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Why Children and Youth Need
Camp Fire USA's
After-School Programs
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Juvenile crime triples
when the school bell rings at the end of the day.
(Fight
Crime: Invest in Kids, 1997and Children's
Aid Society)
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Four year's
of childcare: $18,000 to $19,000.
Four year's of college at UT-Dallas: $13,000 to
$14,000.
(United Way of Metropolitan Dallas)
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35% of school-age children are left on their own
after school by 12 years old.
(National
Training and Information Center)
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Children
are at a greater risk of being involved in crime, substance abuse,
and teen pregnancy during the hours after school, peaking between
3 - 4 p.m.
(The
Afterschool Alliance)
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On October 10, 2000,
Fight
Crime: Invest in Kids released its newest report, showing that the peak hours for
juvenile crime are 3 to 6 p.m.
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While 40%
of low-income eighth graders do not participate in after school
activities, 17% of high-income peers do not participate in after
school programs. (Children's
Aid Society, 2002)
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79% of teens
who participate in after school programs are "A" or "B" students. Teens who do not engage in after school
activities are five times more likely to be "D" students
than teens who do.
(YMCA
of the USA. After School for America's Teens, March 2001)
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According to
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration’s 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health:
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11.6% of
youths aged 12 to 17 are current illicit drug users.
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5.5% of youths
who thought their parents would disapprove of their using marijuana had used the
drug in the past month .
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30.2% of
youths who thought their parents would only somewhat disapprove or neither
approve nor disapprove of their trying marijuana, used the drug in the past
month.
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