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Quality systems: Lessons from early efforts to disseminate the youth PQA
Akiva, Tom, November 2006
Washington, DC: Forum for Youth Investment.

An overview of an exploration of the state and local approaches to the development of quality rating and improvement systems for early childhood education and care programs and services

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The quest for quality: Recent developments and future directions for the out-of-school-time field
Yohalem, Nicole, Spring 2009
New Directions for Youth Development, (121), 129-140

A discussion of quality initiatives in practice, policy, and research for the out-of-school-time field

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Raising the bar: Quality improvement systems for youth programs
Forum for Youth Investment, August, 2009
(Out-of-School Time Policy Commentary No. 15). Washington, DC: Forum for Youth Investment.

An overview of efforts to improve quality in out-of-school time programs

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Shining a light on supervision: Lessons from the Beacons
Wilson-Ahlstrom, Alicia, February, 2010
(Out-of-School Time Policy Commentary #16). Washington, DC: Forum for Youth Investment.

An exploration of the role of supervision to child care workers in out of school time programs in the form of feedback, training, and guidance, using the Beacon Centers’ after school programs as a model

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Speaking in one voice: Toward common measures for OST programs & systems
Forum for Youth Investment, November, 2008
(Out-of-School Time Policy Commentary No. 13). Washington, DC: Forum for Youth Investment.

An overview of efforts to identify and measure common youth, program, and system-level outcomes for out-of-school time programs

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Staffing
Tolman, Joel, 2002
(Moving an Out-of-School Agenda Task Brief No. 2). Takoma Park, MD: Forum for Youth Investment.

A review of out-of-school programming and workforce development

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Strengthening the youth development/after-school workforce: Lessons learned and implications for funders
Yohalem, Nicole, January, 2010
Washington, DC: Forum for Youth Investment.

A discussion of strategies for public and private funders to support the improvement of the after school program workforce

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Unpacking youth work practice
Forum for Youth Investment, June, 2008
(Out-of-School Time Policy Commentary No. 12). Washington, DC: Forum for Youth Investment.

An overview of research on staff caregiving practices in the youth work field

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Voices and choices: Illinois youth work professionals discuss opportunities, challenges and options for the profession
Wilson-Ahlstrom, Alicia, 2006
Washington, DC: Next Generation Youth Work Coalition.

An exploration of the perspectives of youth workers on their jobs and influence on children's well-being, based on focus groups with 83 youth workers from urban and rural areas from across Illinois

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Voices and choices: Illinois youth work professionals discuss opportunities, challenges, and options for the profession
Cornerstones For Kids, 2006
Houston, TX: Cornerstones for Kids.

An exploration of the perspectives of youth workers on their jobs and influence on children's well-being, based on focus groups with 83 youth workers from urban and rural areas from across Illinois

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Voices and choices: Illinois youth work professionals discuss opportunities, challenges and options for the profession [Executive Summary]
Wilson-Ahlstrom, Alicia, 2006
Washington, DC: Next Generation Youth Work Coalition.

A summary of an exploration of the perspectives of youth workers on their jobs and influence on children's well-being, based on focus groups with 83 youth workers from urban and rural areas from across Illinois

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Youth engagement
Tolman, Joel, 2002
(Moving an Out-of-School Agenda Task Brief No. 7). Takoma Park, MD: Forum for Youth Investment.

A review of youth engagement in out-of-school programs

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Youth program quality assessment and improvement: Celebrating progress and surfacing challenges: A meeting report
Yohalem, Nicole, 2005
Washington, DC: Forum for Youth Investment.

A discussion of out-of-school programs surrounding issues of quality, the manner in iwhich they are defined and assessed, and the ways quality can be improved and sustained

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Youth work core competencies: A review of existing frameworks and purposes
Starr, Elizabeth, October, 2009
Seattle, WA: School's Out Washington.

An exploration of the competencies that youth workers in out of school time programs need to possess in order to provide high quality services to promote youths' development

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