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The
Washington State Institute for Public Policy
The Washington State
Institute for Public Policy finds that effective after-school programs can
yield a benefit-to-cost ratio to taxpayers and crime victims of $1.87 to
$5.29 for every dollar spent.[1]
Center for
the Study and Prevention of Violence
The
Quantum Opportunities after-school program produced $3 in benefits for every
$1 spent, without even counting the savings from an 85% drop in crime by boys
in the program.
Rose
Institute
The Rose Institute finds
that quality after-school programs can reduce costs related to welfare,
crime, and education (remediation services and grade repetition) for an
average net benefit of between $79,484 and $119,427 per participant.[2]
Participation in the Quantum Opportunities Program led to
higher rates of graduation: 63% of QOP participants graduated high school
compared to 42% of the control group.[3]
Gansk & Associates
Gains in standardized test scores in reading and math
were greater for students participating in Foundations after-school programs
than for comparable students, according to a study of 19 elementary schools
in five states.[4]
UCLA Center for the
Study of Evaluation
In the initial year of study, LA�s BEST students began
with math achievement scores that were significantly lower than
non-participants. After long-term participation in the after-school program,
these students increased their test scores to be comparable to their peers.[5]
After participating in the 21st Century
Community Learning Centers program, black and Hispanic students reduced
tardiness to class and increased math scores compared to non-participants.[6]
National Research Council
Students who reported spending no time in a
school-sponsored activity (after school) versus students spending 1-4 hours
in such activities were 57 percent more likely to have dropped out before
reaching the 12th grade.[7]
After-school programs keep kids safe and out
of trouble while parents work.
Juvenile violent crime peaks between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00
p.m., the hour after school ends.[8]
The violent
victimization of juveniles peaks at 3:00 p.m. Juveniles are at the highest
risk of being victimized before 6:00 p.m.[9]
Students with a high level of participation are less
likely than non-participants to engage in problem behavior, such as being
arrested, taking drugs, engaging in teen sex, smoking, and drinking.[11]
Parents and students find the safety of the after-school
program far superior to the safety within the neighborhood.[12]
After-school programs receive
widespread public support.
According to a nationwide survey of 800 registered voters
in August of 2002:
Nine in ten voters believe there is a need for
children to have some type of organized activity or a place to go after
school that provides opportunities to learn.[13]
Ninety-five percent of parents with children in
after-school programs believe that their children are �safer and less likely
to be involved in juvenile crime than children who are not in after-school
programs.�[14]
[1]
Aos, S., P. Phipps, R. Barnoski, and R. Lieb (2001). The Comparative
Costs and Benefits of Programs to Reduce Crime. Olympia, WA: Washington
State Institute for Public Policy, 15. Available at on-line at
http://www.wsipp.wa.gov/crime/pdf/costbenefit.pdf.
[2]
Brown, W., S.B. Frates, I.S. Rudge, R.L. Tradewell (2002). The Costs and
Benefits of After School Programs: The Estimated Effects of the After School
Education and Safety Act of 2002. Claremont, CA: Rose Institute, 20.
Available on-line at
http://rose.research.claremontmckenna.edu/publications/pdf/after_school.pdf.
[3]
Blueprints Model Programs: Quantum
Opportunities Program (QOP).
[4]
Klein, S.P., R. Bolus (2002). Improvements in Math and Reading Scores of
Students Who Did and Did Not Participate in the Foundations After School
Enrichment Program During the 2001-2002 School Year. Santa Monica, CA:
Gansk & Associates, 12. A summary of this report is available on-line at
http://www.foundationsinc.org/ExtendedDayFolder/conclusions.asp.
[6]
Dynarski, M., C. Pistorino, M. Moore, T. Silva, J. Mullens, J. Deke, P.
Gleason, W. Mansfield, S. James-Burdumy, S. Heaviside, L. Rosenberg, D. Levy
(2003). When Schools Stay Open Late: The National Evaluation of the
21st-Century Community Learning Centers Program. Washington, DC: U.S.
Department of Education, xii and 71. Available on-line at
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/21cent/firstyear/.
[7]
National Research Council and Institute of Medicine (2001). Community
Programs to Promote Youth Development. Committee on Community-Level
Programs For Youth. Jacquelynne Eccles and Jennifer A Gootman, eds. Board on
Children, Youth, and Families, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences
and Education. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 30. Available on-line
at
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309072751/html/.
[8]
Snyder, H.N., and M. Sickmund (1999). Juvenile Offenders and Victims:
1999 National Report. Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice, 64. Available on-line at
http://www.ncjrs.org/html/ojjdp/nationalreport99/toc.html.
[9]
Ibid., 34.
[11]
National Research Council and Institute of Medicine, 30.
[12]
Huang et al., 14.
[13]
Lake Snell Perry & Associates, Terrance Group, and Afterschool Alliance.
�American Voters: Afterschool Must Remain a Priority.� Afterschool Alert
Poll Report. Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance, 1. Available on-line
at
http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/school_poll_final_2002.pdf.
[14]
Ibid., 2.
Camp Fire USA builds caring, confident youth
and future leaders. For more information, please contact:
Phillip Lovell, Director of Public Policy,
at 202 347 2003 or [email protected]
Camp Fire USA Lone Star
Council 4411 Skillman Dallas, Texas 75206
Telephone: 214 824 1122 |
Fax: 214 824 1148 | E-mail:
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The Impact of After-School Programs
After-school programs help kids achieve in
school.
[5]
Huang, Denise., B. Gribbons, K.S. Kim, C.
Lee, and E.L. Baker (2000). A Decade of Results: The Impact of LA�s BEST
After School Enrichment Program on Subsequent Student Achievement and
Performance. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Center for the Study of
Evaluation, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, 9. Available on-line at
http://www.lasbest.org/learn/uclaeval.pdf.
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Mathematica, Inc.
Department of Justice
Participation in
the Quantum Opportunities Program led to fewer arrests among participants:
19%
of QOP
members were arrested compared to 23% of the
control group.[10]
National Research Council
UCLA Center for the Study of Evaluation
After-school programs are a
cost-effective federal investment.
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