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Article: 15 Million Youth Need Afterschool Programs, Demand High for Middle School Students, New Study Finds
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- May 19, 2004
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America After 3 PM: A Household Survey on Afterschool in America
finds that just 6.5 million children are in afterschool programs --
but the parents of another 15.3 million children say their children
would participate if an afterschool program were available. Need is
especially high for middle school children. Just six percent of
middle schoolers are in afterschool programs; another 34 percent of
America's middle schoolers are unsupervised in the afternoons.
"The absence of afterschool programs in many communities forces
parents to make impossible choices," said Afterschool Alliance
Executive Director Judy Y. Samelson. "Parents worry about their
children from 3 to 6 PM, for good ...