City Leaders Engaged in Afterschool Reform (CLEAR) Project

With support from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the YEF Institute is providing technical assistance to municipalities seeking to build citywide systems of afterschool programs for young people and to align in-school instruction with the learning that occurs after school. 

The City Leaders Engaged in Afterschool Reform (CLEAR) project involved 12 cities in its first phase, in which cities assembled leadership teams of community partners and developed targeted action plans.

Based on their action plans, the Institute has selected eight cities to receive continued assistance in phase two of the project.  These cities include:

• Alexandria, Va.
• Baton Rouge, La.
• Bridgeport, Conn.
• Boise, Idaho
• Denver, Colo.
• Florence, S.C.
• Las Cruces, N.M.
• Salt Lake City, Utah

The selected cities will receive individual assistance and access to resources and expertise as they work on a variety of issues:

• Improving the quality of afterschool programs;
• Reducing program duplication;
• Mapping the community to determine where programs are located and working to ensure that young people have access to programs;
• Building public will and support for afterschool initiatives; and
• Strengthening the financial support for programs.

Read About the CLEAR Phase Two Cross-Site Meeting - Oct. 15-17, 2006, Denver, Colo. »