The Arkansas Out of School Network (AOSN) is committed to creating safe, healthy, and enriching experiences for Arkansas youth during out of school

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1 The Arkansas Out of School Network (AOSN) is committed to creating safe, healthy, and enriching experiences for Arkansas youth during out of school times by helping to strengthen, expand and sustain Arkansas s school-based and school-linked services to children and youth ages Established in 2004, AOSN is a sponsored initiative of Arkansas State University Childhood Services within the College of Education.

2 The State of afterschool in Arkansas Governor s Task Force on Best Practices for After-School and Summer Programs A focus on quality systems building: standards, professional development, assessment/evaluation, & model programs The 2011 Positive Youth Development Act

3 Leveraging local Initiatives The Arkansas Grade Level Reading Campaign The Arkansas Opportunity to Learn Campaign The Arkansas No Kid Hungry Campaign The Clinton Foundation Healthy Communities Initiative The Alliance for a Healthier Generation The Arkansas STEM Coalition and STEM Authority University STEM Centers

4 Leveraging Partners Aligning Resources The Arkansas Department of Education 21 st CCLC The Division of Childcare and Early Childhood Education The Department of Human Services The U of A Cooperative Extension Service Coordinated School Health The Arkansas School Boards Association The Clinton School of Public Service Arkansas Advocates Kids Count Coalition

5 AOSN A Key Connector/Convener in OST Systems Building Focus on regional constituencies Using placebased work to extend the reach of the Network and to a create pathways for partners to become engaged. Identify state level institutional partners to gain access leverage relationships with policy makers. Honest Broker Intermediary : creating the space for inter-agency collaboration and a conduit to direct resources to the community.

6 For More information Contact Laveta Wills-Hale, Network Director Arkansas Out of School Network 1501 North University Ave., Suite 465 Little Rock, AR

7 State Perspectives in Expanded Learning: The Role of Statewide Afterschool Networks American Youth Policy Forum September 27, 2013 Michelle Doucette Cunningham

8 POLICY: COORDINATION - STATE State Agencies Education, social services, child protection, justice, labor, health, mental health Private Philanthropy Community foundations, family foundations, corporate and business Elected officials Governor s office and state legislature Program providers Schools, community-based, YMCAs, Boys & Girls Clubs, faith-based, child care centers, family child care

9 POLICY: COORDINATION - FEDERAL EDUCATION: 21 st Century Community Learning Centers Title 1 grants to LEAS Title V delinquency prevention program Carol M White Physical Education Education for Homeless Children and Youth Even Start: Family Literacy Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities AGRICULTURE : National School lunch: afterschool snack program School Breakfast Program Child and Adult Food Care Program (CACFP) Summer Food Service Program for Children Cooperative Extension 4H HHS: Community Services Block Grant Foster Care Title IV-E Maternal and Child Health Services JUSTICE: Drug Free Communities Family and Community Violence Prevention Program Gang Resistance Education and Training Gang Free Schools and Communities Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Weed and Seed LABOR: Job Corps WIA Youth Activities Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)

10 Quality Improvement Training and technical assistance Quality standards and best practices Literacy and Common Core Standards STEM QRIS Data collection, evaluation and research Resources, webinars, on-site consultation

11 Policy: Grassroots Advocacy $4 ½ million dollar state grant program for after school programs Consensus building amongst various stakeholders Coordination of advocacy messages Annual After School Day at the Capitol Communications, and social media

12 I also like that I can socialize with my friends and talk about the drama in my life with them and the teachers, before I went here I was a shy girl with not many friends at all, I was the one who would be shoved around and bugged by bullies because I was an easy target for a bully, but now I am stronger and better prepared Gillian (age 11) describing why she likes her afterschool program

13 For more information: Michelle Doucette Cunningham, Executive Director Connecticut After School Network 12 Melrose Avenue, Branford, CT office: mobile: website:

14 State Perspectives in Expanded Learning: The Role of Statewide Afterschool Networks Terry Peterson, After School National Resource Network

15 @AYPF_Tweets Questions? Terry Peterson, Afterschool Alliance, Michelle Doucette Cunningham, Connecticut After School Network, Laveta Wills-Hale, Arkansas Out of School Network,