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School Age Care

"School Age" care includes programs that provide care before and/or after school operating hours for children between the ages of five and twelve. They may go by different names-extended day, out-of-school time or after-school.

Resources available from the Office of Child Care and Head Start specifically for School-Age Child Care include:

• School Age Child Care Technical Assistance Papers
• Maine's Great Outdoors: Field Trips Suitable for School Age Children
• School Administrator's Guide

There are professional organizations available to School Age Care Providers. For more information on school age care contact:

• National Institute for Out of School Timewww.niost.org
• National Network for Child Care www.nncc.org
• National After School Associationwww.naaweb.org

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