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LeBuffe, James R.; Hargreaves, Sherran A. – 1999
Currently at least 5 million children--some estimates are as high as 15 million--are left unsupervised before or after school for 3 or more hours a day. In response to the problems of these latchkey children, many public schools are now developing some form of school-based or school-related before- and after-school child care programs. The purpose…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Ancillary School Services, Certification, Elementary Education
Lipsitz, Joan – 1986
This report on young adolescents 10 to l5 years old, who are on their own from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. discusses after-school programs, barriers to providing a broader array of programs, and strategies for decision making about after-school opportunities for latchkey children. Explored are the nature and extent of the problem, its multiple causes and…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Certification, Community Programs, Incidence
