The After School Program Standards for West Virginia were developed and adopted by WVSAN at its May 2013 meeting. These standards are a voluntary guide to effective practice. They incorporate basic guarantees for safety, health and nutrition. Additionally, the guide provides standards for administration, programming, staffing and professional development, as well as community, family and school relations. The standards align with WV Out-of-School Time program requirements and West Virginia Child Care Center licensing rules and are applicable to programs serving multi-age groups of school-aged children in a wide variety Of