The after-school program provided students with opportunities to work on homework, play games, and interact with positive friends and role models. The program was an alternative for students to participate in risky behaviors such as experimenting with drugs and alcohol, committing illegal or violent acts, and having unprotected sex. Parents benefited from the after-school program because they could trust their children to be in a supervised place from 3pm until they left work. Students benefited from the program because they were able to interact with their friends in a safe space without being trapped in an overbearing or structured program until their parents