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Why Children and Youth Need
Camp Fire USA’s
After-School Programs
Juvenile crime triples
when the school bell rings at the end of the day (according to
Fight
Crime: Invest in Kids, 1997 as well as the
Children’s
Aid Society and many other sources).
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).
35% of school-age children are left on their own
after school from the time they are 12 (according to
National
Training and Information Center).
Children
are at a greater risk of being involved in crime, substance abuse,
and teen pregnancy in the hours after school — peaking between
the hours of 3 – 4 p.m. (The
Afterschool Alliance).
On October 10, 2000,
Fight
Crime: Invest in Kids released its newest report, America’s
After-School Choice: The Prime Time for Juvenile Crime, or Youth Enrichment
and Achievement, showing that the peak hours for
juvenile crime are 3 to 6 p.m.
While 40%
of low-income eighth graders do not participate in after school
activities, only 17% of their high-income peers do not participate in after
school programs (Children’s
Aid Society, 2002).
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).
According to
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration�s (SAMHSA�s)
2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health:
11.6 percent of
youths aged 12 to 17 are current illicit drug users.
5.5 percent of youths
who thought their parents would disapprove of their using marijuana had used the
drug in the past month .
30.2 percent 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.
Why
Dallas
Needs Quality After-School Programs
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