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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2014 Mar;46(3):281–288. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2013.10.012

Table 3.

Estimated cost of physical activity professional development training and booster sessions across 4 afterschool programs (ASPs)

Activity Number/Cost Description
Semester Booster Training Sessions Number of Boosters 36 3 boosters per ASP across 3 semesters. Booster consisted of program walkthrough by LET US Play Trainer (avg. 3hrs) followed by 1hr session with ASP leader and staff
YMCA Staff and Leader $3,420.00 Average number of staff attending booster was 8 (@ $10.00/hr), 1 ASP Site Leader (@ $15.00/hr), length of each booster was 1hr
LET US Play Trainer $4,176.00 108hrs of booster walkthrough time plus 36hrs meeting with ASP leader and staff @ $29.00 per hr (includes fringe)
Travel
$1,902.60 Includes round-trip mileage reimbursement @ $0.55/mile and travel time (estimated via Google Maps)
ASP Annual Professional Development Trainings Number of Trainings 3 3 semester trainings (Jan 2012, Aug 2012, Jan 2013) @ 6hrs each
LET US Play Trainer $522.00 $29.00 per hour (includes fringe)
LET US Play Support Staffer $180.00 $10.00 per hour
Travel $110.40 Includes round-trip mileage reimbursement @ $0.55/mile and travel time (estimated via Google Maps)
Total Training/Booster Cost $10,833.00 Cost estimate does not include ASP leader or staff hourly wage during annual trainings. Annual trainings were already scheduled as part of routine professional development in these programs. The LET US Play trainings were one of several sessions taking place during the professional development – no additional time was added to the time allocated to the annual professional development training.
Per Semester (16 weeks) $3,611.00 3 semesters
Average increase in semester enrollment fee per child $7.46 Based on enrollment numbers in all 4 ASPs across the 4 measurement time periods of 461, 541, 459, and 483 children and a 16 week semester.
Average increase in weekly enrollment fee per child $0.47 Based on a 5 day (Mon-Fri) week – Enrollment fees per child were $40.00 YMCA members to $60.00 for non-YMCA members per week