State and National Links
Afterschool
Alliance
Explore this
page and discover current and past projects of the Afterschool Alliance.
The Alliance promotes afterschool nationally and in communities across
the country in efforts to expand access to quality afterschool programs.
Afterschool.gov
This site contains
a database of more than 100 grant and loan programs from the federal government;
community success stories and opportunities to network; government guides,
reports, research, and links; plus dozens of safe, fun and educational
web sites for kids and teens.
Center for the Child Care
Workforce
The mission
of the Center for the Child Care Workforce is to improve the quality of
child care through improving compensation, working condition and opportunities
for leadership and growth.
Commit 2 B Fit
Commit 2 B Fit is a children's wellness initiative designed to encourage better nutrition and increased physical activity.
Concordia School-Age
Program
Earn a bachelor's
degree or master's degree in school-age care through this distance-learning
program.
Department of Health and Human Resources
This web directory links child care and after school providers to a wide variety of physical activity and nutrition resources. Housed within the website of the National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC), Fit Source offers links to activities, lesson plans, healthy recipes, information for parents, and many other downloadable tools that can be used to incorporate physical activity and nutrition into child care and after school programs. Resources are organized by age: infant/toddler, preschool and school-age. Check it out.
EdHelper.com
Resource for teachers
The
Finance Project
The Finance
Project, developed by the DeWitt Wallace-Readers Digest Fund. Offers tools
for finding funding resources for starting after-school programs.
The Florida After School Network
Their mission is to provide unified leadership to advocate for the development, enhancement and sustainability of innovative, high quality afterschool programs and policies statewide.
Learning to Give
K-12 lesson plans contain both academic content about philanthropy and skill development activities that engage students in giving and serving in their classrooms, schools and communities.
National AfterSchool
Association
NAA is a national
membership organization whose mission is to support quality programs for
school-age children and youths in their out-of-school hours. Get the latest
information on the NAA
Conference.
National Institute on
Out-of-School Time
Formerly the
School-Age Child Care Project (SACCProject), this site includes a collection
of resources on school-age child care provided by the center for Research
on Women at Wellesley College.
National
Network for Child Care - School-Age Child Care Database
NNCC unites the expertise of many of the nation's leading universities through the outreach system of Cooperative Extension. Our goal is to share knowledge about children and child care from the vast resources of the landgrant universities with parents, professionals, practitioners, and the general public. We network with committed individuals around the country to bring you practical information and resources that will be useful to you in your everyday work with children.
National Partnership for Quality Afterschool Learning
The National Partnership for Quality Afterschool Learning has collaborated with subject-matter experts to identify quality curriculum resources for afterschool in the subject areas: literacy, math, science, and technology.
21st
Century Community Learning Centers
Hundreds of
millions of dollars have been allocated to this national program to fund
after school programs in rural and inner-city communities. The focus is
on providing expanded learning opportunities for participating children
in a safe, drug-free and supervised environment.
Youth Today
Youth Today
is the only independent, nationally distributed newspaper that goes out
to more than 70,000 readers in the child and youth services field.
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Palm Beach County Links
Child
Care Resource & Referral, Inc.
The purpose
of Child Care Resource & Referral, Inc. is to provide education, support
and assistance on child care issues to parents and others needing child
care, to providers of child care, and to the community.
Children's Services
Council of Palm Beach County
Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County strives to enhance the
lives of children and their families throughout the community. CSC funds
programs providing a wide variety of activities for school age children
that look at novel ways to engage youth in positive, esteem building activities.
School District
of Palm Beach County
School District
of Palm Beach County School-Age Programs endeavor to provide safe and
nurturing learning environments during students' out-of-school time. Location
and program information for elementary and middle school programs is available
on the District's Web site.
The Arc Of
Palm Beach County
The Arc Of Palm Beach County is dedicated to improving lives of children
who have developmental disabilites through services, advocacy and education.
United Way of
Palm Beach County
Mission - To improve measurably the lives of individuals and families in Palm Beach County
by uniting the resources of donors, volunteers, agencies and the community.
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Broward County Links
Broward YMCA
The YMCA of
Broward County invites you to visit their site that offers information
and other links to sites that are helpful to individuals working with
children with disabilities.
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Miami-Dade County Links
Miami-Dade
County Public Schools School Age Child Care Programs
The
programs provide a safe, familiar, and supervised setting for elementary
children when school is not in session. All sites are licensed under the
child care standards of the State of Florida Department of Children and
Families.
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Orange County Links
Orange
County
Orange
County Public Schools staff and front-line staff developed age-appropriate
activities for school age kids that are linked to the Sunshine State Standards!
These are all great activities to do with kids in an afterschool program!
Link up for some great ideas.
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