Increasingly, youth development advocates, educators, and communities recognize the importance of out-of-school time (OST) activities for academic achievement and youth well-being. This study situates OST work in the workforce sector the career development literature calls "care workers". Working within that framework, the authors surveyed OST line staff and site directors to attempt to quantify factors that led them to be more or less dedicated to their care work. The findings have implications for staff recruitment, training, and retention, and for the institutional and policy development of OST programs.