New Report: America After 3 PM

Posted by on November 23, 2009

TASC  Report: New Survey Shows More Kids Home Alone

The number of kids left home alone or unsupervised after school has risen to 15.1 million, the Afterschool Alliance’s latest national survey of after-school participation reveals. In addition, the parents of more than 18 million kids said they would enroll their children in a program if one were available to them. Both findings reflect significant increases in demand for after-school experiences, compared to what the Alliance found in a survey five years ago.

http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/AA3PM.cfm

New York ranked third in the report’s “Top 10 States for Afterschool” list. Roughly 21 percent of New York children are enrolled in after-school programs, compared to 15 percent of kids nationwide.
http://www.tascorp.org/content/blog/detail/2739/

The survey, sponsored by the JCPenney Afterschool Fund (http://jcpenneyafterschool.org/), has spurred headlines across the country, including this editorial in The New York Times and this clip on NY1.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/opinion/20tue4.html?_r=1

http://ny1.com/1-all-boroughs-news-content/news_beats/education/107407/demand-for-after-school-programs-on-the-rise/

The After-School Corporation
http://www.tascorp.org/