by Olivia Camarena | Oct 30, 2026 | Health, Safety & Wellbeing, Staffing, Culture & Retention
After-school staff burnout is a persistent challenge for youth-serving organizations, and research confirms what program directors have observed. In an American Institutes for Research survey of more than 7,000 youth workers for the Wallace Foundation, about four in...
by Olivia Camarena | Oct 30, 2026 | Compliance, Data & Reporting
Writing an after-school program impact report under a deadline is its own kind of challenge. The data is scattered across spreadsheets and shared folders. The program delivered more than a last-minute summary can capture. A well-built report bridges that gap. It helps...
by Olivia Camarena | Oct 22, 2026 | ASES, ELO-P & Attendance Recovery: California, Compliance, Data & Reporting
California’s Expanded Learning Opportunities Program (ELO-P) funds before- and after-school, summer, and intersession care for TK-6 students at participating LEAs. Since the 2025-26 school year, every LEA in the program must report ELO-P enrollment and...
by Olivia Camarena | Oct 22, 2026 | Registration & Software Tools
The week before a funder deadline, program directors managing multiple sites usually do the same thing: collect files from coordinators who each tracked attendance differently, then spend hours reformatting and reconciling everything before the report can go out. The...
by Olivia Camarena | Oct 16, 2026 | ASES, ELO-P & Attendance Recovery: California, Compliance, Data & Reporting
If you coordinate an ASES-funded program, you’re responsible for keeping the data clean before every submission window. Miss a deadline, and CDE can withhold grant payments, so the pressure lands on your program long before the due date. Four reporting...
