Building and maintaining high-quality OST programming means getting clear on your program model and what quality practices look like, using data to understand how well they’re happening, and continuously improving based on what you learn. This 4-part cohort series from LATT explores how to put that process into practice.
What is the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Cohort?
Celebrating its 24th year in 2027, this annual April event honors the incredible OST staff, leaders, and community partners within the LATT Network who make high-quality afterschool and summer programs possible.
What is the Breakfast of Champions?
Held each October, this national week shines a spotlight on the critical role afterschool programs play in supporting children, families, and communities—and encourages programs to celebrate in ways big or small. The LATT Network has resources, including a toolkit, to help you get started.
What is Lights On Afterschool?
This cohort series kicks off in October and is designed to help managers and supervisors strengthen their skills as they support and develop front-line staff.
What is Supervising for Success?
Thanks to this Travis County funding stream, LATT Network membership is free this year for organizations working with youth and families across Travis County in underserved communities.
What is Raising Travis County
This guide, revised to include nine practices, helps LATT Network partners define and strengthen quality in out-of-school time programming.
What is the LATT OST Quality Practices Guide?
Designed specifically for front-line OST staff, participants who complete the entire series earn a digital badge and receive special recognition at the Breakfast of Champions.
What is OST Program Quality Essentials?
Sent each week, this email keeps LATT partners up to date on upcoming trainings, events, opportunities, resources, and other Network news.
What is Mondays with Marisa?
Each fall, LATT Network provider partners can apply for this grant opportunity, with awards of up to $5,000 to support projects focused on improving program quality- this year the grant application opens Monday, September 28.
What is the Momentum Mini-Grant?
"Building _____ _____" is the name of LATT’s new learning track designed for executive leaders, finance and development staff, grant writers, operations leaders, and others who keep OST organizations running strong.
What is Building Strong Organizations?
This is the deadline for new and returning partners to review the LATT Network member agreement and submit their LATT Network Provider Partner application.
What is September 30 (end of the month).
This national organization selected the LATT Network and partner Foundation Communities as one of only five groups in the country to pilot the National Youth Development Foundational Practices Credential, a first-of-its-kind micro-credential that allows youth development professionals to earn recognition for demonstrating real-world evidence of high-quality youth development practices.
What is the National AfterSchool Association.
Forget January or March—summer starts this month, when the Network kicks off its Summer Spark learning series designed to help programs build strong, successful summer camp programs.
What is October?
At each partner organization, this staff member serves as the primary point of contact between their organization and the LATT Network.
What is Network Liaision?
This organization leads the Success by Six early-childhood coalition and is partnering with LATT this year to offer resources to LATT partners, including licenses for the Texas Child Care Tools platform.
What is United Way for Greater Austin?