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Parent Handbook  ⇒ General information about Lights On in Lander, expectations and guidelines.

Lights On Information Packet ⇒ Information and registration for each month's session.  Will change monthly.

 
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Wyoming Afterschool Alliance ⇒  dedicates itself to ensuring equal access to afterschool programs for all school-aged
Wyoming youth. The WYAA is a vehicle created to support and promote quality school-based and school-linked afterschool
environments and programs focused upon improving positive outcomes for youth and families. The WYAA is developing a
continuum of services and resources for youth, aged birth to young adult, by creating a system of strategies and key partnerships
based on "like-minded" goals.  The WYAA is firmly committed to implementing statewide strategies that will provide resources
and benefit all communities in an effective timely manner.
 
National Afterschool Alliance ⇒  organization that works to ensure that all children have access to affordable,
quality afterschool programs. 
 
National Institute on Out-of-School Time ⇒ bridges the fields of child care, education, and youth development
in order to promote programming that addresses the development of the whole child. Responding to the needs
of working families and communities, NIOST focuses much of its work on under-served populations, with a
strong commitment to diversity and equity. A key feature to NIOST's work is its emphasis on using an interactive
and collaborative approach to creating innovative and effective solutions to out-of-school time needs on a local,
state, regional and national basis. 
 
National Afterschool Association ⇒ aims to be the leading voice of the afterschool profession dedicated to the
development, education and care of children and youth during their out-of-school hours.
 
C.S. Mott Foundation ⇒ Funds the Statewide Afterschool Networks--the national network of statewide afterschool
networks that brings together established statewide afterschool networks in their collective mission to build
partnerships and policies that are committed to the development and sustainability of quality afterschool programs.
National Association of Elementary School Principals ⇒  The mission NAESP is to lead in the advocacy and support
for elementary and middle level principals and other education leaders in their commitment for all children.  They
are committed to providing the research, tools, learning experiences, and networking that enable their members to
understand and prepare students to be highly adaptive learners in a rapidly changing world.
 
Fight Crime Invest in Kids ⇒  a national, bipartisan, nonprofit anti-crime organization of more than 3,000 police chiefs,
sheriffs, prosecutors, other law enforcement leaders and violence survivors.  Takes a hard nosed look at crime prevention
strategies, informs the public and policymakers about those findings, and urges investment in programs proven effective
by research. The organization focuses on high quality early education programs, prevention of child abuse and neglect,
after-school programs for children and teens, and interventions to get troubled kids back on track.
 
Parent Education Network ⇒  a project of Parents Helping Parents of Wyoming, Inc a statewide non-profit parent
organization who's purpose as Wyoming’ State PIRC is to offer learning strategies to parents, technical assistance to schools
and families to boost parental engagement, both of which ultimately increase student success.
 
Children’s Action Alliance ⇒  a non-profit organization with three primary purposes that directly and indirectly impact positive
outcomes for children and families in Wyoming, they are professional development, data collection & dissemination,
and active advocacy.