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Healthy Out-of-School Time (HOST)
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Links to Other Resources and Websites
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A World Fit for Kids
A World Fit for Kids is a nonprofit organization providing after school physical activity and youth development programs to prepare youth for healthy living. The website provides the components and success of the program, articles, and basic information.
Action for Healthy Kids
Action for Healthy Kids is the nation’s leading nonprofit and largest volunteer network fighting childhood obesity and undernourishment by working with schools to improve nutrition and physical activity to help kids learn to eat right, be active every day and be ready to learn.
Afterschool Alliance Summary of Current Legislation Related to Afterschool, September 2009
An overview of bills to implement or amend after-school programs. Most health-related bills seek to promote healthy eating and living and physical activity in schools. They target school meal programs, reimbursements for food, and education.
Afterschool Fitness and Integrated Activities
This site has fun, free activities for children to promote physical activity. It was developed for 21st Century Afterschool programs in Florida.
BAM! Body and Mind
BAM! Body and Mind is an online destination for kids created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Designed for kids 9-13 years old, BAM! Body and Mind gives them the information they need to make healthy lifestyle choices.
Building Partnerships for Youth
Building Partnerships for Youth is a partnership between National 4-H Council and the University of Arizona designed to build the capacity of youth serving organizations in the fields of education, health, faith, and youth development to facilitate the intentional integration of youth development concepts and approaches into policies and programs.
California After School Resource Center
The California After School Resource Center (CASRC, "cas-rac") provides access to a comprehensive set of reviewed materials, resources, trainings, tools, and supportive services for after school programs. Topics include Nutrition and Physical Activity guidelines and resources.
CANFIT (Communities - Adolescents - Nutrition - Fitness)
Since 1993, CANFIT has been at the heart of the movement to improve healthy eating and physical activity environments for adolescents in low-income communities and communities of color. From grassroots to government, CANFIT works with community-based and youth-serving organizations to identify local solutions and support the development of culturally competent policy and practices.
Catch Kid's Club: After School Recreation
CATCH (Coordinated Approach To Child Health) Kid’s Club is an after school obesity prevention program aimed at teaching children healthy living within their communities. The website provides information, resources, articles, etc.
Coaching Corps
Coaching Corps works to provide physical activity programs to all kids by creating after-school sports opportunities. The website provides information on the benefits of sports and physical activities, as well as the methods used by the program.
Coordinated School Health Program in Washington State
Coordinated school health is an organized, effective and efficient approach to maximizing the health and well-being of both students and school staff. Schools cannot be expected to tackle health alone. Students, families, communities, government agencies, and the media all have an important role. Encouraging collaboration and sharing knowledge and resources will help to ensure healthy schools and healthy, successful students.
Findyouthinfo.gov
Findyouthinfo.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.
Fit for Learning
A review of conducted research on the effectiveness of after-school physical activity programs. This review concludes that after-school programs can in fact increase physical activity amongst youth.
Harlem RBI
Harlem RBI is a non-profit organization based in East Harlem, New York, working to provide the inner-city youth with opportunities to “Play, Learn, and Grow” to essentially create a model learning community with healthy, educated, active global citizens.
Let's Move in School
Provides tools to support quality, school-based physical education and physical activity programs, such as sources of funding, recognition for outstanding physical education teachers and programs and information on federal, state and local policy efforts.
Media Smart Youth
Media-Smart Youth: Eat, Think, and Be Active! is an interactive after-school education program for young people ages 11 to 13. It is designed to help teach them about the complex media world around them, and how it can affect their health--especially in the areas of nutrition and physical activity.
National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE)
The National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) is the non-profit professional membership association that sets the standard for best practices in quality physical education and sport.
National Physical Activity Plan
The U.S. National Physical Activity Plan has a vision: One day, all Americans will be physically active and they will live, work, and play in environments that facilitate regular physical activity. The Plan aims to create a national culture that supports physically active lifestyles. Its ultimate purpose is to improve health, prevent disease and disability, and enhance quality of life.
Play with a Purpose Resource Links
Check out these links for information on key areas of interest in early childhood care and education.
Project Coach
Project Coach is a program that attempts to use sports as a means to engage, connect and empower adolescents and youth living in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity
The Rudd Center seeks to improve the world’s diet, prevent obesity, and reduce weight stigma by establishing creative connections between science and public policy, developing targeted research, encouraging frank dialogue among key constituents, and expressing a dedicated commitment to real change.
We Can! Ways to Enhance Children's Activity and Nutrition
We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition) is a national movement designed to give parents, caregivers, and entire communities a way to help children 8 to 13 years old stay at a healthy weight.
YMCA
The Y is the nation's leading nonprofit committed to strengthening communities through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility.
