After-school cuts stir fears of kids home alone (The Charlotte Observer)

(By SEANNA ADCOX, Associated Press Writer) Directors of after-school programs around the nation fear the deepening recession will force more children to spend afternoons home alone or on the street as cash-strapped governments slash funding and donations shrink. Seven Boys & Girls Clubs serving more than 600 children ages 6 to 18 in poor neighborhoods of coastal South Carolina announced plans to ...