Safe and Smart: Making After-School Hours Work for Kids - June 1998

A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

Communities Meeting the Need for
After-School Activities


Santa Fe Boys & Girls Club
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Contact: Patricia Martin, 505-983-6632

The Santa Fe Boys & Girls Club provides out-of-school programming for children and youth ages 6-17. Programs are conducted during after-school hours, summer vacations, and school recesses. The Club's program, Education and Health 2000, is conducted at a central facility in Santa Fe and five satellite sites in suburban and rural areas surrounding the city. Participating youth come from all economic and ethnic backgrounds, although a high percentage are Hispanic or Native American youth from single-parent homes. The Santa Fe Boys & Girls Club is the sole provider in the area of teen programs, which run throughout the year and serve up to 5,500 youth at any given time.

Club programs promote youth development and prevent delinquency among youth through activities intended to build both educational and recreational skills. Programming includes homework tutoring, access to two libraries, arts and crafts, athletics, karate classes, computers, and field trips. The Santa Fe Boys & Girls Club works with AmeriCorps VISTA members to provide enhanced services to children and families in the area. The Santa Fe County sheriff reported: "Since the satellite programs have been set up in the County, the Sheriff Department calls to those areas have dropped considerably, youth violence and vandalism have also decreased."
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