WASHINGTON, DC – Experience Corps today released a resource guide designed to help community organizations develop and enhance meaningful roles for older adults in after-school programs.

“We’ve seen how effective the match between older adults and after-school programs can be,” notes Experience Corps CEO John S. Gomperts. Experience Corps projects in four cities – Boston, Kansas City, San Francisco, and Washington DC – currently place Corps members in after-school programs as tutors, mentors, homework helpers, and activity leaders.

AFTER-SCHOOL TOOL KIT

	Read John Gomperts' Introduction
	Read the Executive Summary
	Review the Table of Contents
	Download the Tool Kit
	Special Conference: Who will staff California’s after-school programs?
	Read Gov. Schwarzenegger's greeting
	Read an analysis of The Potential of Older Workers for Staffing California’s After-School Programs
	Get Quick Facts on Older Adults and After-school Programs

“With the publication of this tool kit, we hope to encourage more organizations across the country to tap the resource of older adults to meet the unmet needs of children after school,” Gomperts adds. “Given the growing size of the older adult population and the growing need for quality after-school programs, the potential of older adults to make a critical contribution is huge.”

The guide, “Experience After School: Engaging Older Adults in After-School Programs,” is designed to provide practical, hands-on information to existing after-school program staff and senior service organizations interested in partnering with after-school programs. It was funded by a grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and released at a recent statewide forum, “Meeting the After-School Workforce Challenge through Older Adults,” sponsored by Experience Corps, Civic Ventures, the California AfterSchool Partnership, and Moss Beach Homes.

Contents include information on effective ways to design programs; recruit, support, and retain older adults; estimate the costs involved, and evaluate the program’s effectiveness. In addition, the guide includes sample materials from Experience Corps sites, including recruitment fliers, volunteer applications, and training agendas.

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