Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One - Introduction -- Current State of OST Provision and Adoption of System-Building Approaches -- Goals and Value of This Study -- Concepts Behind the Study -- Information Collection and Sharing -- Factors Influencing Management Information System Implementation and Use of Data -- Data and Methodology -- Site Selection -- Data Collection and Analysis -- Study Limitations -- A Note on Terminology -- Organization of This Monograph -- Chapter Two - Cities' Development and Use of Out-of-School-Time Management Information Systems -- Shared Goals for Management Information Systems -- City Context and the Goals of the Cities' Management Information Systems -- Boston -- Chicago -- Denver -- Louisville -- New York City -- Providence -- San Francisco -- Washington, D.C. -- Overarching Development Decisions -- Developer Decision -- Method of Management Information System Introduction -- Changes to and Replacement of Management Information Systems -- Cities' Use of Data from the Management Information System -- Understanding and Improving Programming and Participation -- Improving OST Contract Management -- Making Funding Decisions -- Changing the Nature of Contract Management -- Improving Coordination Through Data Sharing -- Informing Evaluations -- Supporting Requests for Funding -- Enablers and Constraints to the Use of Data from the Management Information System -- Future Steps -- Summary -- Chapter Three - Ensuring Data Quality -- Method of Data Entry -- Enrollment Data -- Attendance Data -- Immediate Uses for Data -- Providing Training -- Monitoring Providers' Data Entry -- Summary -- Chapter Four - Providers' Use of Data from Management Information Systems -- Provider Perceptions About City Management Information Systems.

How Providers Use Management Information System Data -- Factors That Enabled or Constrained Providers' Use of Data -- User-Friendly Systems -- Staffing and Resources -- Multiple Management Information Systems -- Examining the Relationship Between Constraints and Perceived Usefulness of City MI Systems -- Summary -- Chapter Five - Conclusion -- Summary of Key Findings -- Lessons for an Emerging Field -- A Parting Thought -- APPENDIX - Survey Administration, Sampling, Weighting, and Modeling -- References.