To support elementary school children and their families who are challenged by economic and family situations by providing
   a safe, familiar, nurturing place for children to be after school
   encouragement and assistance with academic and social development
   a mid-afternoon nutritional snack
   support for the student's families
  
Specifically, St. Simon’s works with students who are 5 to 9 years of age (preschool through 3rd grade), whose families qualify for free lunch, and who do not have an adult available to care for them after school. St. Simon’s After-School Program has been successfully serving this segment of the Dallas, TX community for over 50 years.

Usually these families live in difficult circumstances in difficult neighborhoods. They are not on welfare, they are the working poor. They are either single parent families or dual income families and can barely make ends meet, much less pay for after-school care. So their children, no matter what their age, end up at home alone.