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Greater Rochester After-School Alliance or GRASA

Mission

The Greater Rochester After-School Alliance is convened by Rochester Area Community Foundation and is one of its initiatives. GRASA's goal is to strengthen the quality, quantity, and accessibility of out-of-school-time programs in Monroe County for school-age youth through community collaboration.

The initiative serves as:

  • A central point for information on the needs and strengths of out-of-school-time programs;
  • A community-wide, priority-setting body on issues relating to out-of-school-time programs;  and
  • A coordinator of responses to state and national funding opportunities.

Vision

Every school-aged child in our community (who chooses) will be participating in high quality, out-of-school-time programming. Our community will support this through:

  • United community philosophy and approach;
  • Increased stakeholder involvement;
  • Sustained program funding and resources;
  • Quality programs based on best practices and research; and 
  • Strengthened professionalism of youth work field.

Goals

  • High quality out-of-school-time programs
  • Leverage, coordinate, and cdvocate for accessibility, availability, and sustainability of high quality out-of-school-time programs
  • Ensure GRASA's effectiveness and efficacy

Who's Involved

A volunteer committee comprised of funders, policymakers, researchers, and family and provider representatives.

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GRASA News and Reports

The 2011 Inventory of After-School Providers for Monroe County looks at the availability and types of programs in our community.

The 2011 report (above) updated information collected on after-school providers in 2007 by The Children's Agenda.

The 184-page report, "Municipal Leadership for Afterschool: Citywide Approaches Spreading Across the Country," highlights Rochester and 26 other cities for their successes in developing quality after-school and out-of-school time programs.

Read more about the Children’s Institute’s assessment of the quality of after-school programs using High/Scope’s Youth Program Quality Assessment tool and other important research.

GRASA History

Find out how the Greater Rochester After-School Alliance  was started and what it has accomplished since its inception.