City of Philadelphia - File #: 150203

• File #: 150203
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 3/12/2015
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 3/12/2015
• Title: Authorizing the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Education to hold hearings regarding expanding the number of high-quality afterschool offerings in the City of Philadelphia.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Neilson, Councilmember Oh, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Bass, Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez, Councilmember Squilla, Councilmember O'Brien, Councilmember Henon, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember O'Neill, Council President Clarke, Councilmember Reynolds Brown

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
3/12/2015	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar	Pass
3/12/2015	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED

Title
Authorizing the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Education to hold hearings regarding expanding the number of high-quality afterschool offerings in the City of Philadelphia.

Body
WHEREAS, According to the U.S. Department of Education, children and youth who regularly attend high-quality afterschool programs have better grades and conduct in school, more academic and enrichment opportunities, improved peer relations and emotional adjustment, and fewer incidences of drug use, violence and pregnancy; and

WHEREAS, According to the Pennsylvania Statewide Afterschool Youth Development Network, high quality afterschool programs can reduce risk behaviors and reduce crime rates; and

WHEREAS, According to the Pennsylvania Statewide Afterschool Youth Development Network, afterschool programs improve employee productivity and reduce absenteeism by supporting many working parents, and further, that low or no-cost afterschool programming is of vital importance to low-income families; and

WHEREAS, The decrease in resources available to the School District of Philadelphia for afterschool programming has made programs funded and provided by the City the primary opportunities available to many Philadelphia youth between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. as well as during the summer; and

WHEREAS, In 2011, the Wallace Foundation through its Next Generation Out of School Time Initiative, selected Philadelphia as one of nine cities to receive a three year grant to strengthen the coordination and effectiveness of its wide range of out of school time programs; and

WHEREAS, The Wallace Foundation has extended its investment for two more years through April 2017 so that Philadelphia can continue the important work of systems building and coordination it has begun around out of school and after school programming; and

WHEREAS, PhillyBOOST, a collaboration among the City's Departments of Human Services, Parks and Recreation and the Free Library of Philadelphia, as a result of the Walla...