 Forum On Out of School Time Issues
The Delaware Community Foundation presented this
forum March 30, 2001 as part of its three-year grantmaking program
for after school programs in collaboration with The Family &
Workplace Connection. The forum was held to make policy makers aware
of the needs of Delaware’s children in their out of school time.
A grant from the Coalition of Community Foundations
for Youth provided the funding for the forum and also supported the
Seventh Annual School-Age Care Conference, “Building Community: One
Child at a Time” on March 31, 2001 (sponsored by The Family &
Workplace Connection).
Judy Y. Samelson, communications consultant for the
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, was the featured speaker at the
March 30 forum., which was hosted by Senator Thomas R. Carper. Ms.
Samelson leads the Mott Foundation's national awareness campaign on
afterschool, which has included the creation of the After School
Alliance, a unique public-private partnership
initiative aimed at raising public awareness about this important
issue.
The forum also included a panel discussion among
community leaders regarding after school issues. Members of the
panel included:
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Guy H. Sapp, Director of Special Court Services
for the Family Court of Delaware
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State Senator David P. Sokola
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Susan Davis, Community Education Director,
National School-Age Care Alliance Member
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Sara Toner, a high school student who represented the DCF's
Youth
Philanthropy Board.
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