New afterschool Resources - Harvard Family Research Project

Harvard Family Research Project’s (HFRP) announces two new resources in the out-of-school time field: a research brief on youth out-of-school time participation, and an update to their Out-of-School Time Evaluation Database and Bibliography.

1. WHAT ARE KIDS GETTING INTO THESE DAYS? DEMOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES IN YOUTH OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PARTICIPATION
This is a research brief on youth out-of-school time participation based on a study supported by the William T. Grant Foundation. It examines the factors associated with whether children and youth participate in out-of-school time (OST) programs and activities. Building on previous work, HFRP is using national data to examine the many factors and contexts in children’s lives that predict participation. This new research brief distills findings from the first phase of the study on demographic characteristics of youth participants and includes implications for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers. The research brief is available online at:
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/afterschool/resources/demographic.html

2. OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME DATABASE and BIBLIOGRAPHY UPDATE
HFRP has written a new profile of an out-of-school time research project:
* The Massachusetts Afterschool Research Study

They have also added 8 new profiles about out-of-school time programs and their evaluations:
* 21st Century Community Learning Centers - Texas (a quasi-experimental and non-experimental evaluation design)
* Adventure Central (non-experimental)
* CHAMPS (quasi-experimental, non-experimental)
* Generacion DIez (quasi-experimental)
* KindergARTen Summer Camp (experimental)
* North Carolina Quality Enhancement Initiative (quasi-experimental)
* NYC FIRST! (non-experimental)
* Young Women's Leadership Alliance (Quasi-experimental, non-experimental)

You can access both the database and the bibliography at: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/afterschool/evaldatabase.html