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