Organizational Structure CSPS

20 FCSSFunded Agencies

71 Community Recreation Programs

6 Recreation Facilities

Community Neighborhood

ServicesRecreation

CAS Working Group4 CD workers

1 Rec Coordinator, 1 Rec Specialist1 support staff, 1 Project Lead

More Kids, More Programs, More Often

CoordinationCollaboration

Quality ProgrammingEvaluation

Coordinate to address gaps and improve accessibility

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30

2

1

4

14

2

Killarney Jan - March

Ethnocultural BackgroundAfrican/Carribean

Arab

Caucasian

Don't Know

Filipino

First Nations

Inuit

Korean

South Asian (East Indian, Pakistani)

Killarney Jan - March

Participant Communities

www.calgary.ca/afterschool

Web Trends

Month Total Visits Average Time ViewedSeptember 2009 1,247 8 secondsOctober 2009 726 8 secondsNovember 2009 777 7 secondsDecember 2009 355 5 secondsJanuary 2010 1,301 5 secondsFebruary 2010 986 5 secondsMarch 2010 1,065 6 secondsApril 2010 547 6 secondsMay 2010 846 4 secondsJune 2010 538 4 secondsJuly 2010 186 4 secondsAugust 2010 516 5 secondsSeptember 2010 1,045 4 secondsOctober 2010 736 5 secondsNovember 2010 1,529 8 secondsDecember 2010 1,011 6 seconds

VISITS TO WWW.CALGARY.CA/AFTERSCHOOL

Month Total Visits Average Time ViewedSeptember 2009 1,374 76 secondsOctober 2009 607 94 secondsNovember 2009 411 72 secondsDecember 2009 195 102 secondsJanuary 2010 682 74 secondsFebruary 2010 429 80 secondsMarch 2010 546 72 secondsApril 2010 387 81 secondsMay 2010 388 73 secondsJune 2010 302 92 secondsJuly 2010 229 70 secondsAugust 2010 570 81 secondsSeptember 2010 616 93 secondsOctober 2010 363 103 secondsNovember 2010 433 97 secondsDecember 2010 349 85 seconds

VISITS TO WWW.CALGARY.CA/AFTERSCHOOL/SCHOOLSEARCH

Collaborate

AspenBig Brothers

and Big Sisters

Boys and Girls Clubs

Bridge Foundation

Chinese Community

Service Assoc.

Calgary Family

Services

Calgary Catholic

Immigration Services

YMCA

WYCA

Closer to Home

Youth Central

Families Matter

Immigrant Services

Learning Disabilities Association

Millican Ogden Comm. Assoc.

Two Wheel View

Metis Family Services

Linkages

Antyx

NS South

SLC

NS North

Thornhill Pool

VSLC

NS East

Bob Behan Pool

NS West

Beltline

Killarney

Calgary AfterSchool

Working Group

Why?

Support quality Programming

•Effective training reduces barriers as well as impacting the experience in the program – we know that youth in particular will vote with their feet

•A CAS training matrix has been developed to ensure that staff receive the best combination of training to support quality programming.

• Programs are encouraged to be SAFE (sequenced, active, focused and explicit)

Training Matrix

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10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Age

SHOs Non-SHOs

Reported Chargeable Incidents for Severe Habitual Offenders (SHO) & non SHO by age 2000-2006 – Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family

Evaluation

CAS evaluation is a pre/post design, developmental evaluation.

It is linked to the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth

By nature of being developmental it is designed to guide the development of the initiative so we are learning as we go.

Preliminary results suggest that what we intended with the CAS project is in fact happening.

Start early and understand that evaluation will require persistent effort.

• Total capacity of 114 CAS programs is approx. 3008 spaces at one time.

•65 programs for children (elementary), 49 for youth, 20 for both • Programming directly respond to the needs and wishes identified by Calgary parents

• Programming is attracting kids who are new to after-school programs

What do we know so far?

Participant demographics - Age groups

What do we know so far?

Participant demographics – Aboriginal & ethnocultural backgrounds

What do we know so far?

Participant Demographics - Gender

What do we know so far?

Preliminary results for children in grades 4-6

Leadership Friendships Talked to new kids Manners0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

80.0%

40.3%

63.2%

43.4%

67.0%

47.9%

73.1%

47.3%

74.2%

Social Indicators

Pre Post

What do we know so far?

Links and contact information

For further information on the project please contact: Cathie Christenson, Coordinator “Calgary AfterSchool”cchristenson@calgary.ca

http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/fcss/fcss_brief1_positivechild.pdf

http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/fcss/outcomes/outcomes_07_individual_child_youth.pdf