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Resource: Using Federal Funds for Summer Learning and Afterschool: A Guide for Providers, School Districts, and Intermediaries

This guide (PDF, 38 pages) identifies a broad variety of federal funding streams that providers, districts, summer and afterschool intermediaries, municipal government leaders, and state government leaders can tap to support equitable access to high-quality programs. Learn more.

Report: Promoting Healthy Futures: Afterschool Provides the Supports Parents Want for Children’s Well-Being

This report (PDF, 38 pages) is the fifth in a series of publications that examines findings from the 2020 edition of America After 3PM, a pre-pandemic national household survey of more than 31,000 parents of school-age children. It takes a closer look at parents’ perceptions of afterschool programs, their priorities ...

Resource: New COVID-19 Guidance for K-12 Schools and Early Care and Education (ECE) Programs to Support Safe In-Person Learning

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released updated COVID-19 guidance for K-12 and early care and education (ECE) programs. The updated guidance includes recommendations for prevention strategies for everyday operations, as well as additional prevention strategies to adapt based on the COVID-19 Community Level (low, medium, or high) ...

Resource: Give Your Kids a Healthy Body and Mind This Summer

This webpage offers strategies and examples of how caregivers can support their child’s physical and mental health with fun, easy summer activities. The strategies provided will help students prepare mentally, physically, and emotionally for the upcoming school year with activities that can be conducted alone or with others. Learn more. ...

Resource: Reconnecting Youth Project

The Reconnecting Youth project seeks to pull together in one location information about programs that support young people who are disconnected and their practices as well as a repository of existing research with two new tools: a compendium of programs and an evidence gap map. Learn more.

Resource: Mental Health Matters, Why Black Dad’s Positive Mental Health Is Good for Youth Academic Outcomes

This brief, the second in a series of three from Fathers Incorporated addressing fatherhood engagement for low-income African American students and their families, is designed for academicians and practitioners to focus continued attention on recognizing a father's mental health and its impact on how well his child does in school. ...

Resources: Crisis Helplines

If someone's life is in danger, call 911 or your local emergency number. We have shared crisis support services for specific needs.

Measuring Co-Regulation: A Draft Tool for Observing Educators in Youth-Serving Programs

This brief describes a draft observation tool that was developed and piloted as part of a formative study to translate theory about co-regulation into practice in youth-serving Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education (HMRE) programs.

Opportunity for Involvement: NASA STEM Engagement Call for Reviewers for Informal STEM Education Proposals

The NASA Teams Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal Institutions (TEAM II) management team is recruiting qualified peer reviewers external to NASA to review NASA TEAM II proposals.

References

Afterschool Alliance. (2014). America After 3PM: Afterschool Programs in Demand. Retrieved from http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/documents/AA3PM-2014/AA3PM_Key_Findings.pdf Afterschool Alliance. (2015). Evaluation Backgrounder: A Summary of Formal Evaluations of Afterschool Programs’ Impact on Academics, Behavior, Safety and Family Life. Retrieved from http://afterschoolalliance.org/documents/Evaluation_Backgrounder.pdf Afterschool Alliance. (2020). This is Afterschool. Retrieved from http://afterschoolalliance.org//documents/National-One-Pager-2020.pdf American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research ...

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