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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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Los Angeles County Grand Jury
• 2005-2006
LOS Angeles Unified School District’s After School Programs
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R1Page 143A survey of 730 of the key stakeholders of the after school programs including: parents, principals, on-site after school program administrators and their staff, BTB after school program contractors, BTB officials and LAUSD officials;
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R2Page 143Site visits to 47 schools to observe the after school programs and
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R3Page 143Interviews and meetings with BTB Officials, a State Evaluator and BTB after school program contractors; and
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R4Page 143Related research. We have recommended a series of changes to:
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R5Page 143Increase staffing levels and quality standards;
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R6Page 143Increase the space and equipment available to after school programs; and
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R7Page 143Encourage the development and dissemination of “best practices” throughout the system. 2005-2006 County of Los Angeles Civil Grand Jury 128 I: PROJECT APPROACH A. BACKGROUND ● In California, 22% of K-12 youth are responsible for taking care of themselves. More than 38% of K-12 youth in self-care would be likely to participate in an after school program if one were available in their community. ● 94% of parents in California are satisfied with the after school program their child attends. ● Nearly 190,238 of California’s kids are counting on the programs supported by the U.S. Department of Education’s 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative, the only federal program dedicated to providing after school programs. ● If the No Child Left Behind Act were fully funded, California communities could have double the number of after school programs giving nearly 431,888 children a safe place to go after school. This information is from the After School Alliance Web Site: www.afterschoolallianc.org In light of these facts, the 2005-2006 Los Angeles County Civil Grand Jury decided to study the operation of the Los Angeles Unified School District’s after school program. LAUSD’s BTB branch administers this program. The 2002-2003 Los Angeles County Civil Grand Jury undertook a similar study, but limited its fact-finding to site visits in only three LAUSD districts. The 2005-2006 Grand jury studied kindergarten through fifth-grade level (K-5) schools, covering all eight LAUSD districts. See
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R8Page 151City of San Fernando 3, 1 ASESP + 21st CCLC
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R9Page 151Gang Alternatives Program 2 21st CCLC
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R10Page 151Great Beginnings 2 21st CCLC
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R11Page 151Kids Protectors of the Environment 2 21st CCLC
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R12Page 152Keep Youth Doing Something Inc. 1, 10 ASESP + 21st CCLC
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R13Page 152Learning for Life 2 21st CCLC
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R14Page 152Para Los Niños 1, 6 ASESP + 21st CCLC
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R15Page 152South Bay Center for Counseling 1 ASESP + 21st CCLC
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R16Page 152Star Education 8 21st CCLC
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R17Page 152Woodcraft Rangers 3, 17 ASESP + 21st CCLC
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R18Page 152YS CARE * YS CARE 8, 22 41 ASESP + 21st CCLC County
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R19Page 152LA’s BEST * LA’s BEST 71, 38 38 ASESP + 21st CCLC City, Private, and Other Federal TOTAL 315 * Note: Some YS CARE and LA’s BEST sites receive funds from both sources. The BTB goal was to have comprehensive after school programs in all 437 elementary schools by 2005. On average, 86,000 students use the programs daily although the actual number of individuals who use the program throughout the year exceeds 100,000. The gender participation rates are equal but the ethnic mix is skewed vs. the general day school population displayed in Exhibit I-5: 2005-2006 County of Los Angeles Civil Grand Jury 137 Exhibit I-5: After School Program Participants by Ethnicity