After School Prevention Resources (ASPR) provides an after-school program for teens ages 11-17. ASPR seeks to identify and reduce the factors that place adolescents at high risk for engaging in delinquent behavior and/or using alcohol and other drugs; and to enhance resiliency factors to reduce the likelihood of these behaviors. With 70% of juvenile crime occuring between 3 p.m. and early evening, ASPR provides a timely, safe and supportive place for teens until their parents come home from work.
ASPR offers a varied program that includes music, art, computers, recreation, drug, alcohol and health education, conflict management and a comprehensive, cultural enrichment and self-esteem building program called Rites of Passage. Located at St. Paul's Community Church, W. 45th and Franklin in Ohio City, ASPR is open Monday through Friday from 2:30-5:30 p.m. throughout the year.
Partners: U.S. Department of Justice/Cuyahoga County Department of Justice Affairs and St. Paul's Community Church, United Church of Christ.
After School Prevention Resources (ASPR) provides an after-school program for teens ages 11-17. ASPR seeks to identify and reduce the factors that place adolescents at high risk for engaging in delinquent behavior and/or using alcohol and other drugs; and to enhance resiliency factors to reduce the likelihood of these behaviors. With 70% of juvenile crime occuring between 3 p.m. and early evening, ASPR provides a timely, safe and supportive place for teens until their parents come home from work. 
ing program called Rites of Passage. Located at St. Paul's Community Church, W. 45th and Franklin in Ohio City, ASPR is open Monday through Friday from 2:30-5:30 p.m. throughout the year. 