Links
Special Topics
Afterschool-gov
http://www.afterschool.gov
Afterschool.gov offers one-stop access to government resources and funding opportunities that support after school programs.
Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE)
The Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE) works to strengthen and connect the informal science education community by catalyzing conversation and collaboration across the entire field—including film and broadcast media, science centers and museums, zoos and aquariums, botanical gardens and nature centers, digital media and gaming, science journalism, and youth, community, and after-school programs.
Children's Advocacy Project (CAP4Kids)
www.cap4kids.org//philadelphia/
The Children’s Advocacy Project (CAP4Kids) connects child advocates and families with appropriate social service agencies and empowers families and children to advance positive change. Coalition for Science After School (CSAS)
The Coalition for Science After School (CSAS)
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/csas
The Coalition for Science After School (CSAS) is a group of leaders from youth development, science learning, and educational development organizations. CSAS is committed to increasing and improving opportunities for children to learn science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in after-school programs.
The Consumer’s Guide to Afterschool Science Resources
www.sedl.org/afterschool/guide/science/
The Consumers Guide to Afterschool Science Resources contains reviews of high-quality, hands-on science content for afterschool programs.
Learn and Serve America (LSA)
http://www.learnandserve.org
Learn and Serve America supports service-learning programs in schools and community organizations.
Mazzoni Center
http://www.mazzonicenter.org
Mazzoni Center provides medical care, mental health counseling, and a full range of HIV/AIDS testing & social services to the Philadelphia-area’s sexual minority and HIV-affected communities.
MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership
http://www.mentoring.org
MENTOR works with a strong network of state and local Mentoring Partnerships to leverage resources and provide the support and tools that mentoring organizations need to effectively serve young people in their communities.
National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC)
http://www.nylc.org
For more than 20 years, the National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC) has been a leader in the service-learning movement--linking youths, educators, and communities in redefining the role of young people from recipients of information and resources to valuable, contributing members of society.
Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization.
Philly After School Activities Partnership (ASAP)
http://www.phillyasap.org
After School Activities Partnership (ASAP)’s mission is to rally the Greater Philadelphia region into a broad campaign to increase supervised after school programs for kids of all ages. ASAP recruits volunteers to assist existing programs and organize new after school clubs and programs as driven by their interests and the needs of the community.
Youth Service America
http://www.ysa.org
Youth Service America (YSA) is a resource center that partners with thousands of organizations committed to increasing the quality and quantity of opportunities for American youth, ages 5-25, to serve locally, nationally, and globally.
