Shaping Summertime Experiences Opportunities to Promote Healthy Development and Well-Being for Children and Youth (2019) / Chapter Skim
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The committee was charged with examining the state of evidence on outcomes in the four domains of well-being just noted, to address issues of availability, access, equity, and effectiveness in summertime programs and services related to these domains and to proffer recommendations for improvement. The committee examined the existing literature and accessible relevant data sources on demography, outcomes of interest, access, disparities, measurement, and developmental trajectories.
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Summer provides a unique window of opportunity during the year to engage families and leverage the strengths and resources of families, communities, and other stakeholders to improve the education, health, safety, and well-being of children and youth. The diverse socioenvironmental settings in which children and youth live, play, and work determine the availability of and accessibility to programs and services during the summer months.
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Although there is no single strategy that will work in every community for every young person, research can shed light on promising practices that, when applied with attention to the needs of the target population, have the potential to improve outcomes regardless of background. More robust data on seasonality for the four outcomes of interest in this study, as well as further research on how summers affect the development of children and youth beyond academic learning -- in their social and emotional development, physical and mental health, safety/risk taking, and pro- and anti-social behavior -- would offer a chance to improve outcomes and reduce the disparities and inequities that currently exist.
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Improving Availability, Access, and Equity RECOMMENDATION 3: Governors and mayors should convene local public and private employers to leverage and support employer policies, practices, and programs to expand the capacity of and access to quality summertime experiences for children and youth, particularly those in underserved communities.
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, and parts of the business community that fund, deliver, or otherwise sup port summertime experiences for children and youth should target summer programs that • focus on underserved children and youth; • target the specific needs of participants; • meet the health and safety requirements of participants in develop mentally and culturally appropriate ways; • identify specific outcomes and measurements; • have concrete plans to promote strong attendance; and • are accessible to participants and of sufficient duration to meet desired programming outcomes. RECOMMENDATION 8: Government agencies (federal, state, and local)
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that sponsor surveys and collect data on children and youth that includes the summer months should • establish and maintain databases that allow for disaggregation of data by month; • extend academic-year data collection to include the summer months when appropriate to the subject of the data collection; and • share data across systems when possible. Needs for future research that could inform evidence-based summertime programs and practices are identified in Chapter 6.
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