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CARING FOR AMERICA'S CHILDREN
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Over the past decade, child care has emerged as a critical issue with broad implications for the well-being of children, families, and society. During this period, the significant increase in the number of mothers in the labor force, the high cost of child care, and the growing recognition of the importance of a child's early experiences for future development have brought national attention to the child care debate. That debate has focused on three major areas: accessibility, affordability, and quality of care. At the same time, state and local governments have assumed greater responsibility for responding to child care needs and have become the primary regulators of quality. In 1987 the National Research Council's Committee on Child Development Research and Public Policy convened a panel of experts from the fields of pediatrics, public policy, business, labor, education, child care delivery, child development, economics, and other social sciences to review the research and information about child care services and practices and to recommend how this knowledge could be applied to improve the nation's child care policies and programs. The panel's findings, conclusions, and recommendations were published in a 1990 National Research Council report, Who Cares for America's Children? Child Care Policy for the 1990s.
Anne Meadows - Personal Name
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Business Policy and Strategy
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