Advocacy Resources

Advocacy and Communications Toolkit

This Toolkit Missing Document by PSAYDN, guides afterschool supporters on how to advocate for their programs. It includes the following:

• Fact sheets focused on Pennsylvania advocacy information, Pennsylvania After 3 PM, and afterschool and youth development strategies
• Federal and state advocacy budget timelines
• Media outreach and tips to help effectively advocate for your program
• Sample communications templates to help advocate your program

Messaging

• Candidate Resource Guide on Afterschool
• Social Media Tools for Afterschool

Data Briefs

Data briefs provide need-to-know background information and statistics for your afterschool advocacy efforts.

• Afterschool in Pennsylvania
• Afterschool Programs Close Achievement Gaps
• Afterschool Programs in Pennsylvania
• Afterschool: Improving Lives in Pennsylvania 
• America After 3PM: How Are Kids Spending Their Time Afterschool?

Research

Research statistics provide everything needed to make to make a strong case for your afterschool program.

• Afterschool Alliance Research – fact sheets, issue briefs, reports and public opinion
• Afterschool STEM Helps Close America’s Skills Gap
• Making the Case for STEM Afterschool
• Summer Learning Reports
• What Does the Research Say About 21st Century Community Learning Centers?

Policy

Federal policy initiatives have major impact on afterschool.

• 21st Century Community Learning Centers
• Afterschool and STEM Learning
• Afterschool STEM Hub
• Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
• Expanded Learning
• NCASE Resource Library