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ERIC ED503235: The Costs of Out-of-School-Time Programs: A Review o...
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Nearly two-thirds of U.S. families are now headed by two
working parents or a single working parent. Accompanying
the rise in working parents is a growing demand for high-
quality supervised care and enrichment activities for
children and youth during out-of-school hours. To make
sound investment decisions, policymakers, program
providers and budget officials need a clear understanding
of the costs of a variety of out-of-school-time options.
Up-to-date, reliable cost information is essential for
estimating the full costs of quality out-of-school-time
programs, as well as the incremental costs of improving
or expanding existing programs. Since 1993, several
studies have calculated the annual per-child costs of
various out-of-school-time programs. These studies rely
on program budgets and funding data as well as surveys of
providers to collect information about the costs of these
programs. Taken together, they provide a sense of what it
costs to run out-of-school-time programs. Key findings
from a review of the cost studies include: (1) There is a
lack of up-to-date information on the costs of out-of-
school-time care; (2) Researchers and practitioners do
not have a standard methodology for estimating the full
costs of out-of-school-time programs; (3) Findings from
selected cost studies of out-of-school-time programs
suggest a wide variation in costs, more than a fifteen-
fold range; (4) Much of this variation can be attributed
to program characteristics and methodological
differences; and (5) Not much is known about the cost
implications of investments that can improve the quality
of out-of-school-time programs. Three appendixes are
included: (1) Cost Data from Out-of-School-Time Program
Studies; (2) Bibliography of Resources on Costs in Out-of-
School-Time Programs and Related Fields ; and (3)
Bibliography of Resources on Quality in Out-of-School
Time Programming. (Contains 36 footnotes and 2 tables.)
[This document was published jointly with Public/Private
Ventures.]
Date Published: 2016-01-27 17:52:56
Identifier: ERIC_ED503235
Item Size: 18349009
Language: english
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