Child Trends Focuses on Out-of-School
Time
Spotlight on New Research-to-Results
Launch
Child Trends, the non-profit research center based in
Washington, D.C., released a new resource for designing,
expanding, refining, improving, and evaluating out-of-school
time programs this month. This is must-read material
for program providers, policy makers, funders, and the media.
Fact sheets, research briefs, and practitioner insight reports
provide critical information on new research, promising
evaluation and practice techniques, and basic information to
help service providers and others use research and evaluation
to improve programs for youth.
Check out the following materials at www.childtrends.org.
- Research Brief - The Importance of Professional
Development for Youth Workers
- Fact Sheet - Out-of-School Time is Critical for
Children: Who Participates in Programs?
- Research Brief - Baby Boomers: An Untapped Resource for
Volunteers in Out-of-School Time Programs
- Fact Sheet - Measuring Outcomes for Children and Youth
in Out-of-School Time Program: Moving Beyond Measuring
Academics
