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The Out-of-School Time Leader’s Guide to Equitable Communications

The National Afterschool Association’s latest resource is the Out-of-School Time Leader’s Guide to Equitable Communications. This guide provides out-of-school time organizations with direction for using language and images in a way that is inclusive and equitable. Recognizing the power of language and visuals, this guide empowers out-of-school programs to embrace diversity and inclusion through thoughtful communication choices, fostering safe spaces for all youth and employees.

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Indiana 21st Century Community Learning Centers Statewide Evaluation Report: 2021-2022

The 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program provides students with access to quality out-of-school time programming. This evaluation report describes the status of Indiana 21st CCLC programs operating in the 2021-2022 program year.

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This Is Afterschool In Indiana 2023

A fact sheet including benefit and access statistics of OST programs in Indiana, compiled in 2023.

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21st Century Community Learning Centers

21st Century Community Learning Centers are helping young people academically and socially and meeting the needs of families nationwide. But the demand for these programs far exceeds the supply. Nearly 25 million children are not in an afterschool program, but would be if a program were available to them.1

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The Expanded Classroom

“The Expanded Classroom,” a new report that explores the need for out-of-school time learning, details current programs around the state, and provides recommendations for how existing and future programs can have an even greater impact on Hoosier students, especially those who lack access to high-quality programs.

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Afterschool Supports Children’s Well-Being and Healthy Development

Afterschool and summer programs play an essential role in supporting the healthy development of young people by serving as a safe space that fosters belonging, develops supportive relationships with peers and adult mentors, encourages healthy behaviors, and helps young people build and cultivate the skills necessary to navigate through the struggles and challenges they may come up against in life.

College & Career Readiness
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Employability Skills Toolkit: Student Handbook

The IAN Employability Skills Student Workbook leads students through a variety of activities related to career readiness. The workbook encourages students to self-reflect on their personal strengths, interests, and passions, while providing practical steps to help research potential future careers that complement them.

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Employability Skills Toolkit

This toolkit provides curricula, lesson plans, resources, and tools to help guide students on their college and career paths. Help fill the gap of these essential employability skills and enhance afterschool programming to successfully prepare the Indiana workforce of tomorrow.

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College and Career Readiness Toolkit

This toolkit provides practical resources, information, and activities for out-of-school time programs to move through this continuum, starting with foundational skills, career and college readiness culture building, and awareness.

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This Is Afterschool – National Fact Sheet

A national factsheet that describes out-of-school time programs’ essential role throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the latest data from 21st Century and Community Learning Centers and America After 3PM, and role of The American Rescue Plan Act in supporting the field.

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