Supporting San Francisco's Afterschool Community
The San Francisco Afterschool for All Initiative (AFA) is a citywide collaboration that supports the city’s diverse afterschool community to offer safe, quality programs for all children where activities and events are tailored to the interests of local neighborhoods. This effort is a partnership of the Department of Children, Youth & Their Families, several other city departments, the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, philanthropy, and parents.
The AFA Initiative aims to provide a diversity of quality afterschool programs for all elementary and middle school children by 2010. To do this, the initiative will expand services, improve the quality of programs and explore system-building issues such as technical assistance, field capacity building, workforce development, and quality academic and enrichment activities.
The AFA Initiative is lead by the Afterschool for All Advisory Council, which is composed of representatives from city agencies, SFUSD, afterschool providers, community groups, parent and private funder representatives.
News & Updates
Parent Survey on Afterschool
Learn about SFUSD K-8 parents’ current afterschool arrangements, needs, and satisfaction levels from these new survey results.
NEW: Afterschool Program Locator Now Online at SFkids
NEW: SF Afterschool Fact Sheet for Parents
READ: DCYF Out-of-School Time Newsletters
ABOUT THE AFA COUNCIL
2009 Recommendations to the Afterschool for All Council
Recommendations are listed in AFA Council’s order of priority:
Top Priorities
- SFUSD implement policy to create a parent co-pay to those with ability to pay in ExCEL programs (no student refused participation for inability to pay)
- SFUSD coordinate ExCEL and Child Development Center/private licensed afterschool programs such that ExCEL serves Grades 3-5 and CDC/Licensed providers serve Kindergarten to Grade 2
- DCYF create an intentional blended funding strategy for its 2010-2013 funding cycle that leverages ExCEL’s state and federal afterschool funds
For details on the above 3 recommendations, click here
- AFA Council adopt and promote a set of core competencies for afterschool youth workers. For details, click here
Additional Priorities
- AFA Council approve site visit tools that are compatible with the California Department of Education (CDE) Afterschool Quality Self-Assessment (QSA) Tool to be used at school-based afterschool programs. DCYF adapt the site visit tools developed by SFUSD/CNYD for community-based afterschool programs. For details, click here
- AFA develop tiered Professional Development opportunities for workers. For details, click here
- AFA work to align school-day and afterschool approaches by using the new Balanced Score Card (BSC) as a vehicle for alignment. For details, click here
- AFA adopt the areas of program quality in the California After-school Program QSA Tool as quality standards for SFUSD, DCYF, and other City agencies funding afterschool programs. For details, click here
- AFA continue a workforce development workgroup. For details, click here
- AFA conduct a Wage and Benefit Survey of SF Youth Workers. For details, click here
- AFA develop a dynamic AFA website that contains information pertinent to workforce development. For details, click here
Work Groups
The Afterschool for All Advisory Council created work groups to help build a citywide afterschool system. Click on any of the work group names to learn more about them.
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