Afterschool Alliance Research
Informing providers, advocates, and policymakers for 20 years
Delve into our vast collection of research resources that show afterschool programs are keeping kids safe, inspiring learning, and helping working families across the country.
An integral component of Afterschool Alliance’s mission to ensure that all children have access to affordable, quality afterschool programs is research that assesses and examines the ways children spend their time during the afterschool hours, the opportunities afterschool programs provide the children and families in their communities, and the public support for these programs.
This section contains research materials the Afterschool Alliance has produced over the past 15 years. Find the resource that best fits your needs by searching by document type or by issue area. If you are interested in learning more about afterschool programs, explore Afterschool Essentials, or find out how many children are in afterschool programs by visiting the America After 3PM page. You can also search by issue topic and learn more about afterschool programs supporting young people in variety of areas and subjects, ranging from the arts to health and wellness to STEM.
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Year in Review 2007 Despite facing many challenges the past year, 2007 marked a year of growth for the afterschool community. Along with a significant increase in 21st CCLC funding, for the first time since 2002, this year provided new research underscoring the benefits of afterschool, increased funding at the state and local level, increased support from policy makers and community leaders, and other new resources to support high quality afterschool opportunities. |
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Year In Review 2008 The year 2008 presented the afterschool community with many obstacles, most notably the economic crises, but also important opportunities for growth. Notable events in 2008 include: celebrating ten years of 21st CCLC, one of the largest Lights On Afterschool Rallies to date, and the Afterschool Alliance's publication of America's Afterschool Storybook—a compilation of stories of those whose lives have been transformed by afterschool. |
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Afterschool Alert Poll Report |
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Afterschool Alert: Poll ReportAcross Demographic and Party Lines, Americans Clamor for Safe, Enriching Afterschool Program January 2004 PDF |
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Afterschool Alliance Audio ConferenceAfterschool Alliance Audio Conference Summary of Transcript: MS Word document |
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Afterschool Alliance Poll Report-PDF |
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America After 3 PM Executive SummaryHighlight report from America After 3 PM, the nation's first household survey on how kids spend the after school hours. |
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America After 3 PM National Data |
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America After 3PMThe first-ever national household survey on how kids spend the after school hours finds that 15 million children are unsupervised afterschool. America After 3PM was commissioned by the Afterschool Alliance and sponsored by the JCPenney Afterschool Fund and was released in October of 2009. |
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