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America After 3 PM: Special Report on Summer

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 America After 3 PM: Special Report on Summer

1. During the 2008 summer, did your child(ren) participate in a summer learning program that is a safe, structured program that provided a variety of activities designed to encourage learning and development during the summer months?

    Yes ................................................. 25%
    No .................................................. 75%

1a. If your child(ren) did not participate in a summer learning program during the 2008 summer, do you have interest in enrolling them in a program in the future?

    Yes ................................................. 56%
    No .................................................. 44%
    Sample population base: 28,336

2. Do you favor or oppose public funding for programs that provide summer learning opportunities to students in communities that have few opportunities for children and youth?

    Favor…………………………………...83%
    Oppose…………………………………6%
    Don’t Know……………………………11%
    Sample population base: 27,654

About America After 3PM Special Report on Summer

America After 3PM Special Report on Summer is sponsored by The Wallace Foundation. All data cited in this report are from the 2009 America After 3PM research, which was sponsored by JCPenney Afterschool.

Between March and May 2009, 29,754 parents/guardians responded to survey questions about their after school and summer child care arrangements during the summer of 2008 and the 2008 - 2009 school year. RTi, a market research firm, conducted the survey and analyzed the data for the Afterschool Alliance. According to U.S. Census data from 2007, the total school-age population is 57.3 million, which is the foundation for the national projections in America After 3PM Special Report on Summer.

Additional information from America After 3PM is available at www.afterschoolalliance.org.

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