This booklet gives mothers basic information about arranging for child care before going to work. The booklet is written on a simple reading level and includes the following sections: (1) there are several kinds of day care; (2) care depends on child's age; (3) older child needs good plan; (4) must have health test; (5) with group own age; (6)…

Author describes the day care shortage crisis, states the need for increased government financing, and suggests ways to achieve quality care. (Author/SP)

Examines the attitudes of the public authorities in various countries concerning child-care services for working parents and the different systems of care in operation in industrial and developing nations. (Author/CT)

The findings of surveys conducted by members of 77 Sections of the National Council of Jewish Women as to existing day care needs and services in their communities are reported. Chapter I of the report presents The Plan of the Report and Highlights of Findings and Recommendations. Chapter II summarizes highlights of what is now known about the…

Deplores promotion of day care for profit, and urges opposition to this trend. Suggests strong political demand for free centers controlled by parents and financed by public funds and perhaps taxation on large corporations. (CJ)

Recognizing that licensing or certification have not been an effective method of supervising or insuring quality of family day care, the largest form of out-of-home, non-relative care of children, this paper describes an alternative way of building more developmental care into family day care homes. The growth and progress of WATCH (Women…

The report describes the need of working mothers for day care, the meaning of day care for employers in Government, business, and industry, the importance of employer-sponsored child day-care to the Department of Labor, and objectives of the Department's child day care center. The evaluation design provides for an analysis of the project as it…

Based on a survey of legislation relating to full-day care for preschool children of working mothers and a study of records, this report: (1) covers the number of registered child care centers in Australia and the number of children being served, (2) sets the conditions applying to registration of centers, (3) indicates the extent and levels of…

This paper deals with child care arrangements of working mothers highlighting the current controversies over the types of care which families use, the fees paid, and the costs of different modes of child care. The special problems of implementing national day care programs are reviewed, including the case for subsidized care, the costs of meeting…

In vetoing a comprehensive Child Development Bill in 1971, President Nixon voiced concern that the concept of child care centers had not been sufficiently discussed. It is in the spirit of contributing to such a discussion that his paper and its proposals are offered. The first part of the paper examines supply, cost, and demand for child care…

Data from 971 mothers suggested that (1) price is critical in child care choice; (2) parents do not consistently select high quality care; and (3) mothers with higher wages and families with higher incomes prefer center care. Vouchers, reduced fees, or tax credits consistently increase use of day care centers. (SK)

Results are reported from a survey conducted to examine the interdependence of family and work, with special emphasis given to the child care arrangements that make work possible. A total of 953 employees (458 women, 490 men, and 5 not reporting their sex) from three companies in Washington, D.C., were sent a four-page questionnaire designed to…

Due to the entry of large numbers of married women, the female work force in Australia has grown greatly and continues to grow at a faster rate than the male work force. With the increase of working mothers, communities and industry need to consider child care centers for young children, after-school and holiday projects for school-aged children,…

This text of a statement presented at U.S. Senate hearings on child care and development describes the operations of the Childcare Switchboard and other programs providing child care information and referral services and urges public financial support for statewide and national information and referral networks. The goal of the Childcare…