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Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area (BGCAA) http://www.bgcaustin.orgAustin, TXMap this
BGCAA came to Austin in 1967 and over the years has been guided by some of the most prominent members of Austinâ??s community. Today we are Austinâ??s leading youth development agency, serving more than 10,000 kids per year ages 6 to 18 via 15 Clubs. Each day, kids are exposed to dozens of...
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An Ounce of PreventionSenior Editor and Columnist Jonathan Alter discusses the important work of Boys & Girls Clubs and questions why well-run organizations dedicated to developing and nurturing our nation's youth do not receive enough funding from the federal government.
\"Here's a statistic worth memorizing: it costs $70,000 a year to incarcerate a prisoner, and $1,000 a year to take care of a kid at a Boys and Girls Club. Failing to invest in prevention isn't just cruel to the kids, it's cruel to the country. As James Alan Fox, a noted criminologist, says, \"You can pay for the programs now or pray for the victims later.\" That category of \"victims\" keeps growing. It now includes us all.\"
