Dallas Afterschool was formed in 2007 in response to a study entitled Today's Children, Tomorrow's Communities: 2006 After-School Program Assessment, which found that no unifying agency existed to facilitate communication, learning, or information exchange among the hundreds of nonprofit afterschool agencies in Dallas. The study concluded that staff training was the most needed resource for afterschool and summer providers. For 11 years, Dallas Afterschool has led our community in offering these providers a critical backbone of support through education, evaluation, research, and advocacy.