ED386280 PS023403
Title: Care around the Clock: Developing Child Care Resources before
Nine and after Five.
Author Affiliation: Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC.(FGK98671)
Pages: 32
Publication Date: April 1995
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC02 Plus Postage.
Language: English
Document Type: Guides--Non-classroom (055); Reports--Descriptive (141)
Geographic Source: U.S.; District of Columbia
Journal Announcement: RIEJAN1996
Government Level: Federal
This guide
for parents, child care providers, employers, and community organizations
profiles a range of practical approaches to making child care more
available and affordable for parents who work non-standard hours.
Part one describes why the issue of non-standard hours child care
is becoming more important in an economy which is increasingly a
24-hour operation. It draws on a western Idaho case study to illustrate
how the mismatch between work schedules and available child care
services is affecting the families and employers in one community.
Part two profiles a variety of models for expanding the supply of
non-standard hours child care, some based in the workplace and others
based on the community. The report concludes that solutions to the
problem of providing quality, affordable non-standard hours child
care must come from many quarters. Three appendices contain lists
of contact information on profiled companies and organizations,
other companies addressing non-standard hours child care needs,
and other sources of information. (AP)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers; Community Involvement; *Day Care;
*Day Care Centers; Early Childhood Education; *Employed Parents;
*Employer Supported Day Care; Family Day Care; Fringe Benefits;
Program Descriptions; Working Hours
Identifiers: Access to Services; Child Care Costs; *Child Care Needs;
Child Placement
