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Using Research on Improving the Quality of Youth-Serving Programs to Inform Policy

American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) will provide information to national policymakers—including six Capitol Hill forums—about research on effective strategies to improve the quality of youth-serving programs.

American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) will provide information to national policymakers—including six Capitol Hill forums—about research on effective strategies to improve the quality of youth-serving programs. The AYPF will focus on after-school programs that serve at-risk and vulnerable youth.

About This Grant

Principal Investigator Betsy Brand, American Youth Policy Forum
Co-Principal Investigator Ben Aiken, American Youth Policy Forum
Grant Period December 2009 – November 2011
Programs Capacity-Building and Communications
Focus Areas Improving After-School Program Quality
Topics Out of School Time
Grant Amount
$162,745.00

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