Resources for expanded learning professionals

By Public Profit

With the Best Starts For Kids Out-of-School (BSK OST) grant initiative, School’s Out Washington (SOWA) saw an opportunity to not only provide significant financial support, but to also embed ...

By School's Out Washington

At SOWA and in programs across the state, our path and purpose are becoming clearer. Systems and structures to support this powerful but still-emerging and underinvested-in sector are taking shape....

By School's Out Washington

Summary Report on Process and Results to Washington State Department of Commerce

By School's Out Washington & Washington State Department of Natural Resources

School’s Out Washington and the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) came together in 2021 to develop ideas and actions DNR can take to plan and implement meaningful educati...

By School's Out Washington and the Youth Development Strategy Table

This primer serves as a COVID recovery-related state of affairs for the youth development community and the children and youth that participate – or could participate if one was available ...

By School's Out Washington

In a year like no other, we saw how youth workers and organizations came together and reimagined what it meant to support children, youth, and families. In this annual report, we captured some of t...