Each Child Care Resource and Referral agency in Ohio has an Afterschool Specialist who is committed to working with all persons and programs that have school age children as part of their program. This translates to all 88 Ohio counties having access to the expertise these persons bring to the table.

When we say Afterschool we refer to anytime outside the regular school day. Before/after school, weekend, and summer are all times when children and youth need to be engaged in activities while not in their parents care.

The Afterschool Specialist in each CCR&R is available to assist with areas such as:

• Training - how to help school-agers with academics, quality issues you face, or expansion of current program
• Networking - what other afterschool activities are happening in your community
• Accreditation - what does it mean to be accredited and what do you need to do
• Quality - what is the generally accepted measure of quality in afterschool programs
• Resources - a variety of books, games, materials, and other learning materials are available for you to use to enhance your program
• Start-up or expansion - how do you start, what do you need to do
• Licensing - what does it mean, what do you have to do
• Referrals - assist parents to identify programs that are available to their children