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Out of School Time (OST) programming over the long-term helps students on their journey towards post-secondary education. Here’s the evidence.
Our evidence, research, and data supports the use of OST programming to achieve the goal of post-secondary education for first-generation college bound students. We are committed to sharing what we’ve learned, so we can all see a day where more children have access to OST resources to help them achieve their dreams.
Other helpful resources:
Wilson-Ahlstrom, A., Yehalem, N., & Pittman, K. (2008, June). Unpacking Youth Work Practice. Out-of-School-Time Policy Commentary. Washington, D.C., USA: The Cady-Lee House. Retrieved from https://rhyclearinghouse.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/docs/18596-OST-6-08-Unpacking_Youth_Work_Practice.pdf
Yosso, T. J. (2005, March). Whose culture has capital? A critical race theory discussion of community cultural wealth. Race, Ethnicity and Education, 8(1), 69-91. Retrieved from https://thrive.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/Whose%20culture%20has%20capital_A%20critical%20race%20theory%20discussion%20of%20community%20cultural%20wealth_1.pdf
YouthBuild Program Directors and Program Advisors. (2020). Chapter 4: Program Culture. In YouthBuild Program Manual (pp. 83-95). YouthBuild. Retrieved from https://youthbuild.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DOL-YB-ProgramManual.pdf
Mitra, D. (2008, September). Balancing Power in Communities of Practice: An Examination of Increasing Student Voice through School-Based Youth-Adult Partnerships. Journal of Educational Change, 9(3), 221-242. Retrieved from https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ804169
Smith, M. (2003). 'Communities of Practice',. the encyclopedia of informal education. Retrieved from www.infed.org/biblio/communities_of_practice.htm.
Sanchez, B., & Colon, Y. (2005). Race, ethnicity, and culture in mentoring relationships. In D.L. DuBois & M.J. Karcher (Eds.), Handbook of youth mentoring (pp. 191-204). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Spencer, R. (2006). Understanding the mentoring process between adolescents and adults. Youth Society, 37, 287-315.
Braverman, P., Arkin, E., Orleans, T., Proctor, D., & Plough, A. (2017). What is Health Equity? And What Difference Does a Definition Make? Princeton, NJ, USA: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Retrieved from https://www.rwjf.org/en/insights/our-research/2017/05/what-is-health-equity-.html#:~:text=In%20a%20report%20designed%20to,be%20as%20healthy%20as%20possible.
Buteau, E. (2017). Relationships Matter: Program Officers, Grantees, and the Keys to Success. The Center For Effective Philanthropy. Retrieved from https://cep.org/portfolio/relationships-matter/
Buteau, E., Glickman, J., Leiwant, & Ilegbusi, T. (2018). Nonprofit Diversity Efforts: Current Practices and the Role of Foundations. Retrieved from https://cep.org/portfolio/nonprofit-diversity-efforts-current-practices-and-the-role-of-foundations/
