sentences:  Their staff provides information, guidance, and emotional support regarding a wide range of issues that youths face in often high-risk neighborhoods.There are national after-school programs in place as well as national advocates for access to after-school programs, like Afterschool Alliance, but many after-school programs in the United States operate at the state level.The oldest after school program in the country, the Knickerbocker Greys, was established in 1881 and is located in New York City.