Provider Resource Links

Omaha After School Initiative Request for Funding

Greater Omaha After School Alliance Resources

Omaha After School Resource Guide

GOASA Power Point

August Newsletter

Omaha After School Inventory

Online Omaha After School Provider Inventory

Paper Copy of the Provider Inventory

Omaha After School Needs Assessment

Realizing the importance of assessing the after school situation in Omaha, a decision was made to facilitate a comprehensive needs assessment to help with the expansion and enhancement of programs. The Center for Organizational Research and Evaluation (CORE) at the University of Nebraska at Omaha was selected to carry out the needs assessment research. The needs assessment consisted of several important components.

Intoduction and Table of Contents

Summary of Needs Assessment Findings

Maps of After School Need Areas

Suppy and Demand Fact Sheet

After School Literature Review

Power Point of Needs Assessment Findings

Bright Futures

Within this context, Mayor Mike Fahey and a group of concerned Omaha citizens, led by Richard Holland, Michael Yanney, Susie Buffett, Andy Holland, Wally and Barbara Weitz, Dianne Lozier, and Jerry and Cookie Hoberman, launched an initiative focused on improving academic performance, raising high school graduation rates, and rewarding every economically disadvantaged high school graduate in the Omaha Metropolitan Area with the financial means for an education after high school. Bright Futures Website

Master Plan

Executive Summary

Local Resources

www.pcanebraska.org –Here we are dedicated to uniting partners statewide in support of children and families. There are so many ways to get involved in the work of Nebraska Children and Families Foundation.

www.nde.state.ne.us –The Nebraska Department of Education is dedicated to building on existing efforts to improve student achievement. National Resources www.afterschool.org - The Promising Practices in After School list serve (PPAS) is an excellent way to stay connected to individuals working in after school across the country to share ideas, information and successful practice.

Activate Omaha Kids, in partnership with Activate Omaha is a community-wide coalition of concerned leaders and organizations in the Metro Area who have come together under the name of "Activate Omaha Kids" to address the challenge of childhood obesity, a growing local and national problem.

National Resources

www.forumforyouthinvestment.org- The Forum provides youth and adult leaders with the information, technical assistance, training, network support and partnership opportunities needed to increase the quality and quantity of youth investment and youth involvement.

www.hfrp.org- Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) strives to increase the effectiveness of public and private organizations and communities as they promote child development, student achievement, healthy family functioning, and community development.

www.naaweb.org

- The National After School Association (formerly NSACA) is a national organization that advocates for after school support and funding and assists with efforts at the local level. www.niost.org - The National Institute on Out of School Time, based at Wellesley College, Our Mission is to ensure that all children, youth, and families have access to high quality programs, activities, and opportunities during non-school hours.

www.wallacefoundation.org- For more than a decade, The Wallace Foundation has invested in innovative practices and knowledge gathering efforts to deliver enriching opportunities to youth. Visit the Foundation’s Knowledge Center for more information.

www.afterschoolresources.org– Now on its 5th edition, Resources on Afterschool is an online tool featuring selected resources in the areas of: research and evaluation, promising practices, professional development, public awareness and communications, policy and financing in afterschool.