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Out-of-School Programs Provide Essential Benefits for Children and Youth; More Support Is Needed to Help These Programs Thrive

WASHINGTON — Children don’t stop learning after they leave the classroom, and after-school programs play a crucial role in child and youth development. “Out-of-school time” programs can provide ...
Yahoo

Out-of-School Programs Play an Outsized Role in Child Development

What if one of the most crucial experiences for the development of school-aged children doesn’t happen during the school day at all? What if it has little to do with learning to read, sharpening math ...

When after-school programs are out of reach, kids miss more than activities

I have visited many after-school and summer programs across Wisconsin, from large urban sites to small rural schools, and ...
Time

The Nightmare of Finding After-School Care in America

Tables and chairs arranged in a classroom. Senior Correspondent The after-school program disappeared from the Utah school where Jessica Langford sends her two older children, ages 7 and 9, in October ...
6abc News

"Out of School Time" programs day in the park

HULMEVILLE, Pa, (WPVI) -- Hundreds of children in Bucks County were treated to a picnic. 650 kids from 10 different "Out of School Time" programs came together for the day. They spent the day at ...
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Shut Out: Inequitable Access to After School Programs Grows

Manny Padia’s first job with an Arizona summer program for children changed his life when a young boy asked if he would be his father. “I had to let him know I couldn’t be his dad, but I could be his ...