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Article: New National Afterschool Initiative Unveiled; JCPenney CAN DO Afterschool Responds to Need for Afterschool Programs.
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- PR Newswire
- Article date:
- September 1, 1999
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ATLANTA, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- An overwhelming majority of parents say they want and need afterschool programs, according to a study released today by JCPenney and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. The Mott/JCPenney Afterschool Survey, based on interviews with 1,100 registered voters between July 27-29, 1999, found that:
-- 92% believe there should be some type of organized activity or place
for children and teens to go every day after school
-- 65% believe there are not enough afterschool programs available for
children
-- 85% believe it is difficult for parents to find afterschool programs in
their own ...