High-quality afterschool and summer learning programs are effective ways to support children and teens and accelerate their academic growth. In fact, the American Rescue Plan prioritized a significant amount of funding for out-of-school time programs because of the evidence of their effectiveness. Over the past few years, state educational…

In 2009, the National Center for Postsecondary Research (NCPR) launched an evaluation of eight developmental summer bridge programs in Texas to assess whether these programs reduce the need for developmental coursework and improve student outcomes in college. The evaluation uses an experimental design to measure the effects of these programs on…

Approximately 288 programs conducted in various counties of Georgia during the regular school year or summer of 1969 and funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act are here reported in summary fashion. The following information is provided concerning each program: name of system, name of project, regular or summer…

This handbook is a reference for sponsors of food service programs for children during school vacation periods. It is not applicable to academic year operations. Issues relating to planning a food service program are discussed. These include sponsor eligibility, the determination of the need of recipient children, requirements of kinds and amounts…

This preliminary review and analysis of Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) programs covers their activities during the fiscal year 1976. It is divided into two major program areas, Family Food Assistance and Child Nutrition. The Food and Nutrition Service was established in August 1969 to concentrate on the administration of Federal food programs.…

This report provides background and data from an investigation of New York City's summer youth employment program. It concludes that the program was poorly planned and poorly administered by both the Department of Labor and the city. Although some of the worksites visited were providing useful work experience to enrolled youths, over half of the…

Montana's Johnson-O'Malley (JOM) funds provided services for 6,094 and 7,613 Indian students respectively in 1973 and 1974. JOM funds were channeled into special projects, i.e., home-school coordinators, tutors, counselors, special transportation, special teachers, Indian teacher aides, Indian studies classes, summer programs, field trips,…