National Institute on Out-of-School Time

Links: Welfare Resources

The American Public Human Services Association, formerly the American Public Welfare Association, is a nonprofit, bipartisan organization of individuals and agencies concerned with human services.

National Center for Children in Poverty's (NCCP) purpose is to identify and promote strategies that prevent child poverty in the United States and to improve the lives of low income children and their families. NCCP places special emphasis on preventing or alleviating poverty among children under age six because young child poverty poses particularly serious risks to children’s healthy growth and development.

Welfare Information Network is a foundation funded project to help states and communities obtain the information, policy analysis, and technical assistance they need to develop and implement welfare reforms that will reduce dependency and promote the well-being of children and families.

Featured Resources

NIOST is pleased to be among the forces behind the new site, SparkAction.org, an online journalism and advocacy center by and for the child and youth field. SparkAction brings together three high-traffic websites -- Connect for Kids, the Youth Policy Action Center and the National Youth Development Information Center -- to form a one-stop site for stories, news and resources across a range of child and youth issues, and high-tech, interactive tools to make your voice heard.

Check it out and subscribe to the biweekly e-newsletter, The Update, and see how it can help you make a difference!

SparkAction is managed by the Forum for Youth Investment in partnership with the National Collaboration for Youth and the Campaign for Youth, and with the support of a range of organizations across the country. Join the us!

The American Camp Association ® (ACA) is a national nonprofit association working to preserve, promote, and enhance the camp experience for children and adults. ACA endorses camp as an essential element in a child's total development. It complements the academic skills that are learned in school with experimentially-based life skills. With up to 300 health, safety, and programming standards, ACA is the only national association that accredits camps. ACA-Accredited® camp programs ensure that children are provided with a diversity of educational and developmentally challenging learning opportunities.

For more information on Camps as Out-of-School Time Learning Opportunities click here.