A new report released yesterday cites THINK Together’s success with academically-oriented after-school programs in making the case for California lawmakers to expand funding for such programs. The report also profiles THINK Together’s Shalimar Teen Center alum Javier Diaz.
“Fight Crime: Invest in Kids,” (FightCrime.org) a group of more than 400 Police Chiefs, Sheriffs, DAs, crime survivors and others, released the report entitled “California’s After-School Commitment: Keeping Kids On Track and Out of Trouble." The people behind “Fight Crime” are calling on state leaders to help prevent crime by protecting and, as the economy recovers, increasing access to quality after-school programs.
While the report acknowledges that California already leads the nation in its commitment to after-school programs, it urges Sacramento Legislators to do more.
Presently 400,000 California students are supported through after-school programs each school day; however, as the report documents, many more low-income children are left unsupervised because there are still not enough programs to meet demand. Consider that THINK Together alone has a waiting lists of 5,000+ students.
The Fight Crime report details by County the number of low-income schools across the state that are without after-school programs. Here’s how that shapes up across THINK Together’s Southern California footprint:
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“Fight Crime: Invest in Kids,” (FightCrime.org) a group of more than 400 Police Chiefs, Sheriffs, DAs, crime survivors and others, released the report entitled “California’s After-School Commitment: Keeping Kids On Track and Out of Trouble." The people behind “Fight Crime” are calling on state leaders to help prevent crime by protecting and, as the economy recovers, increasing access to quality after-school programs.
While the report acknowledges that California already leads the nation in its commitment to after-school programs, it urges Sacramento Legislators to do more.
Presently 400,000 California students are supported through after-school programs each school day; however, as the report documents, many more low-income children are left unsupervised because there are still not enough programs to meet demand. Consider that THINK Together alone has a waiting lists of 5,000+ students.
The Fight Crime report details by County the number of low-income schools across the state that are without after-school programs. Here’s how that shapes up across THINK Together’s Southern California footprint:
- Los Angele County – 405 schools w/o
- Inland Empire – 328 schools w/o
- Orange County – 75 schools w/o
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