Publications from 2008

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October 1, 2008
Charles Smith and Laurie Van Egeren

This paper, published in the Fall 2008 edition of Afterschool Matters: Occasional Paper Series, describes community partnerships in Michigan’s 21st CCLC programs.

January 1, 2008
Charles Smith, Tom Akiva, Juliane Blazevski, and Lisa Pelle

A presentation of baseline and post-pilot program quality ratings for 38 after school programs participating in a pilot quality improvement system in Palm Beach County, Florida.

June 26, 2008
Charles Smith and Tom Akiva

This chapter describes the Youth Program Quality Intervention (YPQI), a setting-level intervention model designed to raise quality in out-of-school time programs. The YPQI takes managers and staff from a network of youth programs through a process of identifying and addressing strengths and areas for improvement, using a standardized assessment tool.