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Youth Bureau Picks Up Slack For City's Working Parents Youth Bureau Picks Up Slack For City's Working Parents
Youth Bureau Picks Up Slack For City's Working Parents What are parents to do when the school day ends before they can leave their jobs? White Plains has a plan for that: The White Plains Youth Bureau (WPYB) and city's schools now work in tandem to keep children after school while parents are at work. "White Plains saw the need to develop after-school programming and teen centers nearly 50 years ago,” said Frank Williams, Jr., executive director of the WPYB in an email exchange with Daily Voice Plus. The Youth Bureau, for the record, will begin its 50th anniversary celebration, expected to last yearlong, on Jan. 1, 2020. "[The city] is a great …