NEW SURVEY FINDS GEORGIA VOTERS BELIEVE AFTERSCHOOL IS CRITICAL

Report Calls for Aligning State and Local Investments with Voters Voices

ATLANTA - A new survey finds that 86% of Georgia's parents think afterschool programs are important for children and youth and they want to see more afterschool opportunities in the state. Nearly half of a million of Georgia's children are not participating in afterschool programs - programs that have been shown to be critical to their development and the growth and prosperity of the economy.

The full Critical Need report can be downloaded from the GAIC website at www.afterschoolga.org or by cutting and pasting this link in your address bar: http://afterschoolga.org/Repository/Files/GA%20Afterschool%20Survey%20Report%202008.pdf