NLC First Vice President Chris Coleman, mayor of St. Paul, MN, addressed more than 500 national and community leaders at the press release of a new compendium of studies on the impact of quality out-of-school time programs.
With support from The Walmart Foundation, NLC has launched the second phase of a national initiative to reduce childhood hunger by expanding participation in federally-subsidized afterschool and summer meals programs.
A major new report developed by the YEF Institute offers city leaders a detailed guide for building management information systems in order to coordinate local afterschool programs more effectively.
A series of mayoral summits on afterschool held in nine states throughout 2012 connected hundreds of city leaders to their statewide afterschool networks, building partnerships to improve local initiatives and shape state policies on afterschool.
This guide developed by NLC's Institute for Youth, Education and Families identifies four key strategies for increasing the participation of youth ages 11-18 - those in middle and high school - in high-quality afterschool opportunities.
The YEF Institute in partnership with The Wallace Foundation recently sponsored two free, hour-long webinars that discussed the importance of intermediaries and management information systems in building Out-of-School Time (OST) systems.
With the expansion of the Afterschool Meal Program to all 50 states, public and nonprofit afterschool providers are taking advantage of federal reimbursement for meal programs to combat hunger and obesity, which affects millions of disadvantaged children who rely on school breakfasts and lunches but lack access to healthy meals outside of school.
At a recent meeting in New York City, nine cities that are among the most advanced in their efforts to coordinate afterschool opportunities for children and youth discussed challenges to building citywide afterschool systems.
