The After School Intervention Collaborative (ASIC) is a group of programs brought together by MMEP and supported by Travelers, formerly St. Paul Travelers. The collaboration was developed in response to a Travelers’ report on the programs in which they articulated a desire for greater relationship between sites for the purpose of increasing their capacity to serve students.

Current Projects

ASIC members are addressing evaluation in two areas: (1) as a tool for maintaining and improving programming to students, and (2) as a process accepted by grantors.

We believe it is possible to have one tool serve both purposes. To that end, we have looked at several assessment programs, some of which have kinks below. This process is ongoing with input from programs, accreditation organizations, and funders.

Please send comments to Mona Miller Harris, program director, at mharris@mmep.net

Baltimore Quality After School Standards
http://www.afterschoolinstitute.org/pdf/Revised_Standards_Booklet.pdf

City of Columbus, After School Program Standards
http://mayor.ci.columbus.oh.us/education/program_standards/index.asp

DC Standards for Out-of-School Time
http://www.cyitc.org/cyitc/standards/standardsguide.pdf

The Promising Practices in Afterschool (PPAS)
http://www.afterschool.org/about_ppas.cfm

Grand Rapids Quality Standards of Care for After School Programs
http://www.grand-rapids.mi.us/index.pl?page_id=244

Providence’s Guide to After-School Quality Standards
http://mypasa.org/failid/TEPQuality_Guide_61.pdf

Harvard Family Research Project
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/afterschool/resources/issuebrief10/

U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children & Families
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/afterschool/

After School Intervention Collaborative (ASIC) Participating Organizations

Ain Dah Yung Center

Breakthrough Saint Paul

Building Blocks Tutorial

CommonBond Communities

St. Olaf College

Saint Paul Public Library

Vietnamese Social Services

West 7th Community Center

YWCA St. Paul

Youth Express