Afterschool Associations

Afterschool.gov
Afterschool.gov is a one-stop website connecting the public, and particularly afterschool providers, to federal resources that support children and youth during out-of-school time. A great range of resources is included on Afterschool.gov, including issues that face America’s youth, and information about starting and operating an afterschool program. Afterschool.gov includes resources from a variety of federal agencies, including a searchable database of federal funding sources. While afterschool resources are spread across the Federal government (including HHS, ED, Justice, and others), Afterschool.gov provides a single location for the public to access this information.

National Afterschool Association
It is our mission to be the leading voice of the afterschool profession dedicated to the development, education and care of children and youth during their out-of-school hours.

The Afterschool Alliance
The Afterschool Alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of afterschool programs and advocating for quality, affordable programs for all children. It is supported by a group of public, private and nonprofit organizations that share the Alliance's vision of ensuring that all children have access to afterschool programs by 2010.

National Institute of Out-of-School Time
Our Mission is to ensure that all children, youth, and families have access to high quality programs, activities, and opportunities during non-school hours.
NIOST believes that these experiences are essential to the healthy development of children and youth, who then can become effective and capable members of society. Our work bridges the worlds of research and practice.

The Out-of-School Time Learning and Development Project
We are working in partnership with other organizations to add value to the out-of-school time (OST) field by promoting strategic use of information to improve quality, accessibility, and sustainability of OST programs across the nation.

The Texas Afterschool Association
The Texas Afterschool Association (TAA) is a professional association with a membership that includes practitioners, policy makers, and administrators representing all public, private, and community-based sectors of afterschool and out-of-school time programs. As the leading voice of the afterschool profession in Texas, we are dedicated to the development, education, and care of children and youth during their out-of-school hours.