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After-School Programs Face State Funding Cuts

NPR
Published January 18, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

For many states, after school programs have proven to be a successful way to help poor and minority kids stay out of trouble, and learn. But cuts in state budgets mean cuts in education, and these programs are first in line for reduction. NPR's Nancy Solomon reports from Newark.

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