• SEDL Resource Guide for Planning and Operating After School Programs
• Toolbox for starting a program.  Start up guides, curriculum building, funding and sustainability, partnerships, and resources—Afterschool Alliance
• Youthlearn Technology, media and project based learning to inspire young minds:  10 step guide to Program Planning
• Real Life After School, guide to plan for students experiencing significant challenge—Inclusion Press
• Emergency management and readiness planning for afterschool programs.  A four page pdf from the U.S. Department of Education Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REAMS) Technical Assistance Center 
• Cost of Quality—Out of School Time Cost Calculater.  Program funding sources, budget planning, developing a strategic financial plan, and funding opportunities via The Wallace Foundation

Activity Planning

• School Age Notes Afterschool Programs: Resources, training materials for school-aged programs
• Resource Center: Tools and training for volunteer and service programs
• Build IT: Girls Building Information Technology Fluency Through Design—an 11 page pdf featuring planning for scaling and sustaining afterschool STEM programs
• Afterschool Alliance Event Planning Kit
• Thinkfinity Verizon Foundation.  Activities, projects, and tools to help with afterschool kids’ homework
• What Instructors Can Do To Enhance Learning. Characteristics of after-school activities that are linked to youth engagement and learning across a rich diversity of out-of-school-time activity areas.