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This booklet
Contains the
rewritten State
learning Plans Standard
and activities
to support them
EXPANDING YOUTH HORIZONS
EXPANDING
YOUTH HORIZONS
SPONSORED BY
CITY OF BOSTON
Thomas M. Menino
Mayor
In collaboration with
BOSTON
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Boston 2:00-to-6:00 After-School Initiative
Office of the Mayor
Boston City Hall, Room 708
Boston, MA 02201
Ph: (617) 635-2098; Fax: (617) 635-2026
www.cityofboston.com/2to6
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CITY OF BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
THOMAS M. MENINO
Boston 2:00 - to - 6:00 After-School Initiative
JENNIFER DAVIS
Executive Director
Dear Friend:
Enclosed is a copy of the resource notebook distributed at our Expanding Youth
Horizons conference held on September 27th, 1999. As you know, the notebook contains
our user-friendly summary of the key concepts from the BPS and State Learning
Standards in literacy, math, and science, as well as a number of activities that support
these standards, each of which are appropriate for after-school time.
We hope that this notebook proves useful to you in your work. If we can answer
any questions or provide you with further information, please feel free to contact Joe
Levinger, Resource Development Manager for Boston 2:00-to-6:00, at (617) 635-2029.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Davis
Executive Director
BOSTON CITY HALL
ONE CITY HALL PLAZA
ROOM 708
BOSTON
MASSACHUSETTS 02201
617/635-2098 FAX 635-2026
Boston 2:00-to-6:00 News
Volume 1, Issue 4
January 2000
BOSTON
Special Issue:
2
2:00
The City of Boston's Role in Supporting
- to -
After-School Programming
6
6:00
Mayor's Column
programs or initiatives, please
After-School Initiative
contact the appropriate staff
As we begin the new millenium,
person listed in the
providing children with safe,
accompanying description.)
The mission of the
creative learning opportunities
Thomas M. Menino
Boston 2:00-to-6:00
during after-school hours remains
Mayor of Boston
After-School Initiative is
one of my top priorities. To that
to support the expansion
end, over the last two years I have
Overview
of quality after-school
outlined the following goals for
programs across the City
the Boston 2:00-to-6:00 Initiative:
The following is an
of Boston to provide new
overview of the city agencies
learning and social
Expand after-school
that support children during
development
programming in every
after-school hours:
opportunities for
neighborhood of Boston;
children.
Leverage new resources to
Continued on Page 2
support programs;
Coordinate the opening of
Please fill out the
Staff:
school facilities in which
Boston 2:00-to-6:00 survey
Jennifer Davis, Executive Director
programs can operate;
Focus on helping to improve
on Page 8!
Katie Brown, Executive Assistant
Joe Levinger, Resource Development
the quality of programs; and
Manager
Link program content more
Laureen Wood, Public Policy
Coordinator
directly to the Boston Public
Marinell Yoders, Senior Program
Schools' learning goals.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Manager
1
Mayor's Column
In partnership with many
2
City Agencies that Operate After-
Publisher:
community-based organizations,
School Programs
multiple City agencies are
2
City Agencies that both Operate and
Boston 2:00-to-6:00
working toward these goals. The
Fund After-School Programs
Office of the Mayor
focus of this special edition of
3
City Agencies that Fund After-School
Boston City Hall
Boston 2:00-to-6:00 News is to
Programs
Room 708
provide you with an overview of
4
City Agencies that Support After-
Boston, MA 02201
School Programs Through the
Tel: (617) 635-2098
the many different ways that City
Provision of In-Kind Services
Fax: (617) 635-2026
agencies support after-school
6
City Agencies Supporting Children
www.cityofboston.com/2to6
programming. For more
During After-School Hours
information about any of these
8
Boston 2:00-to-6:00 Survey
Boston 2:00-to-6:00 News 1
Boston 2:00-to-6:00 After-School Initiative
Continued from Page 1
Director of Planning and Development, Boston
Community Centers: (617) 635-4920, X2102.
Overview (Continued)
Boston Housing Authority
Currently, three city agencies operate after-
The Boston Housing Authority administers
school programs: Boston Community Centers,
19 drop-in center after-school programs for
the Boston Housing Authority, and Boston
children who live in housing developments
Public Libraries.
throughout the city. The programs offer
Two city agencies operate, fund, and provide
homework assistance and recreational
in-kind services to support after-school
activities. Contact: Eric Mitchell, Assistant
programs: Boston Public Schools and the
Director, Community Initiatives Department,
Office of Community Partnerships.
Boston Housing Authority: (617) 988-4022.
Three additional city agencies provide funding
for after-school programs: the Office of Jobs
Boston Public Libraries
and Community Services, the Boston Police
Department, and Boston 2:00-to-6:00.
The Boston Public Libraries offers the
Four city agencies support after-school
William Shiebler Homework Assistance
programs through the provision of in-kind
Program for children in 3rd through 8th grades.
services: ReadBoston, the Emergency Shelter
The program is available two afternoons per
Commission (after-school snacks), the Public
week in each of the following 16 branches:
Health Commission, and the Parks and
Brighton, Charlestown, Codman Square,
Recreation Department.
Connolly, Dudley, East Boston, Egleston,
Finally, a number of other city agencies play
Faneuil, Grove Hall, Hyde Park, Lower Mills,
less direct roles, but are nevertheless crucial to
Mattapan, South Boston, South End, Uphams
the provision of quality after-school programs
Corner, and West Roxbury. Contact: Karen
throughout the city.
Duff, Coordinator of Children's and Young
Adults' Services, Boston Public Libraries:
City Agencies that Operate
(617) 536-5400 X385.
After-School Programs
City Agencies that both
Boston Community Centers
Operate and Fund After-
Boston Community Centers make up the
School Programs
largest human service provider in Boston, with 44
neighborhood-based facilities. Community
Boston Public Schools
Centers offer a wide range of after-school
activities and services, including: 17 licensed
Of the 129 schools that comprise the
school-age programs; more than 25 after-school
Boston Public Schools (BPS), 57 elementary
tutoring/homework assistance programs; eight
and middle schools are offering full-time after-
computer learning centers; 10 girls' programs; 27
school programs in the 1999-2000 school year.
peer leadership/youth advocacy programs;
Over half of these programs are run by youth-
numerous enrichment classes (for example, dance,
serving organizations that partner with the
theatre arts, studio art instruction, and martial
schools. Many schools that offer their own
arts); and citywide athletic leagues and clinics
programming utilize existing education
(volleyball, swimming, basketball, tennis, double-
funding, such as Title I and Chapter 636, to
dutch, etc.) Contact: Sandy Holden, Public
support after-school programs.
Information Coordinator, Boston Community
Centers: (617) 635-4920 X2213; or Daria Fanelli,
Continued on Page 3
Boston 2:00-to-6:00 News 2
Boston 2:00-to-6:00 After-School Initiative
Continued from Page 2
The Office of Community Partnerships,
through its Office for Children and Families,
Boston Public Schools (Continued)
also offers grants for after-school program
providers through its Child Care Quality
The federal GEAR UP (Gaining Early
Improvement Grants. (See table on page 6.)
Awareness & Readiness for Undergraduate
These grants enable childcare providers to
Programs) initiative recently awarded BPS a
acquire additional resources for projects
five-year grant to support eight partnerships
designed to directly benefit the physical, social,
between higher education institutions and
emotional, and cognitive development of
middle schools to provide tutors and other
Boston's preschool children. Currently,
supports to help prepare students to finish high
funding is also included from Boston 2:00-to-
school and pursue future options. (See table on
6:00 to support school-age programs. Grants
page 6.) Contact: Lisa Jackson, Director,
are up to $5,000, and the deadline is January
GEAR UP, Boston Higher Education
21, 2000. Contact: Juanda Johnson-Taylor,
Partnership: (617) 426-0681 X14028.
Manager, Office of Children and Families:
(617) 635-2130 or Marinell Yoders, Senior
Boston Public Schools and the Office of
Program Manager, Boston 2:00-to-6:00
Community Partnerships
Initiative: (617) 635-2098.
Boston Public Schools and the Office of
Community Partnerships jointly administer the
City Agencies that Fund
Boston Community Learning Centers Initiative,
After-School Programs
in partnership with such community-based
organizations as Parents United for Child Care.
Office of Jobs and Community Services
The Initiative is funded by U.S. Department of
Education 21st Century Community Learning
The Office of Jobs and Community
Centers grants and Targeted Cities funding
Services (JCS) provides funding and services to
from the State. The Boston Community
empower Boston residents through education,
Learning Centers Initiative currently offers
training, career development, and human
academic enrichment and youth and family
services. JCS provides grants available to
support programming in eight elementary and
after-school programs through its Community
middle schools throughout Boston. (See table
Development Block Grants program. During
on page 6). Contact: Maureen Harris, Assistant
the 1998-99 funding cycle, of the 54 grants
Director for Curriculum and Instruction,
awarded to youth programs, 20 were awarded
Boston Public Schools: (617) 635-9414; or
to support after-school programming. (See
Juanda Johnson-Taylor, Manager, Office of
table on page 7.) Contact: Yvette Peake,
Children and Families: (617) 635-2130.
Program Manager/Human Services, Office of
Jobs and Community Services: (617) 918-5270;
Office of Community Partnerships
or Lynn Dever, Planner, Office of Jobs and
Community Services: (617) 918-5233.
The Office of Community Partnerships
administers the Safe Neighborhood Youth
Boston Police Department
Fund, which provides funding for community-
based projects for children and youth, including
The mission of the Boston Police
after-school programs. Contact: Kevin
Department (BPD) is to work in partnership
Stanton, Youth Fund Manager, Office of
with the community to fight crime, reduce fear,
Community Partnerships: (617) 635-2258.
and improve the quality of life in Boston's
Continued on Page 4
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Boston 2:00-to-6:00 After-School Initiative
Continued from Page 3
Literacy Network in the spring. Contact: Hal
Phillips, Field Coordinator, ReadBoston: (617)
Boston Police Department (Continued)
918-5283.
neighborhoods. The BPD provides Violence
Emergency Shelter Commission
Prevention Grants to non-profit community-
based organizations to work in collaboration
The Emergency Shelter Commission,
with the police to prevent violence in their
working with Boston 2:00-to-6:00 and
communities. Several of these grants have
community organizations, recently coordinated
funded after-school programs. (See table on
a major survey, and is currently implementing a
page 7.) Contact: Jennifer Williamson, Senior
strategy for ensuring that all Boston children
Policy Analyst, Boston Police Department:
receive nutritious snacks in their after-school
(617) 343-4904.
programs. Contact: Ed Cameron, Hunger
Coordinator, Emergency Shelter Commission:
Boston 2:00-to-6:00
(617) 635-4507.
The city's FY 2000 budget included
Public Health Commission
$250,000 to support programs serving
additional children and focusing on quality
The mission of the Boston Public Health
improvement. This funding will be distributed
Commission (BPHC) is to protect, preserve,
through the Child Care Quality Improvement
and promote the health and well being of
Grants program, as well as Parents United for
Boston residents, particularly those who are
Child Care's Affordability Grants Program (see
most vulnerable. Through the Boston
table on page 7). Contact: Marinell Yoders,
Community Learning Centers initiative, the
Senior Program Manager, Boston 2:00-to-6:00:
BPHC is providing counseling, health
(617) 635-2098.
education, violence prevention workshops, and
nutrition workshops to three of the Boston
City Agencies that
Community Learning Center sites. Contact:
Support After-School
Betty Holt, Program Director, Adolescent
Wellness Program, Boston Public Health
Programs Through the
Commission: (617) 534-4557.
Provision of In-Kind
Services
Additionally, the Boston Area Health
Education Center (BAHEC), a program of the
BPHC, provides academic enrichment and
ReadBoston
health promotion activities to middle and high
school students during school hours and after
ReadBoston was created in order to ensure
school as well. The program is affiliated with
that all children in Boston are fluent readers by
the University of Massachusetts Medical
the end of the third grade. Through its
Center in Worcester, as well as Boston Medical
Children's Literacy Network, ReadBoston
Center. The BAHEC's after-school program is
provides consulting services to organizations
housed on the Boston Medical Center Campus
wanting to integrate literacy into their ongoing
at 729 Massachusetts Avenue. The program is
work with children, ages 0-8 years. Sites must
open to any Boston student who needs
agree to create a literacy plan and devote staff
academic assistance or is interested in
time to centralized training. Call ReadBoston
exploring a career in health. Contact: Michelle
if interested in applying to join the Children's
Urbano, Director, Boston Area Health
Education Center: (617) 534-5258.
Continued on Page 5
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Boston 2:00-to-6:00 After-School Initiative
CONCLUSION
Continued from Page 4
Boston Parks and Recreation
Agencies throughout the city are working
diligently to promote and coordinate after-school
The Boston Parks and Recreation
programming and support. In order for us to best
Department oversees the 2,200 acres of park
meet your needs, please take a moment to fill out
land in Boston, as well as offering a wide range
the survey accompanying this newsletter. And
of arts and athletic programming during after-
as always, if you would like further information
school hours. Parks and Recreation works in
about any of the programs or agencies listed in
partnership with community organizations to
this edition of Boston 2:00-to-6:00 News, please
provide rich opportunities, including arts
feel free to contact the staff person listed above
workshops, sports clinics, and competitions to
or the Boston 2:00-to-6:00 office at (617) 635-
children in neighborhood parks. Contact:
2098.96
Laurie Ciardi, Assistant Commissioner, Boston
Parks and Recreation: (617) 635-4505.
In addition, Mayor Menino launched the
Boston Youth Sports Congress in 1997, which
is designed to set the course for the future of
youth sports and organized physical activity in
Boston. Since its inception, the Sports
Congress has helped to facilitate the creation,
expansion, and improvement of a number of
youth sports facilities and programs in Boston.
Contact: William Linehan, Operations Director,
Boston Parks and Recreation: (617) 635-4463.
Boston 2:00-to-6:00 News 5
Boston 2:00-to-6:00 After-School Initiative
City Agencies Supporting Children
During After-School Hours
AGENCY
PROGRAM
DESCRIPTION
CONTACT
NEXT
ROUND OF
GRANTS
Boston Public
GEAR UP
Funds support eight partnerships
Lisa Jackson,
Future funding
Schools
between higher education institutions
Director, GEAR UP,
is uncertain at
and middle schools to provide tutors
Boston Higher
this time.
and other supports to help prepare
Education
students to finish high school and
Partnership:
pursue college and careers.
(617) 426-0681
X14028
Boston Public
Boston Community
Funds support three middle schools to
Maureen Harris,
The deadline
Schools and
Learning Centers
provide extended services to the school
Assistant Director for
for BPS to
the Office of
(funded by the 21st
and community through partnerships.
Curriculum and
apply to the
Community
Century Community
Grants to each school average $75,000.
Instruction, Boston
federal
Partnerships
Learning Centers
(Boston has received two separate 21st
Public Schools: (617)
Department of
Program)
Century grants.)
635-9414
Education for
another 21"
Century grant 13
March 20.
2000
Boston Community
Funds support five schools in Roxbury
Juanda Johnson-
No additional
Learning Centers
and Dorchester to provide extended
Taylor, Manager.
funding for new
(funded by the State
services to the school and community
Office of Children
sites IS available
Targeted Cities
through partnerships. Average grant
and Families: (617)
this year
initiative)
sizes are $75,000.
635-2130
Office of
Safe Neighborhood
Supports community-based projects to
Kevin Stanton, Youth
There are two
Community
Youth Fund
provide education and support to young
Fund Manager.
funding cycles
Partnerships
people and their families. Grants are
Office of Community
The deadline
up to $7,000.
Partnerships: (617)
for the first
635-2258
cycle is mid-
April. and the
deadline for the
second cycle is
mid-September
Child Care Quality
Provides childcare providers with
Juanda Johnson-
The deadline is
Improvement Grants
additional resources for projects
Taylor, Manager,
January 21,
(FY2000 RFP also
designed to directly benefit the
Office of Children
2000.
includes funding for
physical, social, emotional, and
and Families: (617)
school-age
cognitive development of Boston's
635-2130
programs.)
preschool children. The current round
also includes funding from Boston
2:00-to-6:00 to support school-age
programs. Grants are up to $5,000.
Boston 2:00-to-6:00 News 6
Boston 2:00-to-6:00 After-School Initiative
City Agencies Supporting Children
During After-School Hours (Continued)
Office of Jobs
Community
Funds essential human services
Yvette Peake,
A citywide
and
Development Block
activities, including after-school
Program
hearing will be
Community
Grants
tutoring, for low- to moderate- income
Manager/Human
held on January
Services
families. Grants range from $12,000-
Services, Office of
25th at the
$100,000 annually.
Jobs and Community
Copley Branch
Services: (617) 918-
of Boston
5270; or Lynn Dever,
Public Library,
Planner, Office of
Rabb Lecture
Jobs and Community
Hall, 6:30-8:30
Services: (617) 918-
p.m. The RFP
5233
will be
available on
January 28th.
Boston Police
Violence Prevention
Funds projects in partnership with the
Jennifer Williamson,
Funding for FY
Department
Grant Program
Police Department that work to prevent
Senior Policy
2000 has not
and reduce violence, including after-
Analyst, Boston
yet been
school programs. This year, grants of
Police Department:
announced.
up to $30,000 were awarded.
(617) 343-4904
Boston 2:00-
Affordability Grants
Boston 2:00-to-6:00 is providing funds
Marinell Yoders,
Funding for FY
to-6:00
coordinated by
to Parents United for Child Care's
Senior Program
2000 has not
Parents United for
Affordability Grants program and the
Manager, Boston
yet been
Child Care, and
Office for Community Partnerships'
2:00-to-6:00: (617)
announced.
Child Care Quality
Child Care Quality Improvement
635-2098
Improvement Grants
Grants program. Funds for the
coordinated by the
Affordability Grants program support
Office of
the expansion of affordable slots for
Community
school-age care programs, enabling
Partnerships
programs to provide affordable fees to
parents and increase the number of
children served in school-age programs
from low- and moderate-income
families. For information on the Child
Care Quality Improvement Grants
program, please see that listing earlier
in this chart.
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Boston 2:00-to-6:00 After-School Initiative
Boston 2:00-to-6:00 Survey
WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK!
The Boston 2:00-to-6:00 office wants to provide you with the best possible resources. In order to help us
improve our efforts, please fill out this survey and fax or mail it back to us at the fax number or address
listed below. Thanks!
1. Are you interested in more in-depth information on any of the topics or programs that were presented in
this edition of Boston 2:00-to-6:00 News? If so, what topics or programs would you like us to address in
subsequent issues?
2. What additional services would you like the city to provide in order to help support your after-school
program?
3. Do the Boston 2:00-to-6:00 newsletters provide you with useful information?
Yes
No
If no, how can we improve the content of our newsletters?
4. Do you use our website? (www.cityofboston.com/2to6)
Yes
No If so, what additional
information would you like us to feature on our website?
5. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being "not very responsive" and 5 being "highly responsive," how would you
rate the Boston 2:00-to-6:00 office in filling your needs?
If our rating is low, how could we be
more responsive to your needs?
Name:
Organization:
Address:
Please fax or mail this form to:
Joe Levinger, Resource Development Manager, Boston 2:00-to-6:00 After-School Initiative
Office of the Mayor, Boston City Hall, Room 708, Boston, MA 02201
Fax: (617) 635-2026
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Boston 2:00-to-6:00 News
Volume 1, Issue 3
November 1999
BOSTON
Mayor's Column
future. Together, we are making a
2
2:00
I am pleased to report that the
difference.
Expanding Youth Horizons
Thomas M. Menino
- to -
conference, held on September
Mayor of Boston
6
27th at The Children's Museum,
6:00
was a tremendous success. The
Funding
After-School Initiative
response from all who attended
Opportunities
was overwhelmingly positive, and
I was inspired to see so many of
Public Sector and Non-Profit
The mission of the
you coming together to support
Grants
Boston 2:00-to-6:00
our city's children.
After-School Initiative is
Parents United for Child Care
to support the expansion
For our next event, I am
Opening Doors Initiative
of quality after-school
pleased to announce that the
programs across the City
Boston 2:00-to-6:00 After-School
Who May Apply: Boston
of Boston to provide new
Initiative, together with Vice
Public Schools Elementary
learning and social
President Gore's Federal Support
School Program
development
for Communities Initiative, the
Development Teams, headed
opportunities for
Boston Federal Executive Board,
by the school's principal.
children.
City Year, and Parents United for
Child Care, will host an After-
Funding Criteria: This
Staff:
School Resource Fair and Forum
program supports
on Tuesday, November 16th at
partnerships to create new
Jennifer Davis. Executive Director
City Year Headquarters, 285
after-school programs in
Katie Brown, Executive Assistant
Columbus Avenue in Boston, from
school buildings, or to
Joe Levinger, Resource Development
Manager
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The Fair is
expand existing part-time
Laureen Wood, Public Policy
targeted to after-school program
programs to full-time
Coordinator
Marinell Yoders, Senior Program
providers, as well as youth and
programs. Applicants are
Manager
community workers, and training
eligible to apply for training,
sessions will also be held.
technical assistance, and
Consultant:
funding through the grant
Kate Hynes
Additionally, this edition
program.
Publisher:
of Boston 2:00-to-6:00 News is
filled with funding opportunities
Continued on Page 2
Boston 2:00-to-6:00
and other informational resources.
Office of the Mayor
Boston City Hall
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Room 708
Thank you, as always, for your
1
Mayor's Column
Boston, MA 02201
work in providing the best
1
Funding Opportunities
Tel: (617) 635-2098
possible out-of-school time care
4
Informational Resources
Fax: (617) 635-2026
www.cityofboston.com/2to6
for our city's young people.
5
Celebrating New School-Based After-
Children represent our most
School Program Sites
5
Quote of the Month
precious resource - and our
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Funding Opportunities
Deadline: RFPs will be available in early
(Continued)
December 1999.
Contact: Juanda Johnson-Taylor, Office for
Children and Families: (617) 635-2130.
Average Grant Size/ Range: Start-up grants
of up to $10,000, in conjunction with free
training and technical assistance.
Office of Child Care Services' Child Care
Deadline: RFPs will be available in late
Quality Fund
November 1999. They will be due in mid-
January 2000.
Who May Apply: Non-profit child care
Contact: Tania Buck, Project Associate:
organizations in Massachusetts.
(617) 426-8288.
Funding Criteria: Projects must improve the
delivery of childcare services within the
Parents United for Child Care's Affordability
Commonwealth by assisting children in
Grants Program, with Support from the
progressing effectively in learning
Boston 2:00-to-6:00 After-School Initiative
environments. Grants will be awarded for
and Other Funders
teacher training, as well as for training and
education curricula and materials.
Who May Apply: Out-of-school time
Average Grant Size/Range: As of April 1999,
providers serving children ages five to 14.
approximately $84,000 is in the Child Care
Funding Criteria: This program supports
Quality Fund.
the expansion of affordable slots for school-
Deadline: January 1, 2000.
age care programs, enabling programs to
Contact: Janet McKeon, Director of Policy and
provide affordable fees to parents and
Training: (617) 626-2027.
increase the number of children served in
school-age programs from low- and
Community Development Block Grants
moderate-income families. Programs are
eligible to receive grants over a three-year
Who May Apply: Community-based
period.
organizations.
Deadline: December 15, 1999.
Funding Criteria: Programs must serve low-
Contact: Samantha Wechsler, Project
and moderate-income residents.
Associate: (617) 426-8288
Average Grant Size/Range: $12,000 to
$100,000 per year for two years.
Child Care Quality Improvement Grants
Deadline: RFPs will be available on January
14, 2000.
Who May Apply: Early care and school-
Contact: Yvette Peake, Program
age/after-school care providers.
Manager/Human Services: (617) 918-5270, or
Funding Criteria: As a result of new
Lynn Dever, Planner: (617) 918-5233.
funding from Boston 2:00-to-6:00, grant
guidelines have been expanded this year to
Boston Annenberg Challenge - Fund for
include both early care as well as school-age
Nonprofits
after-school program. These mini-grants are
designed to address issues of program quality
Who May Apply: Non-profit organizations
using the benchmarks developed by Boston
collaborating with schools on education reform
EQUIP (training, parent engagement,
activities.
accreditation, and facilities).
Average Grant Size/Range: To be
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announced.
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Boston 2:00-to-6:00 After-School Initiative
Funding Opportunities
Funding Criteria: This is a new grant
(Continued)
initiative supporting after-school programming
for children ages 12-16, focusing on urban
areas in Massachusetts, working toward
Funding Criteria: School practitioners must be
providing after-school care that promotes
active participants in the joint application
academic and personal development. The goal
submitted with nonprofit organizations, and are
of this initiative is to improve the quality and
responsible for explaining how their nonprofit
expand the availability of after-school teen
partners will help them achieve their goals as
programming while maintaining affordable fee
defined in their Comprehensive School Plans.
structures. Ideal programs will not only serve
Average Grant Size/Range: Grants have
as safe havens, but will also provide
typically ranged from $5,000 to $50,000,
opportunities for learning working toward
although there is no upper or lower limit on the
improving academic achievement.
amount of funds that can be requested.
Average Grant Size/Range: Funds will total
Deadline: January 28, 2000.
$1.5 million, awarded to approximately 10 to
Contact: Susan Fish, Administrative Assistant:
15 organizations over a two-year period.
(617) 557-9775. Information is also available at
Grants will range from $75,000 to $200,000.
www.agmconnect.org/links/annenfnp.html.
Deadline: December 15, 2000.
Contact: Kerry Herlihy Sullivan, Director of
Massachusetts Cultural Council YouthReach
Grantmaking: (617) 346-2493. Information is
Initiative
also available at www.
agmconnect.org/Rfp/BalfourRFP2000.pdf.
Who May Apply: Non-profit arts organizations
or organizations with a strong history of arts
Home Depot Community Giving Program
programming.
Funding Criteria: Projects may include arts
Who May Apply: Non-profits located in
education and training programs; internships;
neighborhoods where there is a Home Depot
artist residencies (excluding school residencies);
present. (Boston Home Depot branches are
youth-generated performances; literature, video
located in Dorchester and West Roxbury.)
or film pieces; murals; or exhibitions.
Funding Criteria: Grants are awarded to
Average Grant Size/Range: Applicants who
organizations that assist troubled youths at risk
have not received YouthReach funding
of drug abuse, violence, teen pregnancy,
previously may request up to $22,000 per year for
joining gangs, and dropping out of school.
two years.
Average Grant Size/Range: The company
Deadline: February 7, 2000.
awards $10.3 million nationwide.
Contact: H. Mark Smith, YouthReach Program
Deadline: Applications are accepted
Coordinator: (617) 727-3668, X253. Information
throughout the year.
is also available at www.massculturalcouncil.org.
Contact: Carolyn Smillie, Manager of
Community Affairs: (770) 433-8211.96
Corporate and Foundation Grants
Fleet National Bank - The Lloyd G. Balfour
Foundation After School Teen Initiative
Who May Apply: Social service agencies,
community groups, schools, colleges, church
groups, and other non-profit programs. Existing,
new, or collaborative ventures are all eligible.
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Boston 2:00-to-6:00 After-School Initiative
INFORMATIONAL
New Federal After-School Website
RESOURCES
Vice President Gore recently launched a new
initiative to support safe, high-quality after-school
Violence Prevention/Substance Abuse Training
programs to aid working families. As part of this
initiative, a special after-school website (www.
Boston Public Schools will be offering a free training
afterschool.gov) has been developed. The aim of the
entitled "Using the Teenage Health Module to Teach
website is to connect schools, community groups,
About Substance Abuse, Violence Prevention and
Tobacco Use Prevention" on November 15th from
parents and after-school programs with existing
federal resources, expanding after-school
2:30-5:00 p.m. at Student Support Services, 443
opportunities around the country. Announcements of
Warren Street, Conference Room 2, in Dorchester.
future federal funding opportunities for after-school
The training is geared toward teachers or after-school
programs can be obtained on the website.
program providers who work with children in grades
6-12. Jeremy Phillips, from the Massachusetts
Boston 2:00-to-6:00 Website Updates
Prevention Center, will be the presenter.
The Boston 2:00-to-6:00 website (www.
The Teenage Health Teaching Modules, developed by
cityofboston.com/2to6) will soon include a user-
Education Development Center, are nationally
friendly summary of the key concepts from the BPS
validated curricula proven useful in teaching the skills
and State Learning Standards. The summary,
and knowledge needed to help students to resist risk-
containing after-school activities to support
taking behavior. This workshop will help teachers and
children's learning, was distributed at the Expanding
after-school providers use the curricula in their
Youth Horizons conference on September 27, 1999.
classrooms or after-school programs and develop
(For those without access to the web, free copies of
related activities to help students avoid negative
the resource notebook will soon be available from
behaviors. Each participant will receive curricula and
Boston 2:00-to-6:00. Please call the Boston 2:00-to-
related materials to use in the classroom. To register,
6:00 office at (617) 635-2098 to request a copy.) In
contact Shirley Handler, Program Director of the
addition, all prior editions of Boston 2:00-to-6:00
Comprehensive School Health Unit, at (617) 635-
News will be available on the Boston 2:00-to-6:00
6788.
website.X
Boston Excels Opportunity
Boston Excels is an eight-year-old award-winning full
service school model developed by the Home for Little
Wanderers (formerly Boston Children's Services).
The goal of the program, currently in four Boston
elementary schools, is to address academic support
needs of children and their families and to overcome
barriers to children's success. Boston Excels is
currently embarking on selecting a fifth Excel
elementary school in Cluster 2, 3, 7, 8, or 9.
Elementary school principals interested in applying to
be part of this program should contact Susan Klaw,
Director of Boston Excels, at (617) 927-0602, no later
than November 15th.
Boston 2:00-to-6:00 News 4
Boston 2:00-to-6:00 After-School Initiative
CELEBRATING NEW
21st Century Community Learning Centers
SCHOOL-BASED AFTER-
School
Lead Provider
SCHOOL PROGRAM SITES
Hernandez
School-led with many partners
King
School-led with many partners
In carrying out Mayor Menino's call to open up
the Boston Public Schools for after-school
Additional Programs
programs, 20 new and three expanded school sited
School
Lead Provider
after-school programs have opened over the past
Emerson
several months in BPS elementary and middle
Phillips Brooks House/City Year
Guild
East Boston YMCA
schools. In some instances, individual schools
Irving
Citizen Schools
working in partnership with an outside
Kenny
B.E.L.L. Foundation
organization have started these programs. In
Marshall
B.E.L.L. Foundation/Dorchester
addition, through efforts including the Community
YMCA
Learning Centers Initiative in which the Boston
Otis
Public Schools, Boston 2:00-to-6:00, the Mayor's
Boston Excels (Home for Little
Office of Community Partnerships, and Parents
Wanderers)
United for Child Care are collaborating to launch
Shaw, P.A.
B.E.L.L. Foundation
these programs, as well as through Parents United
Shaw, R.G.
Citizen Schools
Stone
for Child Care's Opening Doors Initiative, many
Boston Excels (Home for Little
schools are operating programs themselves or are
Wanderers)
Sumner
working in partnership with community-based
Hyde Park YMCA
Wilson
Citizen Schools
organizations to serve hundreds of children during
out-of-school hours.
* Expanded school sited after-school programs%
Parents United for Child Care
Opening Doors Initiative
QUOTE OF THE MONTH
School
Lead Provider
"Eighty-six percent of police chiefs participating
Conley
West Roxbury/Roslindale YMCA
in a survey believe the government could reduce
Hamilton
Jackson Mann Community Center
youth crime by increasing after-school and child
Mather
School Run
care programs, an advocacy group said today.
Orenberger
School Run
Nearly nine of 10 agreed that failing to do so will
Perry
South Boston Neighborhood House
cost the nation more in the long run in crime,
welfare and other expense, said Fight Crime:
Targeted Cities
Invest in Kids, a group lobbying Congress to
School
Lead Provider
spend more on juvenile crime-prevention
efforts."*
Blackstone
Boston Excels (Home for Little
Wanderers)
Associated Press
Cleveland*
Citizen Schools
November 1, 1999
Ellis
Boston Excels (Home for Little
Wanderers)
To find out more about Fight Crime: Invest
Lewis*
Roxbury YMCA
in Kids, check out their website at www.
Mason*
The Walker Home & School
fightcrime.org.X
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Boston 2:00-to-6:00 After-School Initiative
The New York Times
Copyright © 2000 The New York Times
MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 2000
The Bell Rings but the Students Stay, and Stay
the school day for the first time in
p.m., the hours when youth are most
By JODI WILGOREN
generations, as educators and policy-
likely to commit crime - or be vic-
makers seek to respond to the reali-
timized by it. At the same time, the
The revolution begins at 3 p.m.
ties of working families and what
public is increasingly frustrated with
Every afternoon, in thousands of
may be missing from the classroom.
school failures, worried about poor
schools across America, students
The lofty goal, says the Afters-
performance on standardized tests
are staying after the final bell. They
chool Alliance, a coalition of busi-
and that the renewed emphasis on
file back into cafeterias for a snack,
nesses, foundations and the federal
basic skills has squeezed out enrich-
then filter through classrooms con-
government, is for every American
ment programs like music and gym.
ducting science experiments and
child to have access to high-quality
Typically offered free but with re-
creating art projects. They play, but
they also study. By the time they go
programs by the end of the decade.
quired attendance in poor urban
"How many hours does it take to
areas, the burgeoning after-school
home, the sun has already faded.
The explosion in after-school pro-
truly help a child learn and grow in
programs in some ways try to mimic
grams - federal financing alone has
today's society?" asked Jennifer Da-
the suburban activity calendar in
which the children of cul-de-sacs are
ballooned to $454 million this year
vis, executive director of Boston 2 to
6, one of the programs sprouting in
shuttled from piano lessons to soccer
from $1 million in 1997 - represents
nothing less than a reimagining of
communities across the country.
"It's no longer enough to just have a
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school day."
With 78 percent of mothers of
school-age children in the work
force, and welfare reform pushing
more into jobs, millions of children
are on their own between 3 p.m. and 6
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area, but experts think they will soon
also rehearsing songs and dances
spread to middle-class suburbs.
and painting a backdrop for the set.
While the notion of keeping idle
One recent afternoon, Washington
ractice, with time for tutoring and
youngsters out of trouble with mean-
Chavez, a local artist, led a group of
day dates in between. They also
ingful activities has universal ap-
second-graders through a lesson
mitate the schedules of elite board-
peal, some critics frown at the notion
about detail as they outlined the yel-
g schools, keeping students sched-
of the government, rather than fam-
low-brick road, as Tamik Davis, who
led until dark with experiential
ilies, being responsible for children
is in fourth grade, tumbled across
earning and athletics - an agenda
for more hours each day. Consider-
the auditorium practicing the torna-
nced with academics, yet distinct
ing the shortcomings of public
do dance.
rom what happens during the day.
schools, others are skeptical about
"Children that are very quiet and
"If you give kids more time to
expanding their reach - will more
very shy are being more expres-
earn," said Adriana DeKanter, the
time just produce more failure?
sive," said Juliet McBride, a reading
dviser to the United States Secre-
"It's got to be a lot more than just
teacher at the school who also works
ary of education for after-school Is.
baby-sitting," said Herbert Sturz,
in the after-school program. "You
ues, "they're going to learn more."
chairman of the After School Corpo-
can see it in their self-esteem. You
In Boston, leenagers cook sophisti-
ration, an initiative funded largely by
can see it in their grades."
ated meals or stage mock trials
George Soros which, by next month,
A variety of small-scale studies
fter apprenticeships with volunteer
will have programs serving 26,000
have shown that enrollment in after-
hefs and lawyers. In the San Fer-
students in 100 New York schools. At
school programs, particularly
ando Valley of Los Angeles, chil-
the same time, warned Gil Noam, a
through grade 3, helps boost attend-
ren built a miniature golf course.
professor of medicine and education
ance and reduce behavior problems
bout 500,000 students in 1,000 school
at Harvard, "we have to be very
during the school day, and even im-
istricts in 45 states are using curric-
careful not to overprogram," be-
proves academic performance in
lums like Time Warp Egypt" and
cause it is "very important just to
class and on standardized tests. Sur-
Do Cows Eat Sunshine?" that were
kind of have downtime where kids
veys done for the After School Corpo-
esigned by the Smithsonian Institu-
can be together."
ration suggest that students in the
ion with Voyager Expanded Learn-
At P.S. 130 in the Bronx, the after-
programs are more likely to finish
1g, a company based in Dallas.
school program is centered on a pro-
their homework, read, use comput-
Up to $5 billion In public and pri-
duction of "The Wiz," which took the
ers and feel comfortable solving
ate money is being spent annually
stage last week. Focusing on the mu-
math problems, while their parents
n after-school programs, and esti-
sical's themes of home and family,
report being able to work more hours
hates on how many students are
the elementary-school students did,
while also developing closer relation-
ivolved range from two million to
research projects about Kansas,
ships with their children's schools:
ve million. The pfograms have
drew maps and built cardboard
In Chicago, where youngsters with
nostly blossomed in underprivileged
houses modeled on Dorothy's, while
low test scores, about 237,000 of
tions able to bring something pp.
yond books.
them, are required to attend the
either no parents to help with home-
Nearly all the programs contain a
Lighthouse after-school program, 89
work, or parents may not be capa-
homework or tutoring component,
percent of those enrolled saw their
ble," said Blondean Davis, Chicago's
but the other hours are filled with
scores rise. In the Cabrini Green
chief of schools and regents. When
recreation. adventure, or artistic ac-
housing project, the portion of stu-
the city began mandator homework
tivities. The federal government pro-
dents at the Jenner Academy for the
in 1996, Dr. Davis said, "parents
vides a free snack.
arts who meet the national average
wrote to us and said, 'How do I help
"If we extend the day, it cannot be
At P.S. 130, Rosetta Price is a
has jumped to 21 percent from 14
with inversion of fractions? What do
more of the same," said Deborah
cafeteria worker by day, a counselor
I know about calculus?' The focus of
Lowe Vandell, a professor of educa-
in the after-school program. She has
percent in reading and to 29 percent
a special rapport with the children
Lighthouse is on the reading, the
tional psychology at the University
from 15 percent in math, since Light-
she leads In games and helps "to
math, and the homework assist-
of Wisconsin who is perhaps the na-
house began.
make glittery pins out of bow-tle
ance."
tion's leading researcher on after-
"In some of the homes, there's
pasta; they relate to her in a differ-
But as the after-school movement
school programs.
ent way than to their "more highly
skyrockets, with at least 26 states
Eric Schwarz, cofounder of Citizen
educated teachers.
planning to increase funding, along
Schools, the apprenticeship program
Parents are often in the classrbom
with countless cities, school districts,
in Boston, said the key is to replace
as well, either as volunteer helpers
foundations and private companies,
the "drill and kill" approach of the
or as paid counselors.
questions abound about how to struc-
test-focused classroom with some-
Attendance is good better than
ture curriculum and recruit and
thing that will "allow kids to learn
in a pure reading program aimed at
train staff. Many doubt the After
and have fun at the same time."
weaker students in the school - and
School Corporation's estimate that
One major issue is who should
the children seem thrilled with the
high-quality programs can cost just
staff the programs. Some places, like
array of activities.
$1,000 per child, pegging it closer to
Chicago, use only teachers or retired
"At home, all you do is watch TV
$1,800 (the Children's Defense Fund
teachers, but most say that is unreal-
- over here you do more stuff," said
puts it as high as $3,000). And sum-
istic because of burnout, or simply
Giovanni Vicenti, 8, as he squirmed
mer programs, the obvious next step
too costly. Instead, programs recruit
in his small chair in Ms. Price's
in needy neighborhoods, are even
lower-level school employees, col-
class. "You get to do art, you get to
more complex and expensive.
lege or high school students, local
paint, you get to do plays.'
There is widespread agreement
artists and musicians and even un-
The children said they finish all
that the new after-school programs
employed people from nearby nelgh.
their homework during the after-
should be situated in schools, rather
borhoods, usually offering $6 to $15
school program, so in the evening,
than the old model of the Y.M.C.A., to
an hour. Turnover is brisk.
they are free to play.
take advantage of insured public fa-
"Children need adults to help them
"I used to go home and be bored,"
cilities sitting empty, give the added
grow up successfully," said Carla
said Nieka Williams, another 8-year-
hours an academic air and help
Sanger, director of L.A.'s Best,
old. "It's fun here."
schools become community hubs.
whose employees typically come
Most, though, think they are best run
from the low-income neighborhoods
not by school districts and teachers
where the schools are situated and
but by neighborhood institutions -
go through extensive training. "Good
the Dance Theater of Harlem, the
adult supervision requires a lot of
Children's Museum of Boston, or
generosity. That's not always intu-
community-development organiza-
itive. We have to build what that
means among staff."
At P.S. 130, Rosetta Price is a
The Boston Blobe
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1999
Metro Region
THE BOSTON GLOBE
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1999
Changing
Today, 300 of the city's after-school
workers are expected to attend a conference
and three-hour workshops at the Children's
Museum on everything from learning unusu-
lessons
al math games and physical science projects
to new techniques for engaging struggling
readers.
Boston's comprehensive strategy to en-
after
hance the academic content of after-school
programs for 17,000 schoolchildren is consid-
ered the first initiative of its kind in the
country, federal education officials said.
"Nothing has been as systemic as what
school
appears to be happening in Boston," said
Adriana de Kanter, special adviser on after-
school issues to US Education Secretary
Richard Riley.
More work, less play
"This is a very deliberate effort to bring
Boston schools curriculum specialists to-
urged for city centers
gether with after-school providers" to pin-
point ways to boost "literacy activities. math
games, and how we can use computers to
By Jordana Hart
enhance classroom learning," said Jennifer
GLOBE STAFF
Davis, director of the Boston 2:00-6:00 After-
School Initiative, a city agency spearheading
Trying to shed their reputation among
the academic push.
some parents and teachers as glorified baby
At the conference, each worker will be
sitters, Boston's 240 after-school programs
given an 80-page summary of state and city
are embarking on a campaign to stress aca-
academic standards by grade, as well as
demics as strongly as sports to boost the
scores of after-school activities. Mayor
classroom skills of thousands of pupils.
Thomas M. Menino and Superintendent of
This means that the 1,500 counselors.
Schools Thomas W. Payzant are expected to
teachers, and others who staff the city's
attend.
after-school centers will have to become fa-
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miliar with what Boston public schools ex-
pect children to be able to learn in kinder-
garten through grade 8, the age group tar-
geted by after-school programs.
progra ns focus
on academics
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Following the Expanding Youth
Horizons conference, sponsored by
Menino's after-school program and
he Children's Museum, the city will
sign up after-school workers for oth-
as yet unscheduled workshops.
But the changes in after-school
programs are expected to be subtle,
said Davis, and will not replace
nuch-cherished sports and recrea-
tional activities.
For example, children can still
play card games, but better trained
staffers will now know how to use
card games to enhance math skills.
Or, in an effort to improve literacy,
they can discuss the themes of books
they are also reading for class.
The hope is that many schoolchil-
dren in after-school programs will
soon notice that the storybooks they
read in class will now also be found
on their clubhouse book shelves.
They may find themselves making
leaf displays or recording an imagi-
nary space journey instead of play-
ing the usual checkers or cards.
As they operate now, Davis said,
many after-school programs "are not
that comfortable handling math
homework, for example, because
folks don't feel they have the train-
ing they need around new ap-
proaches to math."
The effort comes as the city this
fall began allowing 61 schools, more
than half the city's elementary and
middle schools, to remain open late
for after-school programs.
"When you look at the literature
on outstanding programs, they are
those that connect to regular school
programs," de Kanter said. "Boston
is understanding that after-school
activities have to be fun. but also re-
inforce standards."
Still, city officials acknowledge,
there is a dearth of after-school
slots, noting that 15,000 schoolchil-
dren go to empty homes or are
looked after by a sitter. And in the
next two years, officials estimate,
2,000 Boston families on welfare will
lose their benefits, forcing many par-
ents into the work force, where they
will need after-school care for their
children.
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"Today, I am announcing the Boston 2:00-to-6:00 Initiative. Its mission will be to
offer quality, affordable after-school activity in every neighborhood."
Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Inaugural Address, January 5, 1998
After-School Programming is More Important Now Than Ever Before
In Boston, two-thirds of children ages five to fourteen live in families in which a single parent or
both parents work, leaving no one at home during after-school hours.
Over the next two years, 2,000 families receiving welfare in Boston will lose their benefits. As
parents join the labor force, roughly 3,500 additional children will be in need of after-school
care.
Recent data show that although approximately 17,000 elementary and middle school children in
Boston are enrolled in full-time after-school programs, an additional 15,000 children are in need
of programs.
Raising Academic Expectations Requires Extra Support for Students
The Boston Public Schools and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have introduced ambitious
new standards and the MCAS test to measure the academic achievement of students. Setting
high expectations, however, is only the first step to achieving excellence, and many students will
need additional support to reach these goals. High quality after-school programming can give
children and youth important opportunities to apply and expand upon skills learned in school.
The Consequences of Inaction can be Grave
Recent studies have demonstrated the positive effects that high quality after-school programs can
have in encouraging children and youth to make responsible and constructive decisions. In
Boston, 33% of all juvenile offenses occur on school days between the hours of 2:00 p.m. and
6:00 p.m. Without structured, supervised after-school activities, children are more likely to use
drugs and alcohol, become sexually active, and engage in criminal behavior.
Boston 2:00-to-6:00 Initiative's Accomplishments to Date (1998-1999):
Supported partnerships between youth-serving organizations and schools to open 33 new full-
time after-school programs in school buildings. As of this fall, a total of 57 schools - more than
50% of the City of Boston's elementary and middle schools - operate after-school programs,
serving over 2,750 children. Each of these programs offers a diversity of academic enrichment,
recreation, and arts and cultural programming.
Helped to leverage over $5 million from public and private sources to expand the number of
children served in quality after-school programs.
Released "Financing Our Children's Future,' the nation's first guide to federal, state, and local
funding resources available to support after-school programming.
Introduced a bill with the full support of the Boston Delegation to the Legislature. Due to the
Mayor's leadership and collaboration with parent and community groups, the state's pending
budget includes additional funding for after-school programming.
Accomplishments (Continued)
Selected by the Vice President's National Partnership for Reinventing Government (NPR) as one
of three city partners of the Federal Support for Communities Initiative. Boston is featured as a
community success story on the NPR website (www.afterschool.gov/strongprogla.html).
Launched Expanding Youth Horizons. a major educational initiative for after-school program
providers, offering training and materials to help after-school staff support children's learning in
literacy, mathematics, and science in fun and creative ways.
Interviewed over 350 parents and more than 100 program providers to gather input on the
Initiative.
Goals for 1999-2000
I.
Expand the Number of Elementary and Middle School Children Served
Support partnerships between youth-serving organizations and schools to help open 20
new school-based programs in 1999 and expand existing school and community-based
programs to serve 900 additional children.
II.
Leverage New Resources
Work with program providers and funders to leverage over $5 million in new public and
private resources.
Better coordinate non-financial resources for after-school programs, such as college and
business volunteers, arts and cultural programs, and U.S. Department of Agriculture
after-school meals.
III.
Improve Quality and Focus on Results for Children
Provide additional staff development and training opportunities to program providers.
Develop initiatives that encourage better communication about children's academic and
social development needs between after-school providers, school staff, and parents.
Develop a report that reviews continuous improvement and quality technical assistance
efforts underway in Boston and in cities across the country, and develop
recommendations for building on the current system in Boston.
IV.
Establish High-Level Boston 2:00-to-6:00 Task Force to Help Accomplish the Above
Objectives
Boston 2:00-to-6:00 After-School Initiative
Office of the Mayor
Boston City Hall, Room 708
Boston, MA 02201
Ph: (617) 635-2098; Fax: (617) 635-2026
www.cityofboston.com/2to6
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OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
THOMAS M. MENINO
Mayor Menino's 2:00-to-6:00 After-School Initiative
"Tonight, I ask the Governor, the House Speaker, and the Senate President to commit $300
million to the next round of education reform, including early intervention, and put $50 million
to out of school programs for children most in need.
I stand by my commitment to education reform. Our students are beginning to learn how to
climb. Don't kick that ladder out from under them."
Mayor Thomas M. Menino, The State of the City Address, January 11, 2000
After-School Programming is More Important Than Ever Before
In Boston, two-thirds of children ages five to fourteen live in families in which a single
parent or both parents work, leaving no one at home during after-school hours.
The state MCAS and local standardized test scores show a high percentage of students below
grade level in the subjects of reading and math. After-school programs provide opportunities
for extra support for these children.
33 percent of all juvenile offenses in Boston occur on school days between the hours of 2:00
p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Without structured, supervised after-school activities, children are more
likely to use drugs and alcohol, become sexually active, and engage in criminal behavior.
Over the next two years, 2,000 families receiving welfare in Boston will lose their benefits.
As parents join the labor force, roughly 3,500 additional children will be in need of after-
school care.
Boston's Accomplishments to Date:
Partnerships between youth-serving organizations and public schools have contributed to the
opening of 33 new full-time after-school programs in school buildings. As of this fall, a total
of 57 schools - more than 50 percent of the City of Boston's elementary and middle
schools- operate full-time after-school programs, serving over 2,750 children. Each of
these programs offers a diversity of academic enrichment, recreation, and arts and cultural
programming. The Mayor and Superintendent are committed to keeping school buildings
open through the afternoon hours and will be expanding summer programming as well.
Mayor Menino has helped to leverage over $5 million from public and private sources to
expand the number of children served in quality after-school programs.
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Challenges Facing After-School Programs
Over the last few years national and local momentum in support of expanding after-school
programming has grown. The support from policymakers, however, has not reached the
commitment necessary to financially meet the after-school needs of children.
Program Affordability, Availability, and Sustainability: Current funding for after-school
programming is comprised of a complex mix of public resources, private donations, and
parent fees. Although substantial resources (an estimated $35 million) are currently invested
in after-school programming in Boston, estimates are that only half of the children in need of
programs are being served. Communities across Massachusetts face a similar challenge.
Furthermore, many of the funding sources are short-term and do not provide sustainable
resources to enable programs to plan for the future and focus on program quality.
Staffing: After-school programs have alarmingly high staff turnover, caused by low pay, lack
of benefits, and insufficient career development opportunities. While training opportunities
for after-school providers have expanded over the last several years, program providers
continue to articulate the need for a variety of ongoing training support.
Infrastructure: Systems such as: (1) transportation; (2) facilities; (3) after-school meals; (4)
volunteer training; (5) communications; and (6) program management need be strengthened.
Proposed Solutions:
"Learning can not be just the school's responsibility. All of us have a role to play ...parents
and other caregivers need to help support children's learning after-school, in the evenings,
over the summer - all the time." Superintendent Tom Payzant
The federal, state, and city governments must work together to develop increased,
dedicated, and sustainable funding to support after-school programs. The public sector, in
particular the state, has to bear the primary responsibility for funding the basic programmatic
costs of running after-school programs for children. Parents should continue to contribute what
they can afford to pay for programs, but these fees cannot meet fully the total program costs. To
support program sustainability, funding should be driven by a per child formula, scaled
according to a parent's ability to pay.
Possible State Funding Sources:
I.
Massachusetts State Budget: The State Legislature may choose to increase the
line item in the state budget (Department of Education item number 7061-9611)
dedicated to after-school programs to $50 million. The Fiscal Year 2000 Budget
contained $5 million in non-designated funds, of which Boston received
$475,000.
II.
Education Reform: The funding of Education Reform in Massachusetts should
include resources for comprehensive out of school time programming. This
option would include after-school programs as part of the formula grant
calculations for education funding across the state.
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III.
"Sunny Day Fund" Interest: The legislature created the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts Stabilization Fund or "rainy day fund," as a buffer against
downturns in the economy. As of June 30, 1999, the Fund had a balance of
$1,388,523,000. The Fund generated interest revenue of over $63 million during
the last fiscal year; in addition, the Fund grew by more than $165 million with a
stabilization transfer. One option is that the State Legislature use up to $50
million in interest earnings from the Stabilization Fund and create a "Sunny Day
Fund" to support children, youth, and families during out of school time. This
proposal would not affect the principal or any of the transfers and still would
protect the state in the event of a recession or other fiscal crisis.
Additional Background: Research Supports The Need for After-School Programs
Teachers and principals report that students become more cooperative, learn to better handle
conflicts, develop an interest in recreational reading, and receive better grades due to
participation in after-school programs. (National Institute on Out-of-School Time, 1998)
A study of two housing projects, one with a 32-month after-school recreation program, and
one with minimal recreation services, found that in the housing project with the after-school
program, juvenile arrests declined by 75 percent compared to prior years, while juvenile
arrests increased by 67 percent in the housing project offering minimal services. (National
Institute on Out-of-School Time, 1998)
Several studies have found that children who attend quality programs have better peer
relations, emotional adjustment, grades, and conduct in school compared to their peers who
are not in programs. They also have more learning opportunities, academic or enrichment
activities, and spend less time watching television. (National Institute on Out-of-School Time, 1998)
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The Need
In the face of rising academic standards, a potentially significant increase in juvenile delinquency during
the after-school hours, and more working parents unable to care for their children in the afternoon, the
children and working families of this State clearly need help if we are to fulfill our commitments to
improve the quality of life for our youth. We now have the opportunity to work together to promote
the expansion and enhancement of after-school and out-of-school time programming for
Massachusetts' children and families, including urban and suburban residents. The goal of this
legislation is to help enhance and expand quality programming in communities throughout the State.
Such programming can:
Promote academic success by linking programming in creative ways to state and local learning
standards;
Prevent juvenile delinquency and improve the health and social well-being of children;
Provide support to children and working families, including the thousands of families across the
state that will lose their welfare benefits over the next two years; and
Strengthen community involvement in the lives of young people.
The Proposal
Grants to Cities and Towns through Community Councils
The State, through the Department of Education, would provide grants to municipalities to support
quality after-school and out-of-school time programming in their communities such that each
community would be empowered to decide how to use the funds to meet its specific needs most
effectively. Funds will support programming that promotes learning in the areas of literacy, math, the
arts, sports, and technology, among others. The bill encourages cities and towns to use these funds to
open school buildings and facilities across the state during out-of-school time so that communities
could take full advantage of the resources found therein.
The Building Blocks of Success
To be eligible for these funds, communities must establish community councils, comprised of parents,
municipal officials, community members, community-based organizations, and youth. The councils
would develop a proposal to meet community needs and oversee the distribution of funds (a lead
agency with fiduciary responsibility would be designated). The proposals must demonstrate how the
programs will support student learning and social development and must also show collaboration
among various community members and organizations. With this foundation of support, communities
can create quality programming that is both successful and sustainable.
Coordinated State Approach
This legislation would also create the capacity for the Department of Education to coordinate across all
appropriate State agencies that support after-school programming. In this way, communities,
organizations, and families would be able to access information about after-school programming in
Massachusetts through a single point of contact.
Why is this bill important?
Ensuring Safe Spaces:
Currently tens of thousands of children in Massachusetts are unsupervised in the after-school hours.
Out-of-school time programming can ensure that children are not alone after school and that they have
the opportunity to engage in constructive activities if their parents are working or not at home.
Academic Support:
After-school and out-of-school time programs can provide critical tutoring in reading and math that
can significantly improve a child's academic confidence and performance.
Preventing Juvenile Delinquency:
According to a report of the Massachusetts Targeted Cities Initiative, the state will see a 24% increase
in the youth population ages 12 to 17 between 1995 and 2005. This population increase potentially will
result in over 700 arrests for violent crime, 1,000 teen pregnancies, and 4,000 high school dropouts
without new intervention strategies. A significant amount of juvenile crime occurs during the after-
school hours. In Boston, fully 1/3 of all juvenile offenses occur between the hours of 2:00 p.m. and
6:00 p.m. After-school programs can keep kids off the streets and give them productive opportunities
in which to engage after the school bell rings.
Supporting Welfare-to-Work:
Welfare reform is leading thousands of parents throughout the state to return to work. If more parents
are working, more children are without supervision after-school. These programs can provide parents
with both a service and peace of mind that are critical to the success of welfare reform.
Strengthening Families:
This bill will not only help communities provide services to children, but will help them serve parents
and families as well. Through health-related programming, career planning, ESL classes, or exposure to
arts and culture, out-of-school time programs can provide invaluable support to children and families.
By encouraging communities to opening school buildings and use those resources, this bill also
encourages schools to become centers of community life more fully.
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BOSTON 2:00-to-6:00
After-School Initiative
Jennifer Davis
Executive Director
Room 708. One City Hall Plaza
Boston, MA 02201
Tel.: 617-635-2098
Office of the Mayor
Fax: 617-635-2026
Email: [email protected]
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The Boston 2:00-to-6:00
After-School Initiative
"Today, I am announcing the Boston 2:00-to-
6:00 Initiative. Its mission will be to offer
quality, affordable after-school activity in
every neighborhood."
Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Inaugural Address, January 5,
1998
Boston 2:00 - 6:00 Initiative
Why Support After-School Programming?
Promote learning and academic success.
Provide support to families and children.
Strengthen children's health and social development.
Boston 2:00-6:00 Initiative
BPS Scores on the 1998 Stanford 9 and MCAS Achievement Tests
Education is not just limited to the six hours per day of school time.
It should be supplemented with other opportunities like after-school
programs. -- Tom Payzant, Superintendent of Boston Public Schools
Stanford 9
MCAS
100%
100%
95%
89%
91%
88%
88%
83%
85%
80%
81%
80%
70%
71%
73%
65%
69%
73%
80%
73%
66%
Percentage of Students
Scoring Below Grade Level
60%
of Students
40%
Reading
Math
Scoring Below Grade Level
60%
Percentage
40%
English Language Arts
Mathematics
Science & Technology
20%
20%
0%
0%
Grade
Grade
Grade
Grade
Grade 4
Grade 8
Grade 10
5
7
9
11
Note: Scores do not include all Special Education or Bilingual students
Source: Boston Public Schools
Boston 2:00 - 6:00 Initiative
Hours of Juvenile Crime Occurrences
Hours When Juvenile Crime Occurs
After-school programs can provide young
100%
people with positive and healthy
11pm-7am
alternatives to drug, alcohol, and tobacco
use, criminal activity, and other high-risk
80%
behaviors during the peak hours after
8pm-11pm
Percentage of Juvenile Crime Occurrences
school.
Other Hours
- U.S. Department of Education, Safe and Smart:
60%
Making After-School Hours Work for Kids (1998)
7am-2pm
After-school care decreases the amount of
40%
time children spend watching television,
an activity that has been associated with
2pm-8pm
increased aggressive behavior and other
20%
negative consequences.
2pm-6pm
- National Institute on Out-of-School Time
0%
National
Boston
(violent juvenile crime only)
(all juvenile crime)
Source: National Institute on Out-of-School Time; United States Department of Education, "Safe and Smart:
Making After-School Hours Work for Kids", June 1998; 2-6 Office
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Impact of Welfare Reform
Over the next two years, welfare reform will cause over 2,000 incremental*
parents to start working outside the home, leaving approximately 3,500
additional children potentially in need of after-school care.
30
25
20.8K
Number of Children on Welfare
20
in Boston (In Thousands)
17.3K
15
10
5
0
1998
2000E
*The difference between those coming off welfare and those new families receiving welfare benefits.
Source: Massachusetts Office of Jobs and Community Service
Boston 2:00 - 6:00 Initiative
Critical Questions
Current needs/priorities
Facilities and transportation
Cost and funding alternatives
Example questions:
Example questions:
Example questions:
Which ages should we focus on?
What facilities currently exist?
What is the cost of different program
In which neighborhoods are they
In which neighborhoods are facilities
alternatives?
needed?
lacking?
- cost per slot
What sources of funding currently
exist?
Quality standards
Example question:
How do we define program
outcomes?
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Defining the Context
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Boston Youth Overview
(1998 Children in School Ages 5-18)
Back Bay/Beacon Hill
Fenway/Kenmore
Charlestown
81.8K
81.8K
81.8K
100%
Out of district public schools
West Roxbury
South End/Chinatown
High
Private/parochial
South Boston
schools
80%
Allston/Brighton
East Boston
Percent of Total Children in Boston
Hyde Park
Middle
60%
Rosindale
Jamaica Plain
Mattapan
40%
Local public
schools
Roxbury/Mission
Hill
Elementary
20%
Dorchester
0%
Neighborhood
Grade
School
Notes: Neighborhood proportions are based on the 1990 Census of elementary and middle school-aged children
Source: Massachusetts Department of Education School-Attending Children; Boston's SACC Supply and
Demand-DRAFT 7/28/98 (Compiled by Parents United for Child Care); 1990 Census Data
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Age Focus
Stakeholders viewed elementary aged kids as the biggest
priority, with middle school a close second.
40
33
"The youngest kids are the most critical, because they are the largest group
31
and they need the most attention. Providing a safe, supportive environment
30
for the youngest is the first priority."
Total Points
20
"We should focus on middle school first because that group is at the greatest
risk. That is the age when kids are at a crossroads and if you can provide a
positive influence and direction, then you keep them out of trouble and off the
14
streets."
10
0
Elementary
Middle
High School
School
Note: 13 stakeholders were asked to prioritize age groups; 1st priority received 3 points, 2nd priority 2 points, 3rd priority 1 point
Source: Stakeholder Interviews
Boston 2:00 - 6:00 Initiative
Demand for After-School Programming
(Elementary and Middle School)
The number of children enrolled in after-school programming has
increased from 18% in 1989 to 27% in 1998 (from 14% to 18% for full-
1998 Total Demand
time enrollment).
59.8K
59.6K
100%
42%
46%
80%
Not interested
27.4K
60%
Percent of Total
40%
27%
40%
Unenrolled but interested
16.2K
5.2K
20%
Enrolled part-time
27%
18%
10.7K
Enrolled full-time
0%
1989
1998
Note: Unfulfilled demand for program slots is calculated using percentages from parent poll. Based on typical experience with
expressed demand versus actual behavior, 80% of very interested and 20% of somewhat interested are considered interested;
for 1998, attendees of 4 and 5 day programs are considered full-time
Source: PUCC After-school Survey 1989; BPS School-attending Children Report 1990 and 1998; Harrison & Goldberg 1998
Boston Parent Poll #1
Boston 2:00 - 6:00 Initiative
Total Demand for Incremental Programs
(Elementary and Middle School)
40
16K
32K
2K
31K
30
Middle
(3K)
Thousands of Children
Elementary
20
16K
10
0
Currently
Incremental
Total
2005
Welfare
2005
in program*
current
current
population
reform
projected
demand
demand
change
demand
*Excludes high school students
Source: Harrison & Goldberg 1998 Boston Parent Poll #1; BPS Demographic Data
Boston 2:00 - 6:00 Initiative
Unserved Children by Neighborhood
Dorchester, Roxbury and Mattapan account for
(Elementary and Middle School)
more than 50% of all unserved children.
Charlestown
16,299
100%
West Roxbury
Allston-Brighton
South Boston
80%
East Boston
Roslindale
Hyde Park
Jamaica Plain
60%
Central Boston
Mattapan
40%
Roxbury
8.4K children
20%
Dorchester
0%
Unserved Children
Note: Demand calculation assumes that 80% of very interested parents and 20% of somewhat interested parents will enroll
their children
Source: Harrison & Goldberg 1998 Boston Parent Poll #1; 1990 Census; BPS School-Attending Children Report 1998
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Parent Survey Methodology
Objectives:
Better understand demand for after-school programming among Boston families with school-age children
Highlight major barriers to participation in after-school programming
Examine families' willingness to contribute financially to program fees and/or transportation
Identify and prioritize drivers of program choice and satisfaction
Logistics:
Polling firm Harrison & Goldberg conducted a series of parent surveys spanning the dates November 16-23, 1998
Sample:
The sample consisted of 350 families with school-age children; contact information was provided by the Boston
Public Schools
100% of respondents had at least one child in elementary or middle school
Sample was distributed evenly between elementary and middle school parents
Participants were evenly drawn from four neighborhood groupings, as follows:
- Group 1 - Roxbury, North Dorchester, Mattapan
- Group 2 - East Boston, Charlestown, North End, South Boston, South Dorchester
- Group 3 - Hyde Park, West Roxbury, Roslindale
- Group 4 - Jamaica Plain, South End, Chinatown, Allston, Brighton, Mission Hill
87% of respondents were female, 13% male
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Barriers to Program Participation By Age
(Unenrolled but Very Interested)
Current availability of good programs is the primary
barrier for parents and kids.
Baby sitter, older child or relative available to supervise child
Child participates in other activities (scouts etc.)
52
47
100%
Hours not convenient
Don't know/no answer
Don't know/no answer
Child uses time to do homework
Child doesn't want to go
80%
Parent home after school
No means of transportation
to and from program
No means of transportation
to and from program
60%
Can't afford it
Can't afford it
Child is on waiting list
Child is on waiting list
40%
Not satisfied with programs available
Not satisfied with programs available
20%
No after-school
No after-school
program available
program available
0%
Elementary
Middle
Source: Harrison & Goldberg 1998 Boston Parent Poll #1
*Nearly 75% of those parents polled were paying fewer than $10 per week for their after-school program. This may very well have been a significant factor
in their responses to questions concerning the importance of program cost.
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Current Programs: Drivers of Choice and Satisfaction
(Elementary and Middle School)
Safety and staff quality were two major drivers of program choice.
100%
96%
89%
88%
86%
84%
80%
73%
68%
Percent of Respondents
Citing as Very Important
60%
53%
Program
satisfaction
40%
20%
0%
Safety
Staff quality
Location
Content
Physical
Age groups
Cost
Transportation
and supervision
facilities
in program
Note: Characteristics which scored 6 or 7 are classified as very important; a designation of 1 is classified as very satisfied
Source: Harrison & Goldberg 1998 Boston Parent Poll #1
*Nearly 75% of those parents polled were paying fewer than $10 per week for their after-school program. This may very well
have been a significant factor in their responses to questions concerning the importance of program cost.
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Desired After School Program Offerings
Academically focused activities were among the most
important.
8
6.7
6.6
6.6
6.6
6.6
6.5
6.3
6.1
6
5.9
5.7
5.5
Average Rating by Respondents
5.3
4
2
0
Homework
Tutoring
Drug,
Instruction
Access to
Projects
Career
Organized
Art, drama,
Music and
Swimming
Field trips
supervision
crime and
in
computers
related
instruction
team games
theater,
musical
instruction
violence
computers
to school
and sports
music, and
instruments
prevention
subjects
dance
instruction
instruction
Percent of programs
with desired activity:
80%
70%
52%
57%
68%
63%
38%
69%
48%
31%
29%
57%
Notes: The rating scale being used goes from zero to 7 with zero meaning it is not important at all and 7 meaning
it is absolutely essential
Source: Harrison & Goldberg 1998 Boston Parent Poll #1
Boston 2:00 - 6:00 Initiative
Frequency of Use
Approximately 80% of children currently enrolled in
programs are in 3+ day programs.
49
44
100%
1 day
1 day
2 days
2 days
80%
3 days
3 days
Percentage of Respondents
4 days
60%
4 days
40%
5 days
20%
5 days
0%
Elementary
Middle
Note: Totals are different based on the number of responses received
Source: Harrison & Goldberg 1998 Boston Parent Poll #1
Boston 2:00 - 6:00 Initiative
Satisfaction by Frequency of Use
Parents with children in 3+ day programs show higher levels of
satisfaction than parents with children in 1-2day programs.
19
75
100%
Other
Satisfied in some/dissatisfied in some
Somewhat dissatisfied
80%
Somewhat satisfied
60%
40%
Very satisfied
20%
0%
1-2 Days/Week
3-5 Days/Week
Source: Harrison & Goldberg 1998 Boston Parent Poll #1
Boston 2:00 - 6:00 Initiative
Potential Space vs. Need by Neighborhood
Elementary and middle school facilities represent a large part of the
solution to space constraints, but are not always where the children are.
18,000
Charlestown
16,299
Surplus/(Deficit)
Charlestown
(1,399)
West Roxbury
15,000
14,900
Allston-Brighton
78
South Boston
West Roxbury
(18)
East Boston
Allston-Brighton
475
12,000
Hyde Park
South Boston
(55)
Roslindale
East Boston
434
Jamaica Plain
Hyde.Park
(302)
9,000
Central Boston
Roslindale
148
Jamaica Plain
165
Mattapan
Central Boston
(590)
Mattapan
6,000
(1521)
Roxbury
Roxbury
(670)
3,000
Dorchester
Dorchester
475
0
Unserved kids
Potential incremental slots
Note: Unserved kids figure is based on demand calculated as 80% of very interested survey respondents and 20% of somewhat
interested survey respondents. Incremental slots takes all BPS elementary and middle school facilities, plus Early Education
Centers and assumes that they could serve 150 kids; each of the BPS facilities which currently have programs is assumed to
serve 50 children, with 100 additional slots possible
Source: BPS; Harrison & Goldberg 1998 Boston Parent Poll #1
Boston 2:00 - 6:00 Initiative
Location Preference
Parents did not show a strong preference toward school or
neighborhood-based programs.
Importance Rating
Location Preference
99
7
100%
Near
6.4
non-neighborhood
6.2
school
6
80%
No preference
5
(school is
elsewhere)
60%
4
3
Percent of Total
No preference
40%
(school in
neighborhood)
2
Near neighborhood-based
20%
school
1
Near home
0
0%
Near school
Near home
Respondents
Source: Harrison & Goldberg 1998 Boston Parent Poll #1
Boston 2:00 - 6:00 Initiative
Transportation Cost
Providing transportation to the child's home will cost $600-800 per
child annually.
Cost per Child
Aggregate Cost**
1,000
$10M
$8-9MM
800
$780
$630-780*
$8M
School Year Cost per Child
$5-6MM
600
Millions of dollars
$6M
400
$4M
$2-3MM
Parent
Fees
200
$2M
Parent
Fees
Parent
Fees
0
$0M
Private Provider
BPS
25%
50%
75%
Demand
Demand
Demand
*Excludes additional BPS administrative overhead.
**Based on 16,300 new after-school slots.
Source: Harrison & Goldberg 1998 Boston Parent Poll #1, BPS Transportation Office.
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Recommendations
To avoid transportation costs, parents should be given the choice to
have their child in a BPS site closer to home or keep their child in the
school he/she attends (but then be responsible for transportation)
This places the burden on BPS to create academic links with programs
that transcends individual schools and trends
The lack of school buildings in Roxbury, Mattapan, Hyde Park and
Central Boston will require that admission guidelines label these student
as "residents" of neighboring areas and alternate facilities (churches,
etc.) should be pursued in those neighborhoods
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Costs and Funding
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Total Costs
Program provider costs
Facilities cost
Infrastructure costs
Start-up costs
Opening/maintaining BPS
Management and leadership
facilities
- develop strategic plan
Ongoing operating costs*
- utilities/maintenance
- convene stakeholders to
- staff
- facility upgrades
build consensus around
- supplies, etc.
program outcomes and
Other facilities costs for
financing strategy
non-BPS sites
- facilitate cooperation
Provider overhead costs
between other agencies
- administration
- fundraising
Quality assessment and
- marketing
technical support
- ongoing training
Upgrade existing programs
- start-up assistance
to benchmark standards
OCCS licensing
- streamline process
- increase staff/capacity
Approximate
cost:
$34-36 MM
$1.5-2 MM**
$4-6MM
*Excludes transportation and rent expenses
**Includes only utilities and maintenance
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Current Incremental Cost Per Child
A base program costs about $1,800-1,900 per child including provider
overhead but excluding transportation, facilities, start-up, and summer
program costs.
$2,000
$300
$1,800-$1,900
Training
$1,500-$1,600
$1,500
Supplies
Cost per Child
$1,000
Staff
$500
Supervisor
$0
Base Program
Program Provider
Fully Loaded
10:1 ratio*
Overhead
Base Program
No Facilities or Transportation Costs
Basic Supplies
Basic Training
*
Based on 50-child site with one site administrator ($34,000) three hourly workers ($10/hour) and a part-time activities instructor.
** $4 per child/day with a range of 20% to 100% of children needing transportation.
***$12.60/sq. ft. with a range of 40 - 50 sq. ft. per child.
Source: Budget data from over 45 local After-School Programs
Boston 2:00 - 6:00 Initiative
Boston Program Costs vs. Other Cities*
$4,000
$3,700-3,900
$3,200-3,400
$3,000
Cost per Child
$2,000
$1,800-1,900
$1,000
$1,000
$700-800
$0
Boston benchmark
Newton
Brookline
Soros
LA's Best
Foundation
program
(After-School
(Current average)
Corporation)
*Excludes Facilities and Transportation costs
Source: Newton Childcare Commission, Devotion After-School Program (Brookline), After School Corporation, L.A.'s Best
Base Program Assumptions
39 week program
4 hours per day, 5 days per week
50 child site
10:1 child/adult ratio
1 full-time site supervisor: $34,000
$10 hourly wage rate for staff (4): $31,200 (includes 10 paid hours per staff
member of training).
Please note: The key to understanding these assumptions is the student/staff ratio.
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Base Program Costs
Total
Cost/child
Site supervisor
$34,000
$680
Staff
$31,200
$624
Supplies
$6,250
$125
Equipment
$2,500
$50
Part-time activities instructor
$1,950
$39
Training
$1,500
$30
$77,400
$1,550
OH (20%)
$15,000
$300
$92,400
$1,850
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Cost Sensitivity to Key Staffing Variables
Variable
Impact on Cost
Fully Loaded Base cost:
$1,800-1,900 per child*
Potential adjustments:
Increase site supervisor salary
+$120
from $34K to $40K
Increase site size from 50 to
-$90
60 kids
Increase staff wages from
+$125
$10/hr to $12/hr
*Assumes 10:1 ratio; $10/hr staff wages; 50 child site; $34K site administrator; No transportation or facilities costs
Source: Budget data from over 45 local after-school programs; Bain Analysis
Boston 2:00 - 6:00 Initiative
Program Start-up Costs
Cost/site at BPS
Cost/site at BPS/other
Start-up requirements
facility with minimal
facility with significant
build-out
build-out
Direct program cost:
3 month program
$13K
$13K
expenses
- 1 full-time staff
Facilities build-out costs
- using BPS facility
$20K**
$250K*
Technical support costs:
6 month training and
$7K
$7K
technical assistance
support before kids arrive
3 month continued training
$1K
$1K
and technical assistance
after program start-up
Total costs per site:
$41K
$271K
*Assumes 50 child site.
**Preliminary estimate; assumes only slight modifications to existing BPS facility.
Source: PUCC; Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation.
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Incremental Funding Needed for Existing Programs
It will cost $3-$4MM to get programs currently operating below
desired levels up to the Benchmark.
Benchmark Model
$40
$3-4MM
$33-37MM
10:1 child/adult ratio
1 full-time site supervisor
$29-33MM
- $34,000 salary at 50 child site
$30
$10 hourly wage rate for staff
$125/child for supplies
$50/child for equipment
$39/child for part-time activities
Dollars in Millions
$20
instructor
10 hours training for staff (plus
materials)
$10
$0
Current
Incremental
1998
costs
$ for
total costs
existing
programs
Source: Budget data from over 45 local after-school programs
Boston 2:00 - 6:00 Initiative
Total Operating Cost Needs
Incremental costs of upgrading 16K existing slots and
adding 16K new slots is ~$38-43MM annually.
$100
$15-17MM $82-93MM
$80
$4-6MM
$1-2MM
$67-76MM
$30-31MM
Middle
Millions of Dollars
$60
Elementary
$40
$3-4MM
$29-33MM
Foundations
Parent
Private
Fees
Donations
$20
Federal
Local
State
$0
Current
Incremental
Incremental
Infrastructure
Utilities/
Total
Inflation
2005
funding
funding for
current
costs
maintenance
current
projected
existing slots
demand
costs
operating
operating
needs
needs
Source: Budget Data from over 45 Local After-School Programs; Harrison & Goldberg 1998 Parent Poll #1; BPS;
2-6 Office; Boston Mayor's Office of Federal Relations
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Total Potential Parental Funding
Parents are willing to pay ~$20K per week for after-school programming.
Average amount willing to pay for
after school program
117.7K
100%
$150 000 & above
--
$100,000 - $149,999
$40
$75,000 - $99,999
$22
80%
$50,000
- $74,999
$33
Percent of Boston Residents
$40,000
60%
- $49,999
$25
$30,000
- $39,999
$21
40%
$25,000 - $29,999
$19
$20,000 - $24,999
$27
$15,000 - $19,999
$22
20%
$10,000 - $14,999
$14
$5,000 - $9,999
$13
$0 - $4,999
$21
0%
Boston families
by income
Weighted average: $21
Note: Based on statistical demand survey experience with expressed versus actual behavior, 80% of definitely willing and 20%
of probably willing are considered willing. The weighted average was taken in order to calculate each salary segment
Source: Harrison & Goldberg 1998 Boston Parent Poll #1
After-School Funding Streams
Federal Government
US DOE
US DOJ
US DHHS
HUD
CNS
State Government
Governor
MA Service
EOHHS
DOE
EOPS
(S/D schools)
Alliance
City of Boston
2:00-
BPS
BCC
BHA
BPL
OCF
BPD
OJCS
to-6:00
Foundation
After-school
Higher
and Private
programs
Ed. Inst.
Sector
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Projected Costs and Revenue
There is projected to be a cumulative funding gap of
$56MM over the next five years ($5-22MM annually).
$80
Funding gap
Private foundation
Maintenance
$72M
& utilities
Incremental
Infrastructure
government
Maintenance
$62M
Parent fees
$60
& utilities
Infrastructure
Government
Maintenance
$52M
& utilities
Infrastructure
Millions of Dollars
Maintenance
& utilities
$44M
Maintenance
& utilities
$41M
Infrastructure
$40
Infrastructure
$33M
$20
Program costs
Program costs
Program costs
Program costs
Program costs
Program costs
Start-up
Start-up
$0
Start-up
Start-up
Costs
Revenues
Costs
Revenues
Costs
Revenues
Costs
Revenues
Costs
Revenues
Costs
Revenues
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Existing slots:
16.0K
16.0K
18.0K
20.0K
23.0K
27.5K
New/start-up slots:
0.0
2.0K
2.0K
3.0K
4.5K
4.5K
Incremental funding needed: $4MM
$5MM
$5MM
$9MM
$15MM
$22MM
BAIN & COMPANY
Excludes transportation, rent, construction of newfacilities and inflation
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Program Quality
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Quality Overview
Although Boston/Massachusetts already has one of the highest child care licensing standards
nationally, both key stakeholders and parents thought more could be done to improve quality
There was a general consensus, however, that promoting a quality standard higher than
licensing was more desirable and practical than an enforcement approach
- enforce a modified licensing standard
- promote quality above and beyond licensing
Outcomes metrics should be implemented city-wide to measure the impact of after-school
care
- enable the 2-6 office to track progress and impact against goals
- increase the likelihood and amount of private funding by measuring impact
Technical support and an improved licensing process need to be provided to support
providers' efforts to improve quality and measure impact
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Assessing the Gap
Importance of Staff Quality in Choosing Program
Safety and staff quality were among the top
drivers of parents' program choice.
8
6.8
6.6
6.6
6.5
6.3
6.1
6
5.8
5.5
Rating of Importance
4.3
4
3.7
3.5
2
0
Safety
Staff quality
Location
Program
content
Physical
facilities
Age groups
served
Flexible
program
Cost
Transportation
Only program
parent knew
Only available
program
Notes: The average of each quality was taken in order to rank the importance of each. The rating scale being
used goes from zero to 7 with zero meaning it is not important at all and 7 meaning it is absolutely essential
Source: Harrison & Goldberg 1998 Boston Parent Poll #1
Boston 2:00 - 6:00 Initiative
Differences Between Licensing and NSACA Quality Standards
MA Licensing
NSACA
Primary Focus:
Facilities
Meets or exceeds licensing requirements for
Health and safety
facilities, health and safety, and staff
Minimum staff ratios and
ratios/qualifications
qualifications
Staff training
Staff attitudes, approach and responsiveness
toward children
Program content
Program suppliers and support materials
Parent/staff meetings
% of Boston
51% of 241 identifiable programs
<1% of 241 identifiable programs
Programs:
Source: Office of Child Care Services; Bain Analysis; National School-Age Care Alliance
Boston 2:00-6:00 Initiative
Quality Options
Ensure safety and
Status quo
competence, promote
Require excellence
excellence and results
Promote licensing standards
Enforce licensing or modified
Enforce NSACA or other
and encourage higher
licensing standards
standard higher than licensing
standards
Promote higher standards
Develop and track a set of
outcomes metrics used to
determine progress and impact
of individual programs and the
2-6 initiative overall
- city-wide
- program specific
Provide technical support and
funding to enhance quality and
implement outcomes methods
Issues:
Parents and key stakeholders
May require "modified"
Impractical since very few
not satisfied with current quality
licensing standards for drop-in
programs meet these
and other exempt programs
standards today
Will require
the higher the standard, the
improved/streamlined licensing
more difficult to develop a
process
standard applicable for most
programs
Enforcement would be difficult
and costly
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Recommendations
Build consensus to establish a citywide set of outcomes metrics to
track progress and impact of after-school programs
Provide a repository for knowledge sharing of best practices
Upgrade and streamline current licensing progress
- explore options to modify existing requirements to incorporate
programs currently considered exempt (drop-in, etc.)
- increase coordination between OCCS and other key agencies
(Inspectional Services Dept., Fire Dept.) to simplify and speed
clarification
- increase OCCS staffing to speed certification process
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Phase I Objectives
1999-2000
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Key Findings
Current needs/priorities
Facilities and transportation
Cost and funding alternatives
Focus should be on elementary and
BPS sites would meet most of the
The cost per child per year for a base
middle school children
facilities demands
after-school program is $1,800-
Programs should have a strong
There is a lack of facilities in
$1,900 (not including start-up,
academic component, but also have
Roxbury, Mattapan, and Hyde Park
facilities, summer, or transportation
a range of fun and healthy activities
Parents should be given a choice of
costs)
that promote overall development
program location
While the current investment of city,
New programming should be added
Options for expanding alternative
state, and local funds in after-school
in all neighborhoods with priority
drop-off and better utilizing existing
programming is substantial, a new
given to Dorchester, Roxbury, and
transportation resources should be
public/private financing strategy is
Mattapan
explored
needed to meet the need--parents
cannot meet the financial burden
alone.
Quality standards
Agreement needed on outcome
measures
Additional training and
technical assistance needed
Current licensing process
should be upgraded and
streamlined
Boston 2:00 - 6:00 Initiative
Progress to Date: 1998-1999
In September of 1998, supported the opening of 13 new full-time programs
in Boston Public Schools, for a total of 43 serving over 2,000 students;
Interviewed over 350 parents and nearly 100 program providers to gather
input on the initiative;
Leveraged over $3 million from public and private sources to help expand
the number of children served;
Introduced a $50 million state legislative proposal with the full support of the
Boston Delegation in the State House;
Worked with the Private Industry Council to create over 600 after-school
jobs for high school youth; and
Been selected by the Vice President's National Partnership for Reinventing
Government as the first site that the Federal Support to Communities
Interagency Initiative is partnering with to support after-school
programming.
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Phase I Objectives
1999-2000
Expand the number of elementary and middle school
children served
Leverage new resources
Improve quality and focus on results for children
Establish high-level Boston 2:00-to-6:00 Task Force to
help accomplish objectives above
B ding A Susta'nab e System for Ch' dren
and Families
Technical Capital Leveraging Transportation Academic Build Public
Assistance Assistance Resources
Planning
Support
Will
Ensure Positive
Volunteers
Expand
Results
and Other
Affordable
through Quality
Partnerships
Quality Programs
Control and
Evaluation
Successful Youth
and Stronger Families
Boston 2:00 . 6:00 Initiative
Appendix
Boston 2:00-6:00
Stakeholders Interviewed
Name
Position
Organization
Thomas Menino
Mayor
City Hall
Peter Welsh
Policy Director
City Hall
Juanita Wade
Chief, Human Services
City Hall
Laurie Sherman
Human Services Policy Advisor
City Hall
Tom Payzant
Superintendent
School Committee Offices
Lainey Fersh
Executive Director, Parents United for Child Care
Parents United for Childcare
Laura Gang
Assistant Director, School-Age Child Care Project
Parents United for Childcare
Margaret Williams
Executive Director
ReadBoston
Paul Evans
Commissioner
Police Department
James Jordan
Director, Strategic Planning & Resource Development
Police Department
Blake Norton
Coordinator, Public Affairs
Police Department
John Ferrell
CEO
YMCA of Boston
Sandra Walker
SVP, Operations
YMCA of Boston
Harold Sparrow
Executive Director, Roxbury Branch
YMCA of Boston
Bob Monahan
Chief Operating Officer
Boys & Girls Clubs
Ned Rimer
Co-Founder
Citizens Schools
Eric Schwartz
Co-Founder
Citizens Schools
Alfreda Harris
Member
Boston School Committee
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Other Contacts
Organization
Name
Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance
Karen MacKinnon-Greene
National Institute on Out-of-School Time
Michelle Seligson
National Institute on Out-of-School Time
Susan O'Connor
Seattle Department of Human Services
Kathleen Groshong
Cambridge Department of Human Services
Jackie Neel
Baltimore Police Athletic League
Colonel Alvin A. Winkler
Chicago MOST
Greg Graham
Newton Child Care Commission
Ann Brown
Seattle Office for Education
Marilynne Gardner
Seattle Parks and Recreation Department
Karen Ristau
Baltimore Police Athletic League
Lt. Eilerman
Chicago Public Schools
Beverly Martin
Seattle MOST - Schools Out Consortium
Adrienne Bloom
Chicago Mayor's Office
Adrianne Bryant
Chicago Public Schools
Lula Ford
DePaul University - Center for Urban Education
Carla Ellis
Seattle MOST - Schools-Out Consortium
Mari Offenbecher
Massachusetts Office of Child Care Services, Central Office
Gail Hanson
Chicago Department of Human Services
Eileen Donnersberger
DePaul University - Center for Urban Education
James Issa
Boston Police Department, Office of Research and Evaluation
John W. Conte
Boston 2:00 - 6:00 Initiative
Other Contacts
Organization
Name
Fenway Community Development Corporation
Jethro Heiko
Bell Foundation
Earl Martin Phaelen
O'Hearn Elementary
William Henderson/Darlene Jones-Inge
Hyde Park High School
Ray Peterson/C. Burges
BU/Radcliffe School of Arts (Jackson Mann)
Joanne Colllins-Russell
Walter Denney Youth Center (Harbor School)
Eric Mitchell
Red Oak Program/Chinatown
Lauren Hoffman
MJT Dance Company
Margie Topf
MYTOWN
Ms. Krilyn Crockett
M. Harriet McMormack Center for the Arts
Joyce Bishop
Harvard Phillips Brooks House
Paul McDonald
Project Excel (McKay)
Susan Klaw
Office of Jobs and Community Service (CDBG)
Ed DeBity
Hawthorne Youth and Community Center
Samantha Sadd
City Year
Alex Moore
Agassiz After-School Program
Joyce Ellif
Rich Jacobs
Boston Public Schools
Driscoll After-School Program
Mary Maligodi
Boston 2:00 - 6:00 Initiative
Other Contacts
Organization
Name
Mayor's Office
Dina Siegal
Massachusetts Department of Education
Lise Zeig
Office of Child Care Services
Donna Litz
Child Care Choices
Anne Corbin
Child Care Choices
James Ley
Boston Redevelopment Authority
N.D. Puleo
Boston Redevelopment Authority
Charlie Euchner
Boston Redevelopment Authority
John Avault
Office of Children and Families
Juanda Johnson-Taylor
After-School Corporation
Nigel Fergeuson
Child Education Development Assistance Corporation
Greg Perkins
Community Economic Development Assistance Corp.
Dan Violi
Office of Jobs & Community Services
Daniel Singleton
Coleman Advocate for Youth
Margaret Brodkin
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FINANCING OUR
CHILDREN'S FUTURE
A Guide to Federal, State, and Local
Resources for After-School Programming
in the City of Boston
BOSTON
2
2:00
- to -
6:00
After-School Initiative
Second Edition
Thomas M. Menino, Mayor
City of Boston
Jennifer Davis, Executive Director
Boston 2:00-to-6:00 After-School Initiative
Prepared by:
Laureen E. Wood
Public Policy Coordinator