- … Vision: The Alliance works to ensure that all youth have access to affordable, quality afterschool programs.
- Mission: To engage public will to increase public and private investment in quality afterschool program initiatives at the national, state and local levels.
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Address (1 of 2): Afterschool Alliance, Headquarters, 1616 H Street NW, Suite 820, Washington, DC 20006, USA;
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About 2/2: The Afterschool Alliance is working to ensure that all children have access to affordable, quality afterschool programs. Afterschool programs are critical to children and families today, yet the need for programs is far from being met:
- In communities today, 15.1 million children take care of themselves after the school day ends.
- Just 8.4 million children are in afterschool programs—but the parents of another 18.5 million children say their children would participate in afterschool if a program were available.
- A report on 21st Century Community Learning Centers (afterschool programs receiving federal funds) showed that 45 percent of all participants improved their reading grades, and 41 percent improved their math grades.
- On school days, the hours between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. are the peak hours for juvenile crime and experimentation with drugs, alcohol, cigarettes and sex.
- Teens who do not participate in afterschool programs are nearly three times more likely to skip classes than teens who do participate. They are also three times more likely to use marijuana or other drugs, and they are more likely to drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes and engage in sexual activity.
- Parents with children in afterschool programs are less stressed, have fewer unscheduled absences and are more productive at work.
The nation’s leading voice for afterschool, the Afterschool Alliance is the only organization dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of afterschool programs and advocating for more afterschool investments. The Afterschool Alliance works with the Administration, the U.S. Congress, governors, mayors and advocates across the country. Today the Afterschool Alliance boasts more than 25,000 afterschool program partners and our publications reach more than 65,000 interested individuals every month. Its efforts include:
- Lights On Afterschool, a nationwide celebration of afterschool programs that attract 1 million Americans to 7,500 events across the country.
- Afterschool for All, a national online petition and database of afterschool supporters that boasts more than 18,000 partners including governors, mayors, police chiefs, corporations, the NFL, NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball, as well as hundreds of local and national organizations.
- A sustained media campaign that reaches millions of people each month, and tens of millions each year during Lights On Afterschool.
- Leadership and communications training for an elite group of local Afterschool Ambassadors who build support at the local, state and national level.
- A national Afterschool for All Challenge that brings afterschool leaders to Washington, D.C. for trainings and then to Capitol Hill to educate policy makers about their programs.
- On-line resources at www.afterschoolalliance.org that attract 346,680 page views and 134,100 user sessions each month.
- A series of briefing papers, reports and fact sheets used widely by media, policy makers, concerned organizations and individuals.
- Award winning public service announcements geared towards adults and youth …
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