School-based after-school programs are increasingly becoming the solution policymakers suggest for many youth problems: unsupervised time, poor academic achievement, gang participation, violence and drug use. As federal spending increases, policymakers, funders and the public must balance their optimism about the programs' potential with the realities of what they might ultimately achieve. As this report describes, locating these programs in schools brings many benefits, but as the experience of at least one broad-based initiative is demonstrating, it also brings challenges that should be taken into consideration as programs are planned and funded.
Title: Challenges and Opportunities in After-School Programs: Lessons for Policymakers and Funders
Publication date 2001-04-01
Publication Year 2001
Authors
Jean Baldwin Grossman
, Karen Walker
, Rebecca Raley
Copyright holder(s)
Public/Private Ventures
Keywords
school programs
, programs
, school
, challenges and opportunities
, funders
Document type
CaseStudy
, Issue/Policy Brief
, Text
Language
English
URL: https://ppv.issuelab.org/resource/challenges-and-opportunities-in-after-school-programs-lessons-for-policymakers-and-funders.html
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