Making a Difference ASAP

Since 2007, ASAP has made a dramatic impact on the lives of St. Louis area students, parents, educators and after school professionals.

Impact on the Region: ASAP

• Supports students' classroom learning
• Enhances teacher and school based curricula
• Provides safe and nurturing environment for students
• Fosters stronger sense of neighborhoods
• Allows parents to work and/or attend school themselves
• Prepares students for lifelong learning
• Reduces youth exposure to risky behaviors and possible victimization

Impact on Access:

ASAP and its partners have added 2,560 new additional "after school slots" to the City of St. Louis. ASAP is working toward a goal of adding more than 5,600 new slots to assure that at least 22 percent of city-based students have access to after school services (the national average).

Impact on Quality:

Through the professional development training and technical assistance provided by ARCHS, St. Louis for Kids and other organizations, the after school service delivery providers ASAP contracts with are increasing their knowledge and building capacity. The use of performance based contracts, common data collection, logic models and thousands of hours of collective training and assistance is helping more than 300 after school professionals grow and learn.

Impact on Funding:

ASAP has created a public and private funding model that brings together money and resources from the State of Missouri (Depts. of Elementary and Secondary Education and Social Services), the City of St. Louis, the St. Louis Mental Health Board, the St. Louis Public Schools and an impressive array of private funders. ASAP estimates it would cost parents more than $3,000 to pay for the services each child receives free of charge through ASAP. With more than 4,000 students served - that is an impressive $12 million impact on the region.

Impact on Grade School Students:

Each of ASAP's grade school locations report that their students and parents are seeing the impact ASAP makes in their daily lives. From help with homework to learning vital life skills and character development, students are growing and learning via fun, yet educational activities. 

ASAP Grade School Report to be Announced (Fall 2010)

Impact on Middle School Students:

At ASAP's middle school locations, more than 400 students in five St. Louis Public Schools are benefitting from ASAP's efforts. An evaluation of ASAP's programs at the five middle schools during their first full year of operation (2008-2009) by the Public Policy Research Center at the University of Missouri - St. Louis (UMSL) shows an improvement in report card grades of participating students, as well as teacher reports of improved academic achievement and behavior. In one school year, 70 percent of failing students increased their grades by one letter or more. In terms of behavior, 61 percent of students that needed to improve showed slight to significant improvement in that area. Download ASAP Middle School Report.