After-school programs across Illinois poised to close without supplemental state funding

Every school day, when the bell rings at Shields Elementary School, more than 100 kindergarten to fourth grade students head to the after-school program inside the Brighton Park school, where they can find homework help, a warm meal and activities ranging from Zumba to Lego club. Run by the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council for the past decade, the program provides Shields families a safe ...

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