After-school programs for low-income children: Promise and challenges

Author(s): Halpern, Robert;
Date Issued: 1999
Publisher(s): David & Lucile Packard Foundation
Description: A study of after school programs for low-income children in terms of demand and supply, program activities, sponsoring and supporting organizations, and funding, based on information from the ongoing evaluation of the after school program initiative Making the Most of Out-of-School Time (MOST)
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Journal Title: The Future of Children
Volume Number: 9
Issue Number: 2
Page Range: 81-95
Journal Notes: Retrieved December 21, 2012, from www.princeton.edu/futureofchildren/publications/journals/article/index.xml?journalid=48&articleid=237
Topics: Children & Child Development > Child Characteristics > Socioeconomic Status

Programs, Interventions & Curricula > Programs > Out-Of-School Time

Financing & Funding
ISSN: 1054-8289 Paper
1550-1558 Online
Peer Reviewed: yes
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