TASC's founding goal remains its first priority: to make daily, high-quality after-school programs for kids in grades K-12 a public responsibility in New York and beyond. There is not enough time in a seven-hour school day to address all the academic, social and developmental needs and interests of kids. TASC is committed to reforming public policy to make after-school more accessible to communities and families who are underserved, and more reliably sustainable from year to year.
The objective of TASC's staff, board, and loyal supporters is to make progress in these key areas:
QUALITY: Despite great progress in the last decade, in New York and the nation there continues to be great variability in the content and quality of after-school programs.
AVAILABILITY: Millions of kids have no adult supervision after school and no access to programs that keep them safe and meet their needs during the hours of 3 and 6.
SUSTAINABILITY: Schools, families and communities have come to expect after-school programs to operate reliably day after day and year after year. Yet programs remain dependent on cyclical and too often unreliable public funding.
The TASC Information Kit includes program and research highlights, background on what we do, why after-school is vital, participant profiles, and a closer look at our program model.
