This manual details the events which led to the opening, in April, 1986, of the Cleveland (Ohio) Public Schools' Family Life After-School Program for urban latchkey children. Sections of the manual concern: (1) assessment of need; (2) resource inventory; (3) community input; (4) planning; (5) program design; (6) site selection; (7) program size; (8) times when the program operates; (9) curriculum; (10) transportation; (11) budget and funding; (12) policies and procedures; (13) client recruitment; (14) the purposes of 13 needed forms; (15) evaluation and monitoring; and (16) program assessment results. About half of the manual consists of appendices providing survey materials, a resource assessment form, lists of goals and objectives, a preliminary outline, a daily schedule and planning sheet, job descriptions, transportation responsibilites and records, a summary of adult education's early childhood program development grant data, program guidelines, publicity materials, and other forms. (RH)