MAKING SMART INVESTMENTS IN AFTERSCHOOL: POLICY PRIMER FOR STATE & LOCAL LEADERS: This brief offers ideas for state and local policymakers to develop interagency collaboration, expand access to affordable afterschool programs, and advance general program quality. Examples of promising practices from across the country are included to show leaders concrete ways of promoting the sustainability of afterschool programs. From The National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC). Adobe Acrobat/.pdf format 2.1 Megs
Why Focus on Afterschool?: An estimated eight million school children between the ages of five and 14 go home to an empty house on a regular basis. Many of these
children are left alone for as many as four hours a day.
For cities and towns across America, these unsupervised hours after school
ends mean both heightened risks and missed opportunities. From the National League of Cities-- Adobe Acrobat/.pdf format 121 kb
