New Brief: Summary of Summer 2021 Services & Outcomes

After nearly 18 months of limited out-of-school time (OST) activities due to Covid-19, summer 2021 provided the first opportunity for many youth to engage in a variety of in-person OST programming.

To understand the impact of OST programs on Denver’s youth and families over the summer, the Denver Office of Children’s Affairs, Denver Public Schools and the Denver Afterschool Alliance partnered on the first collective evaluation of Denver’s OST field in at least two years.

Read this brief for a summer of the evaluation’s findings and recommendations.