ED357836 PS021279
Title: Child Care Choices, Consumer Education, and Low-Income Families.
Author(s): Mitchell, Anne; And Others
Author Affiliation: National Center for Children in Poverty, New York,
NY.(BBB27230)
Pages: 67
Publication Date: 1992
Notes: Photographs may not reproduce clearly.
Sponsoring Agency: Carnegie Corp. of New York, NY. (QPX12280)@Ford
Foundation, New York, NY. (QPX27000)
ISBN: 0-926582-07-0
Available from: EDRS Price MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from
EDRS.
Availability: National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University,
154 Haven Avenue, New York, NY 10032 ($8 plus $3 postage and handling;
checks should be made out to "The Trustees of Columbia University").
Language: English
Document Type: Reports--Descriptive (141)
Geographic Source: U.S.; New York
Journal Announcement: RIEOCT1993
In 1991, the
National Center for Children in Poverty undertook a study of low-income
parents as child care consumers. The study involved a review of
current research findings, interviews with staff of child resource
and referral agencies, and an examination of child care consumer
education provided in the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS)
program. This report presents the results of these inquiries. Chapter
I identifies sources of consumer information on child care. Three
public subsidy programs discussed are the Family Support Act, Child
Care and Development Block Grant, and the Title IV-A At-Risk Child
Care Program. Chapter II considers parents as child care consumers,
examining the ways parents search for child care, the kinds of child
care families use and the kinds they really want, and the child
care characteristics that satisfy parents. In chapter III, the same
issues are examined with respect to low-income parents. In addition,
constraints facing low-income child care users, including transportation
problems, time constraints, lack of money and expertise, and problems
related to cultural differences, are discussed. Finally, chapter
IV focuses on the provision of child care consumer education, identifying
essential program features, points in time when consumer education
should be provided, delivery methods, and information provided to
JOBS participants. The JOBS child care consumer education report
is appended. (AC)
Descriptors: *Consumer Education; *Day Care; Early Childhood Education;
Employment Programs; *Federal Programs; *Low Income Groups; *Parent
Attitudes; Parent Education; Parent School Relationship; Parents;
Welfare Recipients
Identifiers: *Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Program
