Afterschool & Summer Programs:
Helping Kids Get Smart & Stay Safe

Selected Resources
A companion to the June 2002 Satellite Town Meeting

LA's BEST
LA's Best was established in 1988 with the mission of providing a safe and supervised after school education, enrichment, and recreation program for children ages 5 to 12. It delivers school-based enrichment programs that include academics, sports, and the arts. LA's Best serves 18,000 students in 104 elementary schools, and has demonstrated significant success in keeping children safe, in getting them interested in learning, and in raising both their academic expectation and achievements.

THE AFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE
The Afterschool Alliance was launched publicly in September 1999 as a coalition of public, private, and nonprofit organizations dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of afterschool programs and advocating for quality, affordable programs for all children. Working under this strategy, the Alliance strives to advance an ambitious vision: to ensure that every child has access to quality, affordable afterschool programs by the year 2010.

Arizona IMPACT
The Arizona IMPACT Afterschool Program partners with 21 youth serving organizations to provide academic, social, community and physical enrichment activities for more than 300 kindergarten to 12th grade students and more than 200 families throughout the Southwest Phoenix community. The voluntary program offers homework help, tutoring, cultural enrichment and a variety of recreation activities from an overnight camping trip at the Phoenix Zoo to dance and art classes. Community partners include the Phoenix Suns, the Arizona Science Center, the Phoenix Zoo and the Helen K. Mason Center for the Performing Arts.

School's Out Washington
School's Out Washington (YWCA host agency) is a statewide non-profit organization that advocates afterschool programs for all. Its mission is to provide services and guidance for organizations to ensure all young people have safe places to go when not in school. School's Out is dedicated to building community systems to support quality out-of-school time programs for Washington's 5-14 year olds through training, advocacy and leadership.

Intel Computer Clubhouse
The Intel Computer Clubhouse is an after-school program, in which youth ages eight to 18 years old gain access to high-tech equipment and professional software, as well as mentors to develop skills that open up opportunities, foster creativity and encourage self-confidence. Founded in 1993 by The Computer Museum (now part of the Museum of Science, Boston) in collaboration with the MIT Media Laboratory, the Clubhouse has served over 1,500 young people who use powerful computer tools to work on extended projects related to their own interests and experiences.

21st Century Learning Communities Program
The 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program is a $1 billion state grant program authorized under the No Child Left Behind Act and administered by the U.S. Department of Education. The focus of the program is to provide expanded academic enrichment opportunities for children attending low performing schools. Tutorial services and academic enrichment activities are designed to help students meet local and state academic standards in subjects such as reading and math. In addition 21st CCLC programs provide youth development activities, drug and violence prevention programs, technology education programs, art, music and recreation programs, counseling and character education to enhance the academic component of the program.

After the Bell
After the Bell is an afterschool, weekend and summer program collaboratively run out of Soldotna, Alaska, by the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, Soldotna Community Schools, Boys and Girls Club of the Kenai Peninsula and other local community partners members. Soldotna is a rural community with many children and youth at risk of academic failure. After the Bell is primarily geared toward improving the academic performance and behavior of Soldotna students in first through 12th grade.

Boys and Girls Clubs of America
The Boys & Girls Clubs of America promote and enhance the development of boys and girls by instilling a sense of competence, usefulness, belonging and influence. A local Boys & Girls Club is a neighborhood-based building designed solely for youth programs and activities. Clubs are open every day, after school and on weekends, when kids have free time and need positive, productive outlets. Boys & Girls Clubs of America has a lineup of tested and proven nationally recognized programs that address today's most pressing youth issues, teaching young people the skills they need to succeed in life.