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 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...
by Olivia Camarena | Sep 8, 2026 | Compliance, Data & Reporting
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...
by Olivia Camarena | Aug 27, 2026 | Compliance, Data & Reporting
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...
by Olivia Camarena | Aug 21, 2026 | Compliance, Data & Reporting
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...
