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PART I THE PANEL'S WORK AND NEW FEDERAL LAW
PART I THE PANEL'S WORK AND NEW FEDERAL LAW
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wit ~ ike many scholars and experts who have considered child care in recent years, the pane} recognized the complex and controversial nature of the issues. Because the majority of Children have mothers who work outside their homes, third care has become an important and growing component of services provided in an array of settings, including homes, centers, schools, businesses, and other institutions.
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~ the absence of coordinated public policies to ensure employed parents access to adequate, affordable, and appropriate care for their Children, child care services have developed very unevenly. Existing programs, which are supported by various funding sources and which reflect varying levels of quality, do not serve aD of the fannies who need thilc!
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On the positive side, however, the diversity offers parents several options, increases funding resources, and provides a range of services to meet different family values and needs. The diversity also results in substantial variation in the costs, availability, and quality of services.
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· Governments at all levels, along with employers and other private-sector groups, should make investments to strengthen the infrastructure of the child care system: expand resource and referral services; improve caregiver training and wages; expand vender-voucher programs; encourage the organization of family day care say tems; and improve planning and coordination. The comprehensive package of child care legislation passed by Congress in late 1990 includes provisions that respond at least pardy to these recom 1 _ c.
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101-508) includes provisions: · to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income working faInilies with children, adjusts it for family size, and creates two new related tax-credit programs; · to aid children at risk of early school failure by reauthorizing, expanding, and substantially increasing funding levels for the Head Start Program; and · to strengthen the infrastructure of the child care system by establishing new programs, including the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG)
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In addition to expanding and simplifying the Earned Income Tax Credit (E1IC) , the new law provides a tax credit for low-income fanulies with chil dren under ~ year of age and another credit to subsidize health-insurance costs for low-income families with dependent children.
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The law does authorize $20 minion for the Head Start Transition Project, a new program of demonstration grants to provide follow-up support for Heact Start graduates and over low-income children in kindergarten and early school grades. State Grant Programs · Governments at all levels, along with employers and other private-sector groups, should make investments to strengthen the infrastructure of the child care system: expand resource and referral services; improve caregiver training and wages; expand vender voucher programs; encourage the organization of family day care systems; and improve planning and coordination.
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Some of this money must be earmarked for resource and referral programs, grants or loans to help providers meet state and local standards, improvements in monitoring regulatory compliance and enforcement, training, or increases in the salaries of child care workers. States must offer parents the option of enrolling their children with statefunded Wild care providers or receiving vouchers that can be used to pay for the Wild care sernces of any eligible provider.
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The second new grant program amends Title {V-A of the Social Security Act's Jobs Opportunities and Basic Skills program to provide states with additional funding for making child care sernces available on a sliding-fee scale to low-income parents who need such care in order to work and who might otherwise require ongoing support from the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program.
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