To support State efforts to provide quality afterschool opportunities,
the Child Care Bureau awarded a technical assistance contract on
out-of-school time to The Finance Project. The Afterschool
Investments project provides technical assistance to Child Care
and Development Fund grantees and other State and local leaders
supporting afterschool efforts.
On April 23, 2009, Region VII held the second in a series of technical assistance webinars on Strategic Planning for Workforce Development. Afterschool Investments Project staff discussed trends in school–age quality improvement and shared tools and materials to support state–wide efforts to finance professional development systems. Please see the slide presentation (PDF 135 KB) for more information.
February 19th: Audio Conference/Webinar on Systems Building Challenges for Afterschool Initiatives
The Afterschool Investments project held an audio conference/webinar on February 19, 2009. The panel discussion focused on the Collaborative for Building After-School Systems (CBASS) initiative to identify and track common measures of quality for out-of-school time (OST) programs. CBASS is a partnership of intermediary organizations in New York City, Chicago, Baltimore, Boston, Providence, Washington, D.C., San Francisco Bay Area, and Palm Beach County that are dedicated to increasing the availability of quality OST programming by building citywide afterschool systems. Please see the Technical Assistance Activities page for materials from the event.
State Afterschool Profiles provide a snapshot of the "state of afterschool" in every state as well as an opportunity to compare afterschool activities across the country. Profiles highlight key data and descriptions of the afterschool landscape, which include a range of out-of-school time programming that can occur before and after school, on weekends, and during summer months. They are designed to serve as a resource for policymakers, administrators, and providers. Updated profiles for all fifty states and the District of Columbia are now available at: http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/afterschool/statep.html and the National Profile can be found at: http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/afterschool/nationalprofile.html. State-by-State Comparison Tables that highlight important characteristics about the school-age population and how the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) supports afterschool across the states can be found at: http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/afterschool/sbscomp.html.
