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After School Programs for Low-Income Young Adolescents: Overview and Program Profiles. Working Paper No. 194.

Marx, Fern – 1989

This report summarizes research on the problems of young adolescent latchkey children and describes 18 programs designed to address their needs. There is growing consensus that young adolescents (10 to 15 years of age), as well as elementary school children, may be at risk when left on a regular basis in unsupervised settings. Children in sibling-…

Descriptors: Adolescents, After School Programs, Childhood Needs, Disadvantaged Youth