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Montoya  \nWhen the bell rings at the end of the school day, many afterschool participants head to the cafeteria, gym, or portable building where their programs take place. Some hop on buses to attend programs at a local community or recreation center a few blocks away. However, thousands of students across the country go home to their afterschool program.  \nThat’s because their program is located in the apartment complex or housing community where they live. Afterschool programs in housing communities are much like school-or community-based programs. They offer academic assistance such as homework help and reading intervention, along with free healthy snacks or meals, enrichment programs, and fitness activities—just as any other afterschool program might. The main difference is that these programs  \nare offered to participants where they live by the affordable housing organizations that manage their housing complexes.  \nThe primary work of affordable housing organizations is to develop and manage housing for economically disadvantaged people who are underserved by the private market. In addition to housing, many offer other on-site services to enrich the lives of their residents. This model, termed “housing plus services,” may include asset-building programs such as financial literacy classes, homebuyer education programs, income tax preparation assistance, and personal financial coaching. Health and wellness programming ranges from exercise groups to cooking classes to food pantries. The organizations work to build community by developing resident leaders and  \nMARISELA A. MONTOYA is the director of education for Foundation Communities, a nonprofit affordable housing organization in Austin, Texas. She has worked in programs for youth and adults for over 25 years, including eight years with the Austin school district. She conducted the research described in this article as a fellow in the National Afterschool Matters Fellowship in 2017–2019.  \nresident-led committees. Additionally, many provide educational opportunities: early childhood programs; college preparation for nontraditional students; and adult education programs such as English as a second language, digital literacy, and high school equivalency preparation. Out-of-school time (OST) programs are often part of this mix of support. Offering afterschool programming in the communities where families live helps to overcome some of the barriers that can keep low-income children from participating, such as transportation and scheduling issues.  \nI am the director of education for the nonprofit affordable housing organization Foundation Communities in Austin, Texas. As part of my National Afterschool Matters Fellowship, I conducted research on affordable housing organizations, including my own, that provide OST programs. I aimed to identify similarities and differences between these programs and other OST programs, the benefits they offer residents, and the challenges they encounter.  \nMethods  \nTo learn what housing organizations are doing in OST education, in May 2018 I surveyed youth program providers from NeighborWorks America, a national network of 245 nonprofit affordable housing organizations. To help me determine whether the programs were run by the housing organizations themselves or by a partner, the survey asked about how the OST programs are managed. It included questions about the programs’ size, focus (such as academic, recreational, or other), staffing, and funding; it also asked whether the programs were collecting student or other outcomes data. Program directors from 19 nonprofit housing organizations completed the survey.  \nOf those 19, I selected three organizations that managed their OST programs themselves, rather than relying on an outside partner: Blackstone River Valley in Woonsocket, Rhode Island; People’s Self-Help Housing along the central coast of Californ","cbCaidBiDBUmOH43","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidBiDBUmOH43","pdf",208595,"English","# Methods\n## Survey design and outcomes data\n## Site selection and organizational comparison\n# Context","[{\"question\":\"What makes OST programs in affordable housing communities distinct?\",\"answer\":\"They are offered to participants where they live, managed by affordable housing organizations. 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