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<br /> 1 ( ( atchkey" children are BY JANE T. CAMPBELL working outside the home.Accord-
<br /> those who, because their ing to the Tennessee Department of
<br /> parents' work, leave who not only require care,but also Health and Environment's 1986 es- j'.
<br /> school in the afternoon to return to transportation to and from a day- timate,based on the 1980 U.S. Cen- 1
<br /> an empty home.These children are care facility after school. Although sus Bureau of Information, there
<br /> often elementary-school age, and there are programs which offer are 9,454 children in Jackson and
<br /> may have younger siblings in their such services, many are costly and Madison County.Of those children,
<br /> ioafter-school care.Conventional pro- have limited enrollment. only 646 participate in any after-
<br /> grams largely have been unable to Sixty to 65 percent of all women school program.A large majority of r
<br /> meet the needs of these children with children aged six to 13 are now these children are literally on their
<br /> 52/FEBRUARY 1988/P&Ri 1
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