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In my community we have some after school programs such as YMCA Kids Club, Big Brother Big Sister, and we used to have Latch Key. The YMCA Kids Club has a bus that picks students up at their school and takes them to the YMCA. There they can play games and do homework until their parents get off work or until about 5:30. The down side to the YMCA Kids Club is that you have to pay for your child to attend. Big Brother Big Sister is a program that has older students come to the elementary schools to help younger students with their homework, and can play games with them. The problem with Big Brother Big Sister is that it does not meet everyday, so there are sometimes when a child has no place to go after school. In my community we used to have a program called Latch Key, I am unsure if the program still exists in my community. One thing that I could do is to help provide an after school program that children could go to everyday, and that does not cost money. I could try and find other teachers to help me organize this after school program. I could also try to get a grant to help fund the after school program and provide snacks for the students.