An oral report made to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives Nov. 3, 1971 on the Federal programs for child care activities in the District of Columbia is given. Federal funds support 11 Federal programs for child care activities administered by three D.C. agencies and several private organizations. They contract with 62 private and public child-care center operators to provide service for about 4,450 children in 120 centers at a Federal contribution of about $5.9 million in fiscal year 1971. Lack of coordination of the numerous programs contributes to an apparent imbalance in location of child care centers; putting children of working parents in half-day programs and children of nonworking parents in full day programs; cost variances in varying methods of using professional staff in half-day programs; uneconomical food service arrangements in some cases; and curtailed use of public services by private operators. This study indicates a need for consolidating and/or coordinating Federal child care programs. (DJ)