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Reducing the Generation Gap and Strengthening Schools.

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Waddock, Sandra A.; Freedman, Marc – Generations, 1999

Points out that there are fewer adults in families and that schools are unused before and after classes. Suggests that older adults can provide some support for school-aged children who would normally go home to an empty house. (JOW)

Descriptors: After School Programs, Generation Gap, Intergenerational Programs, Older Adults

The Agelink Project Replication Manual: An Intergenerational School-Age Child-Care Program.

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Crites, Marsha; And Others – 1990

Chapter 1 of this document introduces AgeLink, a 5-year model intergenerational child care project for school-age children. The project implemented after-school services that linked children with volunteer older adults in 17 western North Carolina counties. Ten sites participated in the project between 1984 and 1989, and 11 sites currently have…

Descriptors: After School Programs, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Intergenerational Programs