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<br /> Ida s. system, and parents. Use your im- To set up a check-in program,you
<br /> Both extended-day and PlayScape agination!A little creativity and shar- need to coordinate your plans with
<br /> run with the cooperation of the ing can go a long way. the police, local organizations and
<br /> Albuquerque Public School System, There are other types of pro- businesses, and, of course, the
<br /> offering games and special activities grams you can organize or support, neighbors. You can have official
<br /> to children 9 to 13 years old. The some that are less expensive than a signs made to put in the houses in-
<br /> staff ratio ranges from 12 to 15:1, full-scale program. Programs like volved (usually in a window or on
<br /> and consists primarily of recreation community help lines—hot lines some other visible place) so chil-
<br /> department staff and recreation ma designed to provide emotional sup- dren can easily identify them.
<br /> jors from local colleges. port for children, as well as help Write to your local and state offi-
<br /> "We also allow a certain amoun them in an emergency. Like Wash- c i a 1 s, your senator or c o n-
<br /> of quiet time,"said Ms.Pohl,"but w: ington, D.C.'s PhoneFriend, help gressperson indicating your con-
<br /> leave it up to the supervisor• lines currently are set up in Houston cern about care for latchkey chil-
<br /> whether or not to have the kids di (Chatters), State College, PA (also dren. Contact local businesses
<br /> th-' a•"-• ork then." called PhoneFriend),Rochester,NY about using their resources to
<br /> 1 (Call a Friend),Syracuse,NY(CON- organize,support or promote child-
<br /> SOME SUGGESTIONS TACT), and Elk Grove Village, IL care programs.
<br /> (Talk Line/Kids Line). For more information, contact
<br /> These programs should give you Check-in and block parent pro- your local park and recreation de-
<br /> some ideas for what to do in your grams provide assistance through partment;the programs mentioned
<br /> own area. Get in touch with the re- trained volunteers who open their here; the National Committee for
<br /> sources around you—that includes homes to children after school and Prevention of Child Abuse,Chicago,
<br /> II) local schools, colleges and univer- during emergencies. Communities IL;or the Wellesley College School-
<br /> sities,YMCAs and YWCAs, libraries, in Detroit, Phoenix, and Shawnee Age Child Care Project, Wellesley,
<br /> recreation areas, museums, parks, Mission, KS have set up such pro- MA.
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