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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.

Afterschool Essentials

Find valuable information that will help you make a strong case for afterschool.

America After 3PM

Spans a decade of data chronicling how children spend the hours between 3 and 6 p.m.

Fact Sheets

Fact sheets offer to-the-point information on a variety of key afterschool topics.

Issue Briefs

Issue briefs balance exploring topics in greater detail and delivering information in a succinct package.

Reports

Reports are the Afterschool Alliance’s longer, more in-depth research work.

Polling and Survey Data

Public views on afterschool, program provider surveys, and more.

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America After 3PM	Read Resource
States on the Move to Afterschool for All	Read Resource
Afterschool and Global Competence: Expanding and Enhancing Learning Opportunities (2010) In our increasingly globalized society, having knowledge about the world and understanding diverse perspectives or cultures is essential, however many youth do not have the opportunity to develop the skills, knowledge and perspectives needed for our global age. The Afterschool Alliance, in partnership with the Longview Foundation, is proud to present this issue brief examining the importance of global competence, describing ways afterschool programs are successfully facilitating global learning, and highlighting resources and partners for global learning.	Download Executive Summary
America After 3PM: Special Report on Summer: Missed Opportunities, Unmet Demand (May 2010) The Afterschool Alliance is proud to present this report as part of the second edition of America After 3PM, which spans five years of household survey data chronicling how children spend the hours between 3 and 6 p.m. This special report addresses key finding related to the need for summer programming, the unmet demand within each state, and a persisting opportunity gap. Summer Learning	Download
America After 3PM Press Room	Read Resource
America After 3PM Special Report on Summer: Missed Opportunities, Unmet Demand For millions of children in America, when schools close for the summer, safe and enriching learning environments are out of reach, replaced by boredom, lost opportunities and risk. New analysis of data from the America After 3PM study measures the extent of this problem, concluding that three-quarters of America's schoolchildren do not participate in summer learning programs. Yet, fifty-six percent of kids (an estimated 24 million) who are not participating in summer learning programs, would likely enroll in a program, based on parent interest.	Read Resource
Afterschool: Providing Multiple Benefits to Middle School Students (2010) The Afterschool Alliance, in partnership with MetLife Foundation, is proud to present the first of four issue briefs in this series examining critical issues facing middle school youth and the vital role afterschool programs play in addressing these issues. This brief discusses the specific needs of middle school youth, the ways afterschool programs can meet these needs, and the barriers to participation that exist among middle school youth.	Download
Summer: A Season When Learning is Essential (2010) For some children, summer vacations include a variety of enriching activities. But other children find that when schools close for summer, healthy meals, medical care, and learning activities become out of reach. In fact, each summer an estimated 43 million children in the U.S. miss out on expanded learning opportunities. This brief discusses how summer programs can support children by reducing the summer learning gap, keeping kids healthy, and providing them a safe place during the work day.	Download
America After 3PM: From Big Cities to Small Towns (Oct 2010) The Afterschool Alliance is proud to present this report as part of the second edition of America After 3PM, which spans five years of household survey data chronicling how children spend the hours between 3 and 6 p.m. This report compares findings for rural, suburban, and urban communities to each other and the nation as a whole. Rural	Download
America After 3PM: From Big Cities to Small Towns America After 3PM: From Big Cities to Small Towns is a special report that takes a fresh look at data from America After 3PM, the most in-depth study ever to explore how Americas kids spend the after school hours. The new study examines how kids afterschool experiences differ from one community to another. The nearly 30,000 household data set from America After 3PM was divided into three community typesrural, urban and suburbanand analyzed for differences in afterschool participation, access, barriers, satisfaction and more.	Read Resource