Publications

NIOST Making the Case: A Fact Sheet on Children and Youth in Out of School Time

http://www.niost.org/publications/Final2007FactSheet.pdf  

The Human Services Work Force Initiative: Setting the Stage for A Youth Development Associate Credential (47 pages)

http://www.niost.org/youth_devel_Setting_606.pdf  

Promising Practices in After School Partnerships (6)

http://www.niost.org/publications/DisseminationPiece.pdf  

New Jersey After 3

Promising After School Practices: A Showcase of Innovative, Creative and Successful After School Programs (28 pages)

http://www.niost.org/publications/NJA3PromisingPractices2007.pdf 

Massachusetts After-School Research Study Pathways to Success for Youth: What Counts in After-School

http://www.supportunitedway.org/MARS-Report.pdf (full report 48 pages)

http://www.supportunitedway.org/MARS-Exec.pdf   Executive summary (11pages)

Harvard Research

Social Emotional Learning Standards 

Partnerships for After School Education: The Need to Reframe Expectations of Afterschool Programs

http://www.pasesetter.org/publicationResources/Publications/PDF/halpern.pdf  

Forum for Youth Investment

http://www.forumfyi.org/index.cfm  

Publications

Extending Learning: Will We Ever Get it Right?

http://www.forumfyi.org/_docdisp_page.cfm?LID=6E82E13E-DC2A-48DA-B97856010DBAEE16  

Growing the Next Generation of Youth Professionals: Workforce Opportunities and Challenges (64 pages)

http://www.forumfyi.org/Files/next_gen_final_reportRW1.pdf  

Are They Ready To Work? (42 pages)

http://www.cvworkingfamilies.org/downloads/FINAL_PDF_9_29_06.pdf?CFID=8555979&CFTOKEN=61396088  

The After School Project

http://www.theafterschoolproject.org/index.html

Publications

After-School Counts: A Guide to Issues and Strategies for Monitoring Attendance in After-School and Other Youth Programs (52 pages)

http://www.theafterschoolproject.org/uploads/After_School_Counts-v1.pdf  

After-School Grows Up Executive Summary and Overview (23 pages)

http://www.theafterschoolproject.org/uploads/ASP-GrowsUp-SummaryOverview.pdf  

Building Quality After School Programs Through Professional Development Intermediaries: A Case Study of the After School Institute (113 pages)

http://www.theafterschoolproject.org/uploads/TASI_Case_Study_for_RWJF.pdf  

Everyone Plays: A Review of Research on the Integration of Sports and Physical Activity into Out of School Time Programs (24 pages)

http://www.theafterschoolproject.org/uploads/everyoneplays.pdf  

Making the Most of the Day (40 pages)

http://www.theafterschoolproject.org/uploads/ASP-FinalReport_r6-sm.pdf

Physical (In) Activity Among Low-Income Children and Youth (30 pages)

http://www.theafterschoolproject.org/uploads/Physical-inActivity-Report.pdf 

Healthy Choices After School (35 pages)

http://www.theafterschoolproject.org/uploads/healthyChoicesAfterschool.pdf  

Harvard Family Research Project

http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/about.html  

Publications

Evaluating Out of School Time Program Quality (32 pages)

http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/content/eval/issue25/spring2004.pdf  

Advocacy

Federal Support for After School Sports Programs (20 pages)

http://www.theafterschoolproject.org/uploads/KleinPaperSports.pdf  

Financing Afterschool Programs: The Prospects for Juvenile Justice Funding (21 pages)

http://www.theafterschoolproject.org/uploads/FinalJJPaper1022v2.pdf  

Current Federal Policies, Roles, and Legislative Activities Regarding Afterschool Programs (20 pages)

http://www.theafterschoolproject.org/uploads/FedSupportForYouth.pdf  

Building and Evaluation Tool Kit for Professional Development

http://www.psaydn.org/Documents/ProfessionalToolkit.pdf 

National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth  

Understanding Youth Development

http://ncfy.acf.hhs.gov/publications/undyouth.htm  

The Connection between Academics and Social Emotional Learning (11 pages)

http://www.casel.org/downloads/Elias2006BookCh1.pdf