The Center is a free after school program for low income, at-risk youth, located in a gang driven neighborhood where forty percent of the city’s crime originates from. The R.E.C. Center is open Monday through Friday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and offers its participants the opportunity to join in organized sports, arts & crafts projects, computer classes and the R.E.C. library program. The R.E.C. Center encourages students to complete their daily homework assignments in “The Homework Club” prior to participating in organized R.E.C. programs.