Links

Listed below are a wide range of links to websites that have information related to children, youth and families; licensing; advocacy; curriculum resources; etc. 

Advocacy

Afterschool Alliance : http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/policy_news.cfm

The Forum: http://www.forumfyi.org/index.cfm

Youth Policy Action Center : www.youthpolicyactioncenter.org

Afterschool/Child Care

After-School All-Stars: www.afterschoolallstars.org

Afterschool Exchange: www.thirteen.org/edonline/afterschool

Child Care Bureau: www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ccb

ERIC Clearinghouse ( Education Resources Information Center ) : www.eric.ed.gov

Guide to Choosing an After-School Program: www.kidsource.com

National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies: www.naccrra.org

National Child Care Information Center : www.nccic.org

National Institute on Out-of-School Time: www.niost.org

School-Age Notes: www.schoolagenotes.com

USA Child Care: www.usachildcare.org

Arizona Agencies

Department of Economic Security: www.des.state.az.us

Department of Education: www.ade.state.az.us

Department of Health Services, Office of Child Care Licensing: www.azdhs.gov/als/childcare

Child Care Resource and Referral: www.azchildcare.org/

Children’s Action Alliance: www.azchildren.org

Self-Study Project: www.asccaz.org

S* CCEEDS: www.asccaz.org/scceeds

Phone Friend Program: www.asccaz.org/1_phone

Community Development and Organizing

Asset-Based Community Development Institute : www.northwestern.edu/IPR

Children's Defense Fund: www.cdfactioncouncil.org

Community Tool Box: http://ctb.ku.edu

Local Initiatives Support Corporation: www.liscnet.org

Experience Corps: www.experiencecorps.org

Community Education/Community Schools

Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth: www.ccfy.org

Coalition for Community Schools: www.communityschools.org

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation: www.kauffman.org

National Center for Community Education: www.nccenet.org

National Community Education Association: www.ncea.org

Connect for Kids: www.connectforkids.org

Curriculum/Resources

4-H USA : www.4husa.org

After School Corporation (TASC): www.tascorp.org

American Montessori Consulting: www.amonco.org

California Adolescent Nutrition and Fitness Program: www.canfit.org

Fight Hate and Promote Tolerance: www.youthpolicyactioncenter.org

Food Resource and Action Center : www.frac.org/Afterschool_Guide.pdf

goCyberCamp: www.gocybercamp.org

JCPenney Afterschool : www.jcpenneyafterschool.org

LEARNS: www.nwrel.org/learns

National Partnership for Quality Afterschool Learning/Southwest Educational Development Laboratory: www.sedl.org/afterschool

National Principals Resource Center : naesp.org/nprc

National School Boards Association—Extended-Day Learning Opportunities (EDLO): www.nsba.org

Out-of-School Time Program Resources: outofschool.osu.edu

Service Learning: www.nwrel.org/ruraled/learnserve

Spoons Across America : www.spoonsacrossamerica.org

Starting After-School Programs: www.naesp.org

SummerSkills: www.summerskills.com

Youth Learn: www.youthlearn.org 

Funding Information

Americorps: www.americorps.org

California Department of Education/Foundation Consortium Partnership: Paper “Balanced and Diversified Funding”: www.nccenet.org/funding

Corporation for National and Community Service: www.nationalservice.org

Finance Project/Information Resource Center: www.financeproject.org/irc

Mott Foundation: www.mott.org

School Funding Services: www.schoolfundingservices.com

Program Administration

Harvard Family Research Project’s Out-of-School-Time Program Evaluation Database: www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects

Harvard Family Research Project’s Out-of-School-Time Program Publications: www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects

Northwest Regional Education Laboratory: By Request: After School Programs: www.nwrel.org/learns/resources

Policy Studies Associates, Inc.: www.policystudies.com/studies/youth/Evaluation

“The Role of After-School Programs in Children’s Literacy Development”: www.connectforkids.org

Promising Practices in Afterschool: www.afterschool.org

Southwest Educational Development Laboratory; “A Resource Guide for Planning and Operating After School Programs”: www.sedl.org/pubs/fam95/

Toolbox Training: www.toolboxonline.bigstep.com

Youth/Family Organizations

AmeriCorps: www.americorps.org

America 's Promise: www.americaspromise.org

American Youth Policy Forum: www.aypf.org

Child Trends: www.childtrends.org

Families and Work Institute: www.familiesandwork.org

Finance Project/Promising Practices Catalog: www.financeproject.org/irc/promising.asp

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities: www.nichcy.org

National Youth Development Information Center : www.nydic.org

Search Institute: www.search-institute.org

Youth Today: www.youthtoday.org

National Associations/Organizations

American Youth Policy Forum: www.aypf.org

Center for Youth Development and Policy Research: www.aed.org/Youth/US/afterschool.cfm

Children's Defense Fund: www.childrensdefense.org

Fight Crime Invest in Kids: www.fightcrime.org

The Finance Project: www.financeproject.org

Kids Count: www.aecf.org/kidscount

National AfterSchool Association: www.naaweb.org

National Association for the Education of Young Children: www.naeyc.org

National Association of Elementary School Principals: www.naesp.org

National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth: www.ncfy.com

National Education Association: www.nea.org

National Governor's Association: www.nga.org

National League of Cities: www.nlc.org

National Middle School Association: www.nmsa.org

National Network for Child Care: www.nncc.org

National Principals Resource Center : naesp.org/nprc

National School Boards Association—Extended-Day learning Opportunities (EDLO): www.nsba.org

National Service - Learning Clearinghouse. After-School Programs: Keeping Children Safe and Smart: www.naesp.org

Statewide Afterschool Networks: www.statewideafterschoolnetworks.net

Federal Agencies/Related Government

AfterSchool.gov: www.afterschool.gov

After-school programs. Department of Education’s 21 st Century Community Learning Centers: www.ed.gov/21stcclc

Census Bureau: www.census.gov

Federal Statistics From 70 Agencies: www.fedstats.gov

Project Vote Smart: www.vote-smart.org

U.S. Department of Education: www.ed.gov