The National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education recently published a 6-page policy brief on child care regulations, including a
state-by-state comparison of licensing regulations. You can download the PDF file from the National Center for Early Development and Learning website http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~ncedl/PDFs/RegBrief.pdf The document is available to reprint or to order in quantity.

Baker, D., & Witt, P. A. (1996). Evaluation of the impact of two after-school recreation programs. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, 14(3), 23-44. Retrieved from
http://www.rpts.tamu.edu/Faculty/Witt/pubs.htm

Dryfoos, J. G. (n.d.). Evaluation of community schools: Findings to date. Retrieved from http://www.communityschools.org/evaluation/evalcontents.html

Fashola, O. S. (1998). Review of extended-day and after-school programs and their effectiveness (Report 24). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University, Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk. Retrieved from http://www.csos.jhu.edu/crespar/techReports/Report24.pdf

Halpern, R., Spielberger, J., Robb, S., & Stevens, R. (2000). Making the most of out-of-school time (Executive Summary: Interim findings from an evaluation conducted by Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago). New York: DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund. Retrieved from: http://www.wallacefunds.org/frames/framesetpublications.htm

Huang, D., Gribbons, B., Kim, K. S., Lee, C., & Baker, E. L. (2000, June). A decade of results: The impact of the LA's BEST after school enrichment program on subsequent student achievement and performance. Los Angeles, CA: National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing. Retrieved from www.lasbest.org/learn/uclaeval.pdf

Riley, D., Steinberg, J., Todd, C., Junge, S., & McClain, I. (1994). Preventing problem behaviors and raising academic performance in the nation's youth: The impacts of 64 school-age child care programs in 15 states supported by the Cooperative Extension Service Youth at Risk initiative. Madison: University of Wisconsin. Retrieved from: http://www.nncc.org/SACC/wi.sacc.html

The After-School Corporation After-School Program. (2001, July). Retrieved from the Harvard Family Research Project Program Evaluation Database http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~hfrp/projects/afterschool/mott/tasc.html

Witt, P. A. (2000). Differences between after_school program participants and non_participants. College Station, TX: Texas A & M University, Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Sciences. Retrieved from
http://www.rpts.tamu.edu/Faculty/Witt/pubs.htm