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EJ600564 UD521983
Title: After-School Programs for Low-Income Children: Promise and Challenges.Author(s): Halpern, Robert
Source: Future of Children, v9 n2 p81-95 Fall 1999
Publication Date: 1999
Notes: Theme issue: "When School Is Out."
ISSN: 1054-8289
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Descriptive (141)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUL2000
Provides a
profile of after-school programs for low-income children, focusing
on supply and demand, program emphases, and program sponsors and
support organizations. Discusses the major challenges facing the
field in the areas of facilities, staffing, and financing. Illustrates
the discussion with examples from an after-school initiative in
three major cities. (SLD)
Descriptors: *After School Programs; Elementary Education; Financial
Support; *Low Income Groups; Program Implementation; *School Age
Day Care; Urban Schools; *Urban Youth
