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LINKS (Lifecourse Interventions to Nurture Kids Successfully) summarizes evaluations of out-of-school time programs that work (or not) to enhance children's development, in a user-friendly format for policy makers, program providers, and funders. This approach is built on the concept that child development is a cumulative process that begins before birth and continues into young adulthood. Important: To see more search results, choose fewer criteria and then search again. 

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• View complete list of evaluated programs
• Search for programs by outcome across the lifecourse
• Select from one of the categories below to get a list of evaluated programs in that area:
• Child Care/Early Childhood Education
• Clinic-Based, Provider-Based, or Miscellaneous
• Community or Media Campaign
• Counseling/Therapy
• Home Visiting
• Mentoring/Tutoring
• Parent or Family Component
• School-Based
• Service or Vocational Learning

Resources

• LINKS definitions and methodology
• LINKS program descriptions
• LINKS criteria
• Raising Healthy Children
  What do children need? What should be avoided? The Raising Healthy Children model offers some clues to what children need and when, based on accumulated knowledge of child development. This knowledge is derived from both experimental and non-experimental studies.

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Funding for LINKS and many of the program summaries was provided by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Additional funding for some of the work summarizing programs was provided by the Alexander and Margaret Stewart Trust, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Inclusion in LINKS does not imply an endorsement from the funders or researchers.