§ 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.).
History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 125, § 3; P.L. 2007, ch. 340, § 26.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 42 - State Affairs and Government
Chapter 42-26 - Public Safety Grant Administration Office
Section 42-26-1. - Short title.
Section 42-26-1.1. - Name change.
Section 42-26-2. - Legislative findings and purpose.
Section 42-26-3. - Public safety grant administration office created — Composition.
Section 42-26-4. - Powers and duties.
Section 42-26-5. - Chairperson and vice chairperson.
Section 42-26-6. - Criminal justice policy board — Appointment of members.
Section 42-26-7. - Committees and by-laws.
Section 42-26-8. - Policy board — Meetings — Quorum.
Section 42-26-8.1. - Policy board — Regional committees.
Section 42-26-9. - Administration — Public safety grant administration office.
Section 42-26-11. - Cooperation of departments.
Section 42-26-12. - Termination or modification.
Section 42-26-13. - Committee created — Purpose and composition.
Section 42-26-13.1. - Staff, facilities and supplies.
Section 42-26-13.2. - Duties and responsibilities of committee.
Section 42-26-13.3. - Prison inmate population capacity — Enforcement mechanisms.
Section 42-26-14 - — 42-26-17. Repealed.
Section 42-26-18. - Gang violence prevention advisory committee.
Section 42-26-19. - After school alternative program — Legislative intent.
Section 42-26-19.1. - After school alternative program — Purpose — Duration.