Kids' Club Works
During the 2007-2008 school year, 197 Kids' Clubs were held at the McKean County Family Centers. All totaled, attendance was 3,068. That's an average of 16 kids per Kids' Club that had a safe place to go after school.
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Kids' Club
Common Family Concerns
Each day when school is let out in McKean County, over 7,000 school age kids1 and
their parents are left to fill that time space between school and when most parents
get off of work. Some fill it with sports and clubs. Others are able to go to a
friend or families house. Some, though, are not able to find activities or people to
fill this gap. In fact, if county rates are similar to the PA rates,
26% of school age children whose parents work are responsible for taking care of themselves after
school.2
The Family Centers Are Here To Help
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At each of the five Family Centers, Kids Club' is provided after school once a week for kindergarten through third graders. Two Family Center staff oversee the students from the time they arrive until they are picked up by their parents in order to ensure that enough supervision is provided.
Kids' Club lasts one hour. The kids interact with others in safe, supervised activities that include snack time, a craft and a chance for free play.
The McKean County Family Centers does its part in filling the after school time gap by offering Kids Club to the community.
1 Pennsylvania Partnership for Children, “Profile for McKean (Rural), PA (county)”; available from http://www.papartnerships.org/ Internet; accessed 11 July 2008.
2 Pennsylvania Statewide Afterschool/Youth Development Network, “A Progress Report to the Community”; available http://www.psaydn.org/Documents/PSAYDN%20Progress%20Report.pdf; Internet; accessed 11 July 2008.