A pre/post survey asks youth participants or staff the same questions twice: once before a program starts and again after it ends. The gap between the two answers measures the outcome. It’s the standard method out-of-school time (OST) programs use to track...
Meal tracking connects an after-school program’s daily attendance to its CACFP or NSLP after-school snack reimbursement. Programs get paid only when they can show which children were present and what was served to them that day. A gap in tracking becomes a gap...
Most out-of-school time (OST) programs, whether run by a nonprofit or a school district, are already tracking data, whether they think of it that way or not. Daily attendance gets logged. Families fill out enrollment forms. Staff jots down notes on which activities...
Being prepared is essential to securing new funding, as many organizations enhance their data tracking for youth programs to meet grant requirements. Adhering to funder mandates is critical for maintaining financial support and fulfilling reporting obligations. This...
If you lead a school district that runs ELO-P, ASES, or Attendance Recovery programs, you already have a student information system in place: Aequitas (Q), PowerSchool, Infinite Campus, Aeries, or something similar. It’s built to run your in-school operations:...
California’s Attendance Recovery program got updates for the FY 2025-26, and if your organization supports expanded learning, this is a big deal. Not just for students. For your funding. Here’s everything you need to know, and why the data you track right...
