§ 42-26-19. After school alternative program — Legislative intent.
The legislature hereby finds and declares the following:
(1) There is a greater threat to public safety resulting from gang and drug-related activity
in and near Rhode Island's inner cities.
(2) Young people, especially at-risk youth, are more vulnerable to gang and drug-related
activity during the potentially unsupervised hours between the end of school and the
time their parents or guardians return home from work.
(3) Without local prevention and treatment efforts, hard drugs will c
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§ 42-26-19. After school alternative program — Legislative intent.
The legislature hereby finds and declares the following:
(1) There is a greater threat to public safety resulting from gang and drug-related activity
in and near Rhode Island's inner cities.
(2) Young people, especially at-risk youth, are more vulnerable to gang and drug-related
activity during the potentially unsupervised hours between the end of school and the
time their parents or guardians return home from work.
(3) Without local prevention and treatment efforts, hard drugs will continue to threaten
and destroy families and communities in and near the inner cities. Drug-related violence
may then escalate dramatically in every community, and thereby burden the criminal
justice system to the point that it cannot function effectively.
(4) It is the intent of the legislature that a pilot program, the "After School Alternative
Program� (ASAP), be established and implemented within a specified Rhode Island community.
This community program would utilize the public schools, businesses, and community
facilities to provide supportive programs and activities to young people during the
time between the end of school and the return home of their parents or guardians (from
approximately 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.).