Listing of Publications
Hartford Community Schools Evaluation: Final Report 2009-2011 1.0 MB
02/01/12
The report provides a review of system-wide and school-level activities and outcomes, a timeline of activities at both levels, and a graphic of their leadership structure.
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Finding Resources to Support Mentoring Programs and Services for Youth 742.6 KB
11/03/08 The Finance Project
This brief highlights three strategies that leaders and stakeholders can use to finance and sustain mentoring programs and services for youth. These strategies include building partnerships with businesses and foundations, conducting community fundraising to generate revenue and maximizing public revenue. In addition, it provides information on 25 federal funding sources that can be used to finance and sustain these programs.
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Using CDBG to Support Community-Based Youth Programs 915.2 KB
01/01/08 The Finance Project
Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) are an important tool for helping local governments & agencies address challenges facing youth. This brief provides policymakers, stakeholders, community leaders, and program developers working in or with community-based youth programs with a basic understanding of how CDBG is structured, how community-based youth programs fit into CDBG purposes and activities, and how communities nationwide are using CDBG to support youth initiatives.
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Promising Practices in Citywide Afterschool Initiatives 27.6 KB
06/01/04 Bay Area Partnership, California
This piece features promising practices in city-wide afterschool initiatives with a focus at the infrastructure level. Elements include communication systems, public relations, leadership models, information collection activities, resource distribution, goal setting, sustainability planning, linkage to resources, etc. This report covers the most promising examples of infrastructure development that strengthen and support citywide afterschool initiatives.
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Sharing Classroom Space in After School Programs(Hayin Kim ) 53.4 KB
01/01/04 Children's Aid Society
Sharing space and resources is a fundamental component of community schools. Bringing together a wide range of services in one facility is cost-effective and provides a natural outreach mechanism. However, weaving theory into practice requires patience, open communication and courtesy. Here are key lessons learned and anecdotes on sharing classroom space between regular school day staff and extended day staff. They reflect the hands-on experience of people working in afterschool programs.
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