National Findings, America After 3PM

Despite an increase in the number of children attending afterschool programs over the last five years, today more than a quarter of the nation’s schoolchildren are on their own in the afternoons, and the parents of 18 million children say they would enroll their kids in afterschool programs if programs were available.  These are among the findings from America After 3PM, a survey of nearly 30,000 households across the United States conducted for the Afterschool Alliance and sponsored by the JCPenney Afterschool Fund.  America After 3PM is the most extensive research into how America’s children spend their afternoons. 

America After 3PM National Report
Key Findings Fact Sheet
National News Release
Topline Findings (survey questions and responses)
PowerPoint Presentation

Key statistics from America After 3PM: 

• 15.1 million children--more than a quarter of our nation’s schoolchildren--are alone and unsupervised after school.
• The parents of 18.5 million children not currently participating in an afterschool program would enroll their children in a program, if one were available to them.
• 8.4 million children participate in afterschool programs.
• Nine in ten parents are satisfied with the afterschool programs their children attend.  Eight in ten parents support public funding for afterschool programs.