Youth Development Research - After School:
- Out-of-School Time Publications and Resource --- Harvard Family Research Project
- April 2010 -- Engaging Older Youth: Program and City-level Strategies to Support Sustained Participation in Out-of-School Time
- 4-H Center for Youth Development: Monograph "Youth Development Frameworks" -- The monograph reviews the research literature specific to the frameworks and describes the strengths, limitations, and utility of each framework. Review in its entirety.
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A new Child Trends brief, Evidence-Based Programs in Action: Policy and Practice Insights from a Success Story, profiles the Partnership for Results, a model of local governance designed to implement a broad spectrum of evidence-based programs for the benefit of youth at risk. For a decade, it has operated in Cayuga County in Central New York. April 13, 2010
- Increasing Youth Participation in Out-of-School Time Programs -- Child Trends June 2008 Issue:
- Using Incentives to Increase Participation in Out-Of-School Time Programs
- Youth Governance Can Help Out-Of-School Time Programs Involve At-Risk Youth
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CATCH (Coordinated Approach To Child Health) is an evidence-based, coordinated school health program designed to promote physical activity and healthy food choices, and prevent tobacco use in children from preschool through grade 8. www.catchinfo.org
- Putting It All Together: Guiding Principles for Quality After-School Programs Serving Preteens
The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health commissioned Public Private Venture to write this report, which identifies characteristics of quality after-school programs that are linked to positive outcomes for preteens. To read the full report, click here - The Seven Elements of High-Quality Service-Learning sample graph from "Service-Learning in Afterschool Programs" copyright © 1998 Service Learning 2000 Center. Adapted 2006 for Afterschool Programs
