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Arizona and National Afterschool Facts
 

The need for afterschool among the 984,561 school-age children in Arizona: 

  • 30%, or 295,368 K-12 youth, are unsupervised afterschool.
  • Only 12%, or 118,147, of Arizona’s K-12 youth are able to participate in afterschool programs.
  • 30% of all children not in afterschool would be likely to participate IF an afterschool program were available.                                
[Afterschool Alliance, America After 3 PM, 2004]

Afterschool Programs: A Wise Public Investment