Sunday, October 30, 2011

Blue Jersey:: Governor Christie: No Compassion For Kids After 3 #ows

Blue Jersey:: Governor Christie: No Compassion For Kids After 3:

Governor Christie: No Compassion For Kids After 3

by: Bill Orr

Sun Oct 30, 2011 at 01:31:15 PM EDT



"Life begins after school

that's when bend all the rules"
- 6 Teen Theme Song
According to statistics from the federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the peak time when juvenile violent crime happens on weekdays is 3 p.m., when kids are being let out of school.
The non-profit agency known as After 3, which at one time kept as many as 15,000 mostly low-income children busy after school, announced it will close tomorrow. Governor Christie eliminated funding for the program in his budget effective July 1. The legislature in its revised budget added back the funding but Christie used his line item veto to totally defund the group.

Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-37) in a press release has pointed to "the demonstrated success of the program in boosting student achievement levels and using state funds to leverage

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