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Produced by the
University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development
a program of the University Center for Social and Urban Research
and funded by
The Forbes Fund with a grant from
The Howard Heinz Endowment
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Jacqueline L. Dempsey, Ph.D.
Anne E. Farber, Ph.D.
Christina J. Groark, Ph.D.
RobertB. McCall, Ph.D.
Lucas O. Musewe, M.P.H.
Elizabeth M. Stork, M.S.W.
Maria Z. Townsend, Ph.D.
Project staff
Project Coordinator, Focus Groups Director
Survey Director
Project Director
Editor, Writer
Geo graphic Infomøtion Systems Director
Literature Reviewer and Writer
Demographic Indicators Director
For more information, you may call or write to: The Forbes Fund,
One PPG Place, 30th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, (412) 394-2603.
Acr¡TowLEDGMENTS
IVe wish to acknowledge the assistance of Darlene Hamilton, Jennifer Hyland, Bobbe
Grandey, and Janine Lesser of the YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh Child Care Partnerships
in providing information from their CareFinder Data Base.
rile also wish to acknowledge Robert Paserba of the Diocese of Pittsburgh Catholic
Schools who collaborated with us in surveying the Diocese's elementary schools
in Allegheny County and Duane Ashley of the City of Pittsburgh Department of Parks
and Recreation who coordinated the inventory of Citiparks programs for elementary
school age children.
In addition, Philip Parr and Jacqueline Territo of the Pittsburgh Public Schools
collaborated with us in obtaining information on programs provided in their district's
elementary schools.
rüy'e also thank the staff of the after-school programs who responded to the survey and
provided information on their programs and the parents who gave of their time by
participating in the focus groups.