At times, Temescal Associates serves as a thought leader to promote inquiry, raise awareness, and/or forge field consensus on emerging issues and important new positions. Included is our recent work on selecting appropriate outcomes for afterschool programs and promoting the expansion of afterschool programs to serve high school age youth.

Ensuring the support necessary for healthy youth development requires the alignment of public policies and larger systems with youth development principles. Temescal Associates is dedicated to working with advocacy agencies, foundations, policy makers, and systems leaders seeking to accomplish this.