RAND Research Topic: Providence 2012-05-24T14:57:29Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/providence.html Coordination Efforts Could Boost After-School Programming http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1037.html Oct 21, 2010 Oct 21, 2010 Coordinating the work of the many different institutions involved in after-school activities—including schools, nonprofits and municipal agencies like parks and libraries—holds the promise of making programs better and more accessible to urban children and teens who need them. Coordination Efforts Could Boost After-School Programming http://www.rand.org/news/press/2010/10/21.html Oct 20, 2010 Oct 20, 2010 Coordinating the work of the many different institutions involved in after-school activities -- including schools, nonprofits and municipal agencies like parks and libraries -- holds the promise of making programs better and more accessible to urban children and teens who need them. Hours of Opportunity: How Cities Can Use Data to Improve Services in Out-of-School Time Programs http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9551z1.html Oct 19, 2010 Oct 19, 2010 Five cities that received a grant from The Wallace Foundation, along with three other cities that were not part of the initiative, were successful in using data from management information systems to improve out-of-school-time programs. Hours of Opportunity: How Cities Can Build Systems to Improve Out-of-School-Time Programs http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9551.html Oct 18, 2010 Oct 18, 2010 Five cities that received a grant from The Wallace Foundation to increase collaboration, access, quality, information sharing, and sustainability in their out-of-school-time systems used different planning approaches to meet the initiative's goals. Hours of Opportunity, Volume 3: Profiles of Five Cities Improving After-School Programs Through a Systems Approach http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR882.html Sep 27, 2010 Sep 27, 2010 <p>The Wallace Foundation sponsored an initiative to help five cities increase collaboration, access, quality, information sharing, and sustainability in their out-of-school-time (OST) systems. The third in this three-volume series presents in-depth case studies of the grantees (Providence, Boston, New York City, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.) and reveals lessons learned and best practices for the OST field.</p> Hours of Opportunity, Volume 2: The Power of Data to Improve After-School Programs Citywide http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1037z1.html Sep 13, 2010 Sep 13, 2010 The Wallace Foundation sponsored an initiative to help five cities increase collaboration, access, quality, information sharing, and sustainability in their out-of-school-time systems. The second in this three-volume series describes how Wallace Foundation grantees and three other cities used management information systems to collect and use data on out-of-school-time programs, including enrollment, attendance, and student outcomes.