Publicizes collaborative efforts of national organizations to generate increased support for child care and to develop national child care legislation to be introduced in the 100th Congress. Reprints letter sent to national organizations; lists charter member organizations of the "Alliance for Better Child Care;" and states principles…

Examines how states are responding to the increased need for quality child care and the funding issues raised by the costs of such care. Includes sidebars discussing federal child-care proposals, differential reimbursement rates, and programs for families with a stay-at-home parent. (HTH)

This report discusses federal government support of day care services. Two alternatives are presented: (1) services designed, regulated and funded by a central agency, and (2) services provided through a free market industry in which decisions about regulations and care would be made by consumers, with only minimal central regulation. The market…

Constructed a child care subsidy tax investment model to investigate the contribution to families' self-sufficiency and to government cost-effectiveness of child care subsidies. Concluded that subsidies act both to keep families from ever needing welfare and to help move families from welfare to work, and that while reaching these goals, the…

This document presents testimony from the June 1998 hearing on the Children's Development Act (H.R. 3637) held before the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises. H.R. 3637 encourages the lending of resources to child care facilities by allowing a bank or lender access to a federal reinsurance program that…

How to make day care better for children and providers, considerations of cost effectiveness and government role in child care were discussed at this workshop sponsored by the Appalachian Regional Commission. (KR)

This report to the governor and legislature of Oregon discusses the status of child care in that state. In 1985, the Oregon legislature created the Oregon Commission on Child Care to address the issues, problems, and alternative solutions that were critical to the development of accessible, affordable, and high quality day care services. The…

Investigated by this study were effects--at state, county, and family levels--of federal cuts and changes on day care services in New York State, focusing on areas outside New York City. At the state level, the study examined policies shaping delivery of day care services to the poor and state systems for tracking changes in funding and children…

Designed for use by those interested in child care issues, this guide is a basic description of the state of child care in Ontario, Canada. Chapter 1 addresses the issue of the need for universal child care. Chapter 2, "Child Care Services in Ontario," discusses legislation governing child care, licensed and unlicensed child care, and…

Senate bill S.1885, "Act for Better Child Care Services of 1988," is designed to provide for a federal program for the improvement of child care. The bill aims to strengthen the role of the family by ensuring that parents are not forced by lack of available programs or financial resources to place a child in unsafe or unhealthy child…

Presented is a report of a hearing to assess the changing nature of the economy and the growing necessity for families to participate in the work force. The hearing explored the importance of child care to families' ability to become and remain self-sufficient, and to the improvement of employee productivity in the workplace. Testimony concerned:…

Noting that families need access to high quality care so that their children can start school ready to learn and so that parents can work, this report examines state child care subsidy policy choices. Following an executive summary, chapter 1 of the report discusses state policy regarding eligibility criteria related to families receiving welfare,…

This background paper discusses the current system of child care finance in Washington State and analyzes options for improvement. It describes prominent characteristics of the early childhood care and education system, findings relating program quality to staff/child ratios and staff educational levels, characteristics of quality, parent…

Among the multiplicity of objectives that high quality child care can meet is the pivotal goal of promoting equality for women. Child care has consequences for women both as mothers and as providers of care for other people's children. Thus, women have a powerful stake in child care policy. Canada has no national child care policy, and its child…

Maintains that assumptions which are fundamental to sound day care program development and implementation relate to the family first and to the needs of children second. Parental involvement, sources and types of financial support, and the needs of individuals should be of concern to policymakers. (Author/DB)