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Afterschool & Older Youth Issue Briefs and MetLife Afterschool Innovator Awards

The Afterschool Alliance and MetLife Foundation are partnering to develop and disseminate a series of Issue Briefs that address topics related to older youth youth (both middle and high school aged kids) and afterschool programs. To identify innovative programs to both feature in the Issue Briefs, and to recognize with MetLife Afterschool Innovator Awards, we are currently seeking nominations.

The four topics for the issue briefs and innovator awards:

  1. Afterschool: A Promising Dropout Prevention Strategy
  2. Recruiting and Retaining Older Youth in Afterschool Programs
  3. Afterschool: Opening Doors to Work and Careers
  4. Mentor and Be Mentored in Afterschool Programs

If you manage, work for, serve on the board of, or otherwise know about an afterschool program that serves older youth that is excelling in any of the topic areas, we encourage you to submit a nomination form today. There will be at least one award given in each issue area, and the awardee and additional select nominees will be spotlighted in the related Issue Brief and in the final compendium of briefs. Awards will be given out in conjunction with Lights On Afterschool 2009. Each recipient of the MetLife Afterschool Innovator Award will receive a $5,000 stipend to be used to expand or improve upon the highlighted program.

The nomination process is intended to reveal highly effective, potentially lesser-known, innovative programs serving older youth. A committee of representatives from the Afterschool Alliance, various partner organizations and MetLife Foundation will review the nominated programs and recommend award recipients.

Nominations must be received by Wednesday, December 31, 2008. You can nominate your own program, or any other program you think may be eligible. Questions/Comments? Click to email or call (866) KIDS-TODAY ext. 27

Note: If you are not directly affiliated with the program, it may be necessary to seek input from the program to answer some of the questions

1. Issue Area (check only one): Dropout Prevention
Older Youth Recruitment and Retention
Career/Workforce Development
Mentoring
Uncertain
Program Name:
Program Address:
City, State: ,
Zip:
Program Contact First Name:
Program Contact Last Name:
Program Contact Title:
Program Contact Email:
Program Contact Phone:
Brief Description of program (Be sure to highlight the innovative nature of this program and why it is worthy of recognition in this area):
How long has program served older youth? years
Number of locations/sites?
What is the average number of older youth served per year?
How many older youth attend on a typical day?
From what kind of community? (Describe the children and community served; include any statistics that help provide a picture of the youth served):
Has there been any program evaluation, either internal or external? If so, provide highlights or link to findings. (Be sure to include evaluation data specific to the issue area this program is being nominated for):
Brief list of current funding sources:
Approximate cost per older youth, per year:
Is there anything else you think the review committee should know?
How can we get in touch with you?
First Name of Individual Making the Nomination:
Last Name:
Your Connection to the program:
Your phone:
Your Email: