?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fround-lake.dustinice.workers.dev%3A443%2Fhttps%2Fpublications.iowa.gov%2F43024%2F&rft.title=State+Evaluation+of+Afterschool+Programs+2020%2C+2020&rft.subject=Education&rft.subject=Children+and+youth&rft.description=The+Nita+M.+Lowey+21st+Century+Community+Learning+Centers+programs+in+Iowa+are+changing+the+lives+of+at-risk+children+by+providing+high+quality+enrichment+activities+that+engage+children+and+reconnect+them+with+the+joy+of+learning.+In+2020%2C+we+struggled+through+a+pandemic+that+closed+schools+%0D%0Aand+programs+and+now+we+are+faced+with+a+much+larger+achievement+gap+among+at-risk+youth+than+in+prior+years.+However%2C+if+we+provide+strategic+interventions+as+schools+and+programs+return+to+normalcy%2C+we+can+bridge+these+gaps+and+provide+hope+for+children+and+parents+for+the+future.&rft.date=2020&rft.type=Departmental+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=pdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fround-lake.dustinice.workers.dev%3A443%2Fhttps%2Fpublications.iowa.gov%2F43024%2F1%2FStateEvaluationofAfterschoolPrograms2019-2020.pdf&rft.identifier=+(2020)+State+Evaluation+of+Afterschool+Programs+2020%2C+2020.+Education%2C+Department+of++++