The facts do not lie. On any given weekday afternoon, there are between 7 and 15 million “latchkey children” returning to an empty house after school hours (between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.). Most of us remain unaware of this epidemic because we do not hear about the latchkey children who are performing well.

But what about those children who do not succeed. Nearly one-third of complaints to child welfare agencies involve latchkey children. Juvenile crime is increasing at a staggering rate, and more and more kids are performing poorly in school.

With this is mind, Afterschooling.org was designed to provide a one-stop resource for afterschooling information.

It’s a place where parents can discover new afterschool options, and where school or program administrators can find the latest news and ideas from other successful after-school programs that are making a HUGE difference in communities nationwide.