Strategies for Policy Change

CBASS intermediaries support programs serving more than 120,000 children and youth each year. Their collective accomplishments and experience as practitioners creates a platform for policy work that can influence the national field.

The CBASS strategy for policy change blends advocacy, practice and technical assistance. CBASS:

• Makes the case to policymakers of the value of after-school in supporting children and youth and the essential role of intermediaries in building after-school systems.
• Defines the policy challenges after-school intermediaries must address to increase the quality, availability and impact of after-school in their cities and beyond.
• Convenes taskforce meetings of leading stakeholders around each policy challenge and formulates recommendations.
• Uses taskforce recommendations to design and pilot replicable models in CBASS cities
• Provides targeted technical assistance to support other jurisdictions in their after-school systems building efforts.