Why Afterschool? 
          HOURS OF 
         OPPORTUNITY
           80%
       FORMAL CLASSROOM 
          LEARNING
           20%
             What the Research Says
     Improving Academic  Reducing Juvenile    Reducing Drug & 
        Performance &           Crime             Alcohol 
          Outcomes                              Dependence
         Supporting      Promoting Healthy     Creating the 
      Working Families        Lifestyles       Workforce of 
                                                Tomorrow
                         Roadmap of Benefits
                                               This investment would allow com- In total, this investment would 
           Let’s start with an investment of   munities to leverage an estimated         provide an additional
              $25 MILLION                             $4,225,000                     45,409 YOUTH
              to increase access to high                                            with high quality programming 
                                              in additional funds from community 
           quality afterschool and summer  partners and businesses to support  that puts them on track for 
           learning programs for Georgia’s                programming                     success in college, 
                        youth.                                                              career, and life. 
                    We know that regular participation in high quality afterschool and 
                          summer learning programs support Georgia’s youth by:
                                Reducing                         Increasing                  Decreasing the 
                             juvenile crime                  graduation rates by            number of teens 
                              between the                      reducing grade                 dependent on 
                             peak hours of                      retention and                   drugs and 
                               3 and 7 PM                     increasing school                  alcohol
                                                               day attendance