federal resources for information on strategies to support children and youth during out-of-school hours. The site includes a searchable database of federal government funding sources; ideas on networking with others in the field; links to organizations and publications that focus on youth issues.

Beyond the Bell: Through its "Beyond the Bell" initiative and website, NCREL provides many resources to help a program through every stage of development from the conceptual stage to an established program looking for creative ways to improve programming or find new funding sources. The website provides links to resources for creating effective afterschool programs, information, and grant writing assistance.

Center for Afterschool and Community Education

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

Coalition for Community Schools

Edutopia: New articles and videos from Edutopia about public and private programs that offer educational and enrichment activities to extend learning beyond the traditional school day.

The Finance Project: The Finance Project is a non-profit policy research, technical assistance, and information organization that was created to help improve outcomes for children, families, and communities nationwide. Its mission is to support decision making that produces and sustains good results for children, families, and communities by developing and disseminating information, knowledge, tools, and technical assistance for improved policies, programs, and financing strategies.

The Forum for Youth Investment: The Forum for Youth Investment is a national initiative dedicated to increasing the quality and quantity of youth investment and youth involvement in the United States by promoting a "big picture" approach to planning and policy development. The Forum is designed to add value to existing efforts to improve youth outcomes by finding or creating tools, vehicles and opportunities for reaching across fields and systems to bring researchers, policy makers, practitioners, media, and philanthropists together to identify common messages and agendas. The website offers various publications on youth and afterschool issues.

Harvard Family Research Project: The Harvard Family Research Project strives to increase the effectiveness of public and private organizations and communities as they promote child development, student achievement, healthy family functioning, and community development. After School @ HFRP is an initiative of the Harvard Family Research Project that works to identify areas of challenge and opportunity in the emerging after school field. It focuses especially on issues related to after school evaluation, research, and accountability. HFRP also houses an OST evaluation database. The database is a tool for evaluators who are planning an OST program evaluation, allowing them to quickly get detailed information about previous OST evaluations by searching the database using relevant criteria.

JCPenney Afterschool: The JCPenney Afterschool Fund works with partners and providers of afterschool care to raise awareness of the need for afterschool programs and maintain and increase the number of programs available. The website offers facts, figures, news, and updates on various afterschool issues. A nation-wide afterschool program locator can also be found on the website.

Kentucky Coalition for School Age Child Care:The professional organization of Kentucky child care providers.

Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Family Resource & Youth Service Centers

Kentucky Dept. of Education – 21st Century Community Learning Centers

Kentucky Parent Information & Resource Center

Learning Point Associates

National Afterschool Association (formerly NSACA) :NAA's mission is to build a profession that develops, supports, and promotes quality afterschool programs for children and youth. NAA is the only national membership organization representing the entire array of public, private, and community-based providers of afterschool programs. The website offers information on public policy issues and publications on afterschool issues. It also describes NAA’s accreditation process for afterschool programs.

National Center for Summer Learning – Johns Hopkins University :The National Center for Summer Learning has a history of innovation and a proven track record of developing, evaluating, and promoting summer learning programs designed to improve student achievement and support positive youth development.

National Institute on Out-of-School Time: The National Institute on Out-of-School Time, formerly known as the School-Age Child Care Project, at the Center for Research on Women, Wellesley College, produces a wide array of research and technical assistance papers, assessment and training tools, and publications. NIOST provides research-based training for directors and staff, school administrators, community leaders, and others committed to providing high quality afterschool programs for children and youth.

National Training Institute for Community

National Youth Development Information Center

Nellie Mae Education Foundation

Program in Education, Afterschool & Resiliency

The Promising Practices in Afterschool System

Southwest Educational Development Laboratory

School-Age Notes: Develops and provides information, technical assistance and resources concerning children and youth in out-of-school settings.

Tools, models and expertise to improve afterschool learning across the nation.

U.S. Department of Education