Helpful Links to More Resources

We believe using research to design our programs allows us to quality programs that have the biggest impact on the people we serve.  We have selected our favorite links to evidence-based programming to share with you. 

• American Youth Policy Forum - Helping Youth Succeed Through Out-of-School Time Programs
• Annie E Casey Foundation - Publications 
• CASEL - Impact of Out-of-School Time Programs that Promote Personal and Social Skills
• Lumina Foundation - Publications - College Completion, Workforce, College Readiness 
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Improving SELS in Childhood Enhances Long-Term Wellbeing
• Consortium - University of Chicago-Teaching Adolescents to Become Learners
• Searchable Database of Wise Interventions to Help People Flourish
• PERTS - Growth Mindset Interventions
• Wallace Foundation - Knowledge Center
• IES_What Works Clearinghouse-Structuring Out-of-School Time To Improve Academic Achievement

Above all else, we want organizations to have the ability to succeed. We have selected our favorite links to guide your efforts at budgeting, prospect research, grant writing, logic models and evaluation.  

• Credentialed Grant Professionals
• How to Conduct Prospect Research Using Foundation Directory Online. 
• The Foundation Directory Online offers free access to its funder database through its Funding Information Network.
• Wallace Foundation - Out of School Time Calculator 
• Raising the Visibility of Your Nonprofit Via GuideStar
• Peak Proposals_Sample Grant Proposals and Other Great Resources
• Empowerment Evaluation
• CDC-Framework for Program Evaluation