Resources for After School Programs

National Center for Family & Community Connections with Schools at the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory

Resource Title: Resource Guide for Planning and Operating After-School Programs
Price: $18.00 for printed version, available online free.
Description: This guide provides a description of timely, inexpensive resources to support after-school programs for school-aged children. Many of the materials in the guide also represent resources for before-school, summer programs and community learning centers.

National Council of La Raza

Resource Title: Project Success
Price: $65.00
Description: 870 pp. Part of the Project EXCEL series, Project Success is an after-school academic enrichment curriculum for at-risk adolescents. Law-related education (LRE), in the context of citizenship in a constitutional democracy, is the central focus of this curriculum. Students will be exposed to constitutional, consumer, and housing law, as well as some aspects of criminal law. Available in English with English and Spanish student handouts.

National Crime Prevention Council

Resource Title: Teens, Crime, and the Community
Price: Varies
Description: Teens, Crime, and the Community (TCC) is NCPC's national initiative to get teens involved in crime prevention to make themselves safer and their communities stronger. "Community Works", the TCC curriculum, uses education and action to teach youth about their chances of victimization and what they can do about it. Youth Safety Corps, the TCC club model, mobilizes students to improve the learning environment of their schools by designing and running projects to prevent youth crime, violence, and drug abuse. Visit www.nationaltcc.org for more information.

Resource Title: Resources for Children and Their Caregivers
Price: Varies
Description: NCPC’s publications for children address a wide range of topics, including home and neighborhood safety, bullying, alcohol and drugs, conflict management, media violence, diversity, and Internet safety. For example, “Helping Kids Handle Conflict” includes imaginative activities to help children learn nonviolent ways to settle arguments, deal with bullies, and avoid fights. “Get the Message! McGruff’s Tool Kit To Keep Children Safe” helps school administrators give children the knowledge and skills around such issues as bullying, conflict management, and appreciating diversity. For more information and to order, visit www.mcgruffstore.org.

Resource Title: McGruff Strategies Center
Price: Free
Description: The McGruff Strategies Center is a "virtual institute" created to expose crime prevention advocates to examples of others' successes. This online forum and resource center is a platform for communities to tell their crime prevention story. It was developed on the premise that the key to effective crime prevention is cooperation and coordination among the criminal justice, social, economic, family, and other systems that make up a community. Visit www.ncpc.org/strategies to check it out.

National Dropout Prevention Center

Resource Title: Parent Involvement in Service-Learning
Price: $7
Author: Cathy Berger Kaye
Description: Prevent "parent dropout." Learn how to involve parents of children of all ages through service-learning.