IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION honoring and congratulating all sixteen Kids Country Programs in the Lee's Summit R-7 School District for their accomplishment in earning the National AfterSchool Association's accreditation which represents a mark of high quality.
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RESOLUTION #16422, October 15, 2007
INTRODUCED BY Bob Spence, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, all sixteen Kids Country school-age care programs in the Lee's Summit R-7 School District, in their commitment to meet robust and rigorous national standards of quality, earned the National AfterSchool Association's ("NAA") accreditation; and,
WHEREAS, the sixteen Kids Country programs are as follows:
Cedar Creek Meadow Lane
Greenwood Pleasant Lea
Hawthorn Hill Prairie View
Hazel Grove Richardson
Highland Park Trailridge
Lee's Summit Underwood
Longview Farm Westview
Mason Woodland
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WHEREAS, each afterschool program had to meet the NAA Standards for Quality School-Age Care which includes 36 keys with 144 standards in six categories; and,
WHEREAS, the accreditation from the NAA was awarded after each program completed an intensive program improvement plan which included conducting surveys, creating a quality improvement team, completing a self-assessment, and ensuring an ongoing program improvement; and,
WHEREAS, the accreditation system was launched in 1998 and is continually evaluated and updated to reflect current best practices in after school and youth programing; and,
WHEREAS, NAA partners with many organizations, agencies, and individuals from the field, including the Afterschool Alliance, Department of Defense, YMCA, YWCA, Boys and Girls Club, 4-H, Department of Education, state licensing agencies, and other youth-serving agencies to ensure practices are current, reliable, and supportive of the programs and the young people they serve; and,
WHEREAS, the NAA Accreditation ...
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