Engaging older youth: Program and city-level strategies to support sustained participation in out-of-school time

Author(s): Deschenes, Sarah; Arbreton, Amy; Little, Priscilla; Herrera, Carla; Grossman, Jean Baldwin; Weiss, Heather B.;
Date Issued: April 2010
Publisher(s): Harvard Family Research Project; Public/Private Ventures
Description: A study of the characteristics of out-of-school time (OST) programs that sustained the participation and retention of middle and high school students, and an examination of strategies used in city-level initiatives to promote OST program participation, based on survey and in-depth interview data collected from programs in San Francisco; Washington, DC; Chicago; New York City; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Providence, Rhode Island
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Funder(s): Wallace Foundation
Source: Cambridge, MA: Harvard Family Research Project. Retrieved April 29, 2010, from http://www.hfrp.org/content/download/3627/102254/file/EngagingOlderYouth-042710.pdf
Note: This resource was written with Diana Lee
Topics: Programs, Interventions & Curricula > Programs > Out-Of-School Time
Country: United States
States: CALIFORNIA, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ILLINOIS, NEW YORK, OHIO, RHODE ISLAND
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