Safe and Smart: Making After-School Hours Work for Kids - June 1998

A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

Resources

The organizations, Web sites, and other resources listed in this publication are not exhaustive, nor is their inclusion intended as an endorsement by the Department of Education or the Department of Justice. Rather, these listings are intended to assist educators, youth-serving organizations, parents, and others in developing or enhancing after-school programs in local communities.

Organizations

Action for Children
78 Jefferson Avenue
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 224-0222
www.childcare-experts.org

The AFL-CIO Working Women's Department
815 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 637-5064
www.aflcio.org/women

America Reads Challenge
U.S. Department of Education
600 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202
(202) 401-8888
(800) USA-LEARN
www.ed.gov/inits/americareads

America's Promise--The Alliance for Youth
909 North Washington Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-1556
(800) 365-0153
(703) 684-4500
www.americaspromise.org

American Library Association
Young Adult Services Division
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 944-6780
www.ala.org

AmeriCorps
Corporation for National Service
1201 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20525
1-800-94-ACORPS
www.americorps.org

Annenberg Rural Challenge
P.O. Box 1569
Granby, CO 80446
(978) 779-0047
http://www.ruraledu.org/index.cfm

Association of Science-Technology Centers
Youth Alive Initiative
1025 Vermont Avenue, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005-3516
(202) 783-7200
www.astc.org

ASPIRA Association, Inc.
1112 16th Street, NW
Suite 340
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 835-3600
www.incacorp.com/aspira

Association of Junior Leagues International
660 First Avenue
New York, NY 10016
(212) 683-1515
www.ajli.org

Beacon Schools
Fund for the City of New York
121 6th Avenue
New York, NY 10013
(212) 925-6675
www.fcny.org

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America
230 North 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 567-7000
www.bbbsa.org

Boys and Girls Clubs of America
1230 West Peachtree Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30309
(404) 815-5765
www.bgca.org

Boy Scouts of America
1325 West Walnut Hill Lane
Box 152079
Irving, TX 75015-2079
(972) 580-2000
www.bsa.scouting.org

Bridges to Success
United Way of Central Indiana
3901 N. Meridian
Indianapolis, IN 46208
(317) 921-1283
www.uwci.org

CampFire Boys and Girls
4601 Madison Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64112
(816) 756-1950
www.campfire.org

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
1200 Mott Foundation Building
Flint, MI 48502-565
Phone: (810) 238-5651
www.mott.org

Center for Community Partnerships
University of Pennsylvania
3440 Market Street, Suite 440
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 573-2096
www.upenn.edu/ccp

Center for Creative Education
3359 Belvedere Road, Suite 5
West Palm Beach, FL 33406
(561) 687-5200

Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
University of Colorado, Campus Box 442
Boulder, CO
(303) 492-1032
www.colorado.edu/UCB/Research/cspv/

Center for Youth Development and Policy Research
Academy for Educational Development
1255 23rd Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20037
(202) 884-8000
www.aed.org

Child Care Action Campaign
330 Seventh Avenue, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10001
(212) 239-0138
www.usakids.org/sites/ccac.html

Child Care Aware
2116 Campus Drive, S.E.
Rochester, MN 55904
(800) 424-2246

Children's Aid Society
I.S. 218
4600 Broadway and 196th Street
New York, NY 10040
(212) 949-4929
www.childrensaidsociety.org

Children's Defense Fund
25 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 628-8787
www.childrensdefense.org

CityKids Foundation
57 Leonard Street
New York, NY 10013
(212) 925-3320
www.citykids.com

Collaborative Leaders Program
Institute for Educational Leadership
1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 310
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 822-8405
www.iel.org

Community Schools Coalition
Institute for Educational Leadership
1001 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 310
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 822-8405
www.iel.org

Communities in Schools, Inc.
1199 North Fairfax Street, Suite 300
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 519-8999

Community Solutions for Children
P.O. Box 10773
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
(206) 855-9123
E-mail: nissanih@seanet.com

Conference Board
845 Third Avenue
NY, NY 10022-6679
212-759-0900
212-980-7014 fax
www.conference-board.org

The Congress of National Black Churches, Inc.
1225 Eye Street, NW, Suite 750
Washington, DC 20005-3914
(202) 371-1091
www.cnbc.org

Cross Cities Campaign for Urban School Reform
407 S. Dearborn Street, Suite 1725
Chicago, IL 60605
(312) 322-4880

DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund
Two Park Avenue
New York, NY 10016
(212) 251-9800
www.dewittwallace.org

Families and Work Institute
330 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10001
(212) 465-2044
www.familiesandwork.org

Family Resource Coalition of America
20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 1100
Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 338-0900
www.frca.org

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
1334 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005-3107
(800) 245-6476
www.fightcrime.org

Foundation for Excellent Schools
RD 4, Box 480
Middlebury, VT 05753
(802) 462-3170
www.fesnet.org

Georgia School Age Care Association
246 Sycamore Street, Suite 252
Decatur, GA 30030
(404) 373-7414
E-mail: gsaca@aol.com

Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.
420 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10018-2702
(800) 247-8319
www.girlscouts.org

Girls, Inc. National Headquarters
120 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
(212) 509-2000
www.girlsinc.org

Illinois Institute for Dispute Resolution
110 West Main Street
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 384-4118

Institute for Responsive Education
Northeastern University
50 Nightingale Hall
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 373-2595
http://www.responsiveeducation.org/

Interfaith Areas Foundation of Texas and the Southwest
1106 Clayton Lane, Suite 120W
Austin, TX 78723
(512) 459-6551

Junior Achievement
One Education Way
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
(719) 540-8000
www.ja.org

League of Women Voters Education Fund
1730 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 429-1965
www.lwv.org

Learn and Serve America
Corporation for National Service
1201 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20525
(202) 606-5000
www.cns.gov

National 4-H Council
7100 Connecticut Avenue
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
(301) 961-2808
www.fourhcouncil.edu

National Association of Child Care Resources and Referral Agencies
1319 F Street, NW, Suite 810
Washington, DC 20004
(202) 393-5501
www.childcarerr.org

National Association of Elementary School Principals
1615 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-3483
(703) 684-3345
www.naesp.org

National Association of Police Athletic Leagues
618 U.S. Highway 1, Suite 201
North Palm Beach, FL 33408-4609
(561) 844-1823
E-mail: copnkid1@aol.com

National Center for Child Care Workforce
733 15th Street, NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005-2112
(202) 737-7700
www.fourhcouncil.edu

National Center for Community Education
1017 Avon Street
Flint, MI 48503
(810) 238-0463
www.nccenet.org

National Center for Schools and Communities
Fordham University
33 W. 60th Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10023
(212) 636-6699

National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Service Organizations
1501 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 387-5000
www.cossmho.org

National Community Education Association
3929 Old Lee Highway
Suite 91-A
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 359-8973
www.ncea.org

National Federation of State High School Associations
PO Box 20626 [64195-0626]
11724 NW Plaza Circle
Kansas City, MO 64153
(816) 464-5400
www.nfhs.org

National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts
P.O. Box 8018
Englewood, NJ 07631
(201) 871-3337
www.natguild.org

National Helpers Network
245 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1705
New York, NY 10016
(212) 679-2482
helpnet@igc.apc.org

National Institute on Out of School Time
The MOST Initiative
Center for Research on Women
Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA 02181-8259
(781) 283-2547
www.Wellesley.edu/WCW/CRW/SAC

National Network for Youth
1319 F Street, NW, Suite 401
Washington, DC 20004
(202) 783-7949
www.NN4Youth.org

National PTA
330 N. Wabash Avenue, Suite 2100
Chicago, IL 60611-3690
(800) 307-4PTA
(312) 670-6782
www.pta.org
E-mail: info@pta.org

National Recreation and Park Association
22377 Belmont Ridge Road
Ashburn, VA 20148
(703) 858-0784

National School-Age Child Care Alliance
1137 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02124
(617) 298-5012
www.nsaca.org

National Ten Point Leadership Foundation
411 Washington Street
Dorchester, MA 02124
(617) 282-6704

National Urban League
Time to Beat the Street
Office of Development
120 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
1-888-326-9688
www.nul.org

North Carolina Center for the Prevention of School Violence
20 Enterprise Street, Suite Two
Raleigh, NC 27607-6704
(919) 515-9397
www.ncsu.edu/cpsv

Open Society Institute
New York After-School Programs
400 West 59th Street
New York, NY 10019
(212) 548 0600 or (212) 757 2323

Parents United for Child Care
30 Winter Street
Boston, MA 02108-4720
(617) 426-8288

Save the Children
54 Wilton Road
Westport, CT 06881
(203) 221-4084
www.savethechildren.org

School-Age Notes
P.O. Box 40205
Nashville, TN 37204
(615) 242-8464
www.schoolagenotes.com

Schools of the 21st Century
Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy
Yale University
310 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511
(203) 432-9944
www.yale.edu/bushcenter/21C

The Search Institute
Thresher Square West
700 S. Third Street, Suite 210
Minneapolis, MN 55416-1138
(612) 376-8955
www.search-institute.org

St. Louis Caring Communities Program
4411 North Newstead
St. Louis, MO 63115
314-877-2050

United National Indian Tribal Youth, Inc. (UNITY)
P.O. Box 25042
Oklahoma City, OK 73125
(405) 236-2800
www.unityinc.org

United Way of America
701 N. Fairfax Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 836-7112
national.unitedway.org/

Women's Bureau
U.S. Department of Labor
Work and Family Clearinghouse
200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room 3317
Washington, DC 20210-0002
(202) 219-4486
gatekeeper.dol.gov/dol/wb/

Work/Family Directions
American Business Collaboration for Quality Dependent Care (ABC)
930 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
(800) 767-9863
www.wfd.com

YMCA of the USA
101 North Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 977-0031
www.ymca.net

YWCA of the USA
350 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10118
(212) 273-7800
www.ywca.org

Web Sites

Partnership for Family Involvement in Education
URL: www.ed.gov/PFIE

Information about the Partnership, including how to join, a list of members, examples of Partner activities, a comprehensive listing of U.S. Department of Education publications on family and community involvement, and other resources that are updated on an ongoing basis.

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
URL: www.ed.gov/free/

Resources for teaching and learning from 30 federal agencies with search tools and a bulletin board for teachers and federal agencies to communicate about potential collaboration on new teaching and learning resources.

U.S. Department of Education
URL: www.ed.gov

The latest information about national education issues, publications, education statistics, and information about the different offices and programs at the U.S. Department of Education.

U.S. Department of Justice Justice for Kids and Youth home page
URL: www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/

Information for children and youth on crime prevention, staying safe, volunteer and community service opportunities, and the criminal justice system.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
URL: www.hhs.gov

Benton Foundation Kids Campaign
URL: http://www.connectforkids.org/

An information, knowledge and action center for adults who want to make their communities work for kids. Explore the pathway with information and resources on after-school time.

C. S. Mott Foundation
URL: www.mott.org

Web site for the C.S. Mott Foundation, a leading partner in the U.S. Department of Education's 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative.

Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning
URL: www.mcrel.org/programs/21stcentury

A useful compendium of Internet resources and examples of innovative after-school programs compiled by one of the U.S. Department of Education-funded regional education laboratories.

National Institute for Out of School Time
URL: www.wellesley.edu/WCW/CRW/SAC

Information about school-age child care from the National Institute for Out-of-School Time at Wellesley College (formerly the School-Age Child Care Project).

National Network for Child Care
URL: www.exnet.iastate.edu/Pages/families/nncc

Extensive database of publications and a listserv supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Cooperative Extension Service.

Listservs

EDInfo

Subscribe to this news service listserv with the latest information about the U.S. Department of Education at www.ed.gov/news.html.

ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education listserv

Subscribe to a joint ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education listserv where practitioners, policymakers, and parents share ideas, resources, problems, and solutions. Send a message (without your e-mail signature, if you have one) to: listserv@postoffice.cso.uiuc.edu Leave the subject line blank and just type subscribe SAC-L <Your Full Name Here>

Mott After-School

Join an e-mail discussion group organized by the C.S. Mott Foundation to exchange information, ideas, resources, and experiences related to the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program. Sign up through the Web site at www.mott.org.

Videos

Making After-School Count! The C.S. Mott Foundation hosted a satellite teleconference in March 1998 with Vice President Gore on the importance of after-school programs. For a free copy, call Michelle Pemberton at 810-238-5651.

Back to School: Families and Communities Together for Learning Satellite Town Meeting, September 1997 In a panel moderated by U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley, a superintendent, parent, business executive, and others talk about how schools and communities can extend learning before and after school. Call 1-800-USA-LEARN to get a free copy.

Conflict Resolution for Youth: Programming for Schools, Youth-Serving Organizations, and Community and Juvenile Justice Settings--Satellite Teleconference. Presents videotaped proceedings of a teleconference held in 1996 that promotes the incorporation of conflict resolution strategies into programming for schools and other settings, provides information on the availability of training and consultation resources, and outlines various approaches to conflict resolution. Call (800) 638-8736 for a copy.

Youth-Oriented Community Policing--Satellite Teleconference. Presents videotaped proceedings of a teleconference held in 1996 that provides information on the characteristics of youth-oriented community policing and how it differs from general community-oriented policing, and highlights three unique and effective programs (U.S. Department of Justice video, VHS format. 1996. 120 minutes. NCJ 160947. $17.00 U.S.). Call (800) 638-8736 for a copy.
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