AfterZones: Creating a Citywide System to Support and Sustain High-Quality After-School Programs

The AfterZones initiative is a program out of Providence, Rhode Island to improve after school care city-wide. This model is designed to service children in a neighborhood “campus” structure, and allows youth to travel between different sites that are located around the main facility. Using a mixed-methods approach, researchers from Public/Private Ventures examine the implementation of the AfterZones program in this report and examine the extent to which AfterZones programs incorporated practices associated with positive youth development.