Participants have increased with this change. The summer program has been eliminated. Currently the project is unable to accept all of the students who wish to participate due to funding limitations. Sites have expanded from one to two, participants have increased, and the summer program has been eliminated. Project director is a county CES employee.
Teachers provide feedback on knowledge gains.
Parent satisfaction is assessed informally. More teachers are needed to serve an increasing number of participants. More county CES time is needed to search for funds, write reports and complete administrative tasks. This makes it difficult to hire new staff at affordable wages. Enthusiasm of participants and commitment of staff have continued momentum for the project.