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Federal Spending for After-School Programs. $1BILLION. Fight Crime:Invest in Kids. $846 million. $453 million. $200 million. $40 million. $13 million. FY00. FY97. FY98. FY99. FY01. FY02-04. Crime and Safety. Changes in Family and Work. Emphasis on Education.
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Federal Spending for After-School Programs $1BILLION Fight Crime:Invest in Kids $846 million $453 million $200 million $40 million $13 million FY00 FY97 FY98 FY99 FY01 FY02-04
Crime and Safety Changes in Family and Work Emphasis on Education PUBLIC WILL: Funding for Afterschool
HISTORY OF After School Programs • STUGGLE FOR IDENTITY • “Counter Point” to School • Pressure to Over-Promise and • Compensate for Others • Underfunded and Undervalued
HISTORY OF After School Programs • STUGGLE FOR IDENTITY • Reliance on Part-Time and Volunteers • Concerns About Professionalization, • Standards, Quality • A Questioning of Outcomes and Accountability
The Costs of Dropping Out • earn almost $450,000 less • $2 million less than those who obtain a Bachelors Degree • spend 20 years, on average, living in poverty
The Teen Initiative: Why?:Lives • High School Drop Outs Vs. Graduates: • Mortality rate: 300% higher • Arrests: 350% higher Center for Labor Market Studies
Learning and Development: Whose Job is it?