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Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Apr
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Afterschool: The Challenges of Recruiting and Retaining Older Youth. Afterschool Alert. Issue Brief No. 37
Afterschool Alliance
Not only are middle and high school-aged youth difficult to engage in afterschool activities, but they are more likely to have unique demands on their time in the hours afterschool. This issue brief highlights the challenges providers face in serving older youth and the innovative strategies that programs have used to recruit and retain older youth in afterschool. (Contains 19 notes.)
Descriptors: After School Programs, Enrichment Activities, School Community Relationship, School Community Programs, Late Adolescents, Recruitment, School Holding Power, Middle School Students, High School Students
Afterschool Alliance. 1616 H Street NW Suite 820, Washington, DC 20006. Tel: 202-347-1002; Fax: 202-347-2092; e-mail: info@afterschoolalliance.org; Web site: http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/resources.cfm
Publication Type: Collected Works - Serial; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Afterschool Alliance
Identifiers - Location: Arizona; Massachusetts; Michigan; New York
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