School Age Care
"School Age" care includes programs that provide care before and/or after school operating hours for children
between the ages of five and twelve. They may go by different names-extended day, out-of-school time or
after-school.
Resources available from the Office of Child Care and Head Start specifically for School-Age Child Care include:
- School Age Child Care Technical Assistance Papers
- Maine's Great Outdoors: Field Trips Suitable for School Age Children
- School Administrator's Guide
There are professional organizations available to School Age Care Providers. For more information on school age care contact:
- National Institute for Out of School Timewww.niost.org
- National Network for Child Care www.nncc.org
- National After School Associationwww.naaweb.org
