[YL] New Resources from the Afterschool Investments Project

[Soumya Bhat]

New Resources from the Afterschool Investments Project


 

We are pleased to announce that more products have been added to the
Afterschool Investments website: http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/afterschool/.
The Afterschool Investments project, a Child Care Bureau-supported
initiative, provides technical assistance to Child Care and Development
Fund (CCDF) grantees and other State and local leaders to support
afterschool efforts.  The Finance Project and the National Governor's
Association Center for Best Practices serve as technical assistance
providers and have developed the following new resources:

                        

*	Promoting Physical Activity and Healthy Nutrition in Afterschool
Settings: Strategies for Program Leaders and Policymakers
*	Linking and Learning: Lessons for Afterschool from Early
Childhood System-Building Efforts

 

Promoting Physical Activity and Healthy Nutrition in Afterschool
Settings: Strategies for Program Leaders and Policymakers 

This strategy brief outlines the important role that afterschool
programs can play in efforts to prevent childhood obesity and includes
ideas for incorporating nutrition and fitness into afterschool
programming, strategies for financing these efforts, and examples of
policies that can support and encourage the afterschool community's
endeavors to steer children toward healthy choices.  

The full report is now available online at:
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/afterschool/fitness_nutrition.pdf

 

Linking and Learning: Lessons for Afterschool from Early Childhood
System-Building Efforts

While early care and afterschool providers serve different populations
with distinct needs, there are many similarities in the infrastructure
and supports they need to succeed. This paper describes eleven lessons
that the afterschool community may learn from the system-building
efforts in the field of early care and education. This publication is
available at: http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/afterschool/linking_learning.pdf

 

 

For more information about the project, contact The Afterschool
Investments Project at (202) 587-1000 Email:
afterschool at financeproject.org; or on the web at
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/afterschool/

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