The Harvard Family Research Project separated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education to become the Global Family Research Project as of January 1, 2017. It is no longer affiliated with Harvard University.
Congress Should Reject Bush Administration’s Proposal to Cut Funding for After School Programs, Witnesses Tell House Education Committee (Press Release, US Fed News, 3/11/08)
March 11, 2008
This press release, posted on the website of The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, covers Priscilla Little’s testimony in front of the House of Representatives.
Little, associate director of HFRP, was one of four witnesses invited to testify at the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education hearing, After School Programs: How the Bush Administration’s Budget Impacts Children and Families, for the U. S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor on March 11.
Excerpt from the release:
“'Participation in well implemented after school programs can support academic achievement and school success,' said Priscilla Little, Associate Director of the Family Research Project, who discussed widespread evidence of the benefits of after school programs. 'We have learned a lot about the enormous potential after school programs have to support a range of positive learning and development outcomes, outcomes that can help young people succeed in school and in their community and prepare them for postsecondary success, including attending college, getting competitive wage jobs, and being engaged community and family members.'"