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"Investments in Building Citywide
Out-of-School-Time Systems"
A webinar presented by
The Wallace Foundation
December 7, 2009
Agenda
Welcome/Introduction:
Edward Pauly, Director of Research and Evaluation, The Wallace Foundation
Goals of the research, methodology and key findings:
Jean Grossman, Senior Research Fellow, Public/Private Ventures
Systems level investments:
Christianne Lind, Practice Group Director, The Finance Project
City strategies:
Quality – Dishon Mills, Senior Manager, Department of Extended Learning
Time, Afterschool & Services, Boston Public Schools (BPS)
Data and access – Chris Caruso, Assistant Commissioner for Out-of-School
Time Programs, New York City Department of Youth and Community
Development (DYCD)
Financing – Jim Chesire, Director, Chicago Out-of-School Time Project, Chicago
Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS)
Q&A/Comments: Audience
Investments in Building Citywide
Out-of-School Time Systems:
A Six City Study
December 7, 2009
Purpose of the Study
 What strategies and activities are
commonly pursued in building
citywide OST systems?
 What monetary and in-kind
investments are associated with these
efforts?
 How do these investments vary from
locality to locality?
 How are system-building efforts
financed?
Definition: A “system” is the overarching
city-level infrastructure that supports and
helps sustain quality among a diverse set
of OST programs
Four components:
 Providing community leadership and vision;
 Improving program quality;
 Increasing access to and participation in quality
programs; and
 Ensuring adequate funding and sustaining
citywide infrastructure and quality programs
System Building Encompasses a Variety of
Activities
Leadership
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Mayoral leadership
Citywide governing bodies
OST intermediaries
Partnerships and
collaborations
Business planning
Access & Participation
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Resource & referral systems
Market research
Outreach
Program innovation
Building facilities & securing
rent-free space
Quality
TA, training and professional
development
 Aligning OST w/school curricula
 Quality standards and
evaluation initiatives
 Data management systems
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Sustainability
Training and TA on funding
 Exploring funding options
 Advocacy
 Business planning
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What Isn’t Included in System Building?
 The organizational infrastructure that
supports particular OST providers or
multi-site agencies (e.g. Boys & Girls
Clubs of America, YMCA, etc)
6 Cities in the Study
Seattle
Boston
Chicago
New York
Denver
Charlotte
Wallace OST Learning Initiatives
Data Collection
 Interviews & site visits with key informants in
each city
Captured information on:
 What system activities existed
 Type of investment—monetary, in-kind
 Duration of investment—ongoing (FY2006),
one-time
Analysis
 Valued in-kind time
 Categorized investments according to
their primary system-building purpose
 Analyzed investment patterns by
strategy, activity and city
Findings About the Nature of
System-Building Efforts
 System building is not a uniform process
 Partnerships and leadership matter
 Funding is essential to system growth and
sustainability
 System building activities can be supported and
advanced at multiple levels
Investment Findings
 There is no “right” investment for building
citywide OST systems
 The availability of funding significantly
influenced how much was invested and
where it was invested
 Wide variations in the total amount of
resources devoted to system building
 $0.5M-$22M
Investments Across
System-Building Strategies
Improving Program
Quality
43%
Expanding Access to
and Participation in
OST
38%
14%
Providing Leadership
Financing and
Sustainability
0%
5%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Sample Investments to
Improve Quality
Activities
Higher Levels of
Investment
Lower Levels of
Investment
TA, Training and
Professional
Development
(ongoing)
$4.6M for a midsize
city
$76K for a midsize city
Data Management
System
(development)
$700K for a large city $25K for a midsize city
Quality Standards and
Evaluation (ongoing)
$700K for a large city $117K for a midsize
city
Limitations
 Not comprehensive; a snapshot in time
 Investment comparisons between and
within cities can be misleading
 Only six cities
Usefulness of the Study
 Findings offer a glimpse at how leaders in
several cities approached challenge of
building OST systems
 Presents an initial framework for
understanding the potential roles and
functions of OST systems
 Investment estimates can inform policy
and practice
 However, what other local leaders should invest
in system building must be understood within
each city’s context
Resources
Investments in Building Citywide Out-of-School Time
Systems: A Six-City Study
http://www.financeproject.org/publications/Investme
ntsInBuildingOSTSystems.pdf
Cost of Quality Out-of-School Time Programs
http://www.financeproject.org/publications/CostofQu
alityOSTPrograms.pdf
Online OST Cost Calculator (to tailor cost estimates to
your own situation) @
www.wallacefoundation.org/cost-of-quality
Contact Us
Jean Grossman
Public/Private Ventures
2000 Market Street, Suite 600
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-557-4400
[email protected]
www.ppv.org
Christianne Lind
The Finance Project
1401 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005
202-587-1002
[email protected]
www.financeproject.org
Agenda
Welcome/Introduction:
Edward Pauly, Director of Research and Evaluation, The Wallace Foundation
Goals of the research, methodology and key findings:
Jean Grossman, Senior Research Fellow, Public/Private Ventures
Systems level investments:
Christianne Lind, Practice Group Director, The Finance Project
City strategies:
Quality – Dishon Mills, Senior Manager, Department of Extended Learning
Time, Afterschool & Services, Boston Public Schools (BPS)
Data and access – Chris Caruso, Assistant Commissioner for Out-of-School
Time Programs, New York City Department of Youth and Community
Development (DYCD)
Financing – Jim Chesire, Director, Chicago Out-of-School Time Project, Chicago
Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS)
Q&A/Comments: Audience
Cultivating Quality: Steps that
Made a Difference in Boston
DELTAS
Department of Extended Learning Time, Afterschool, and Services
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Catalyzing Quality:
Professional Development
• Orientations – New Staff and Summer Staff
• Small Learning Communities
• Courses, Conferences, and Trainings
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Building Quality: Creating a
Culture of Quality
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Instruments that Define Quality (The Roadmap,
Assessment of Program Practices Tool, and the
Results Framework)
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A Mechanism for Identifying and Sharing Best
Practices (TRIspace –
www.triumphcollaborative.ning.com)
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A Repository for Tools, Documents, and
Strategies (Virtual Coach –
www.bpsvirtualcoach.org)
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Maintaining Quality:
Monitoring
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Coaching
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Data Driven Strategies (Program
Improvement and Quality Process)
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Agenda
Welcome/Introduction:
Edward Pauly, Director of Research and Evaluation, The Wallace Foundation
Goals of the research, methodology and key findings:
Jean Grossman, Senior Research Fellow, Public/Private Ventures
Systems level investments:
Christianne Lind, Practice Group Director, The Finance Project
City strategies:
Quality – Dishon Mills, Senior Manager, Department of Extended Learning
Time, Afterschool & Services, Boston Public Schools (BPS)
Data and access – Chris Caruso, Assistant Commissioner for Out-of-School
Time Programs, New York City Department of Youth and Community
Development (DYCD)
Financing – Jim Chesire, Director, Chicago Out-of-School Time Project, Chicago
Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS)
Q&A/Comments: Audience
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Chris Caruso
Assistant Commissioner for Out-of-School
Time Programs
New York City Department of Youth and
Community Development (DYCD)
Agenda
Welcome/Introduction:
Edward Pauly, Director of Research and Evaluation, The Wallace Foundation
Goals of the research, methodology and key findings:
Jean Grossman, Senior Research Fellow, Public/Private Ventures
Systems level investments:
Christianne Lind, Practice Group Director, The Finance Project
City strategies:
Quality – Dishon Mills, Senior Manager, Department of Extended Learning
Time, Afterschool & Services, Boston Public Schools (BPS)
Data and access – Chris Caruso, Assistant Commissioner for Out-of-School
Time Programs, New York City Department of Youth and Community
Development (DYCD)
Financing – Jim Chesire, Director, Chicago Out-of-School Time Project, Chicago
Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS)
Q&A/Comments: Audience
Jim Chesire
Chicago Out-of-School Time Project:
A Citywide Partnership of Chicago’s Major
Public OST Funders
Project Partners
• Department of Family and Support Services
• Chicago Public Schools
• After School Matters
• Chicago Park District
• Chicago Public Library
Partnership Mission
The long-term vision of the Chicago OST Partnership is that all
Chicago youth who want or need structured, quality OST
opportunities will have access to them, in turn helping them to go on
to graduate from high school and become resilient, healthy and
productive members of their community and the city.
The mission of the Partnership is therefore to increase the access,
reach and quality of all OST programming in Chicago.
Select Achievements to Date
• Citywide Program & Participant Data System
Baseline for all 5 Partners
• Partners Adopt Citywide Program Quality Framework
• Letter of Agreement/Commitment to
Institutionalization
• ACTNow
• Afterschoolchicago.org and YouthReadyChicago
For more information
[email protected]
312-743-2015
Some lessons learned from Chicago’s Investments in
OST
• Slow Pace of Fast Change
• Positive System Development
• System Doesn’t Mean Sameness
Click on the links below to view two Chicago OST resource
materials
• OST Broadside
•Afterschool Chicago
Agenda
Welcome/Introduction:
Edward Pauly, Director of Research and Evaluation, The Wallace Foundation
Goals of the research, methodology and key findings:
Jean Grossman, Senior Research Fellow, Public/Private Ventures
Systems level investments:
Christianne Lind, Practice Group Director, The Finance Project
City strategies:
Quality – Dishon Mills, Senior Manager, Department of Extended Learning
Time, Afterschool & Services, Boston Public Schools (BPS)
Data and access – Chris Caruso, Assistant Commissioner for Out-of-School
Time Programs, New York City Department of Youth and Community
Development (DYCD)
Financing – Jim Chesire, Director, Chicago Out-of-School Time Project, Chicago
Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS)
Q&A/Comments: Audience
Q&A SESSION
CONTACT INFORMATION
Chris Caruso
Assistant Commissioner for Out-of-School Time
Programs
New York City Department of Youth and Community
Development (DYCD)
[email protected]
www.nyc.gov/dycd
Jim Chesire
Director
Chicago Out-of-School Time Project
Chicago Department of Family and Support
Services (DFSS)
[email protected]
www.cityofchicago.org
Jean Grossman
Senior Research Fellow
Public/Private Ventures
[email protected]
www.ppv.org
Christianne Lind
Practice Group Director
The Finance Project
[email protected]
www.financeproject.org
Dishon Mills
Senior Manager
Department of Extended Learning Time
Afterschool & Services, Boston Public Schools
[email protected]
www.bpsdeltas.org
Edward Pauly
Director of Research & Evaluation
The Wallace Foundation
[email protected]
www.wallacefoundation.org
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Also, visit our website for publications on related subjects:
The Cost Calculator found on Wallace’s website helps
users calculate the costs of various options for high-quality
OST programs. The site includes the cost calculator, examples
of program costs and options, quality strategies and other
resources .
The Cost of Quality Out-of-School-Time
Programs This groundbreaking report fills the gap on what
quality programming costs, providing a data-filled examination
of the costs of 111 diverse, quality OST programs in six cities.
Investments in Building Citywide Out-of-SchoolTime Systems: A Six-City Study looks at investments six
major cities have made to provide quality after-school
opportunities to more kids.