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Smith, Jason B.; Johnson, Kay A. – 1980
Changes in the Federal Interagency Day Care Requirements (FIDCR) have produced a federal policy that increases cost and favors delivery through private non-profit day care centers. Requirements and implications of new rules based on the Title XX amendment to the Social Security Act (effective 10/1/80 and applicable to all programs in the DHEW,…
Descriptors: Day Care, Federal Legislation, History, Preschool Education
Download full textCohen, Donald J.; Zigler, Edward – 1977
This essay reviews the history of and reasons for the federal government's reluctance to enforce standards for day care quality. It is argued that the federal government must at least assure that the day care it subsidizes is not detrimental to children. Several revisions in the existing federal standards and the mechanisms for enforcing them are…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administration, Certification, Day Care
Morgan, Gwen G. – 1977
This paper examines the current context and historical background of Federal Day Care Standards. Section I briefly defines the term standards, describes different types of standards, and discusses the rationale for minimum day care standards. Also examined in this section are: the process of standard formulation; legal defense of a standard as…
Descriptors: Administration, Certification, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Cooper, Sara Pope – 1976
This paper is a synthesis of available documents, surviving files and personal interviews pertaining to the history of the Federal Interagency Day Care Requirements (FIDCR). The general outlines of what took place, the principal issues and viewpoints involved and the interplay among these issues are described. Also included are: accounts of the…
Descriptors: Child Care, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Federal Legislation
Center for Systems and Program Development, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1977
This report presents summaries of 21 papers which address various issues related to day care policy formation. The papers were commissioned as part of the information gathering and dissemination activities of the Federal Interagency Day Care Requirements (FIDCR) Appropriateness Study. The summaries of the papers are divided into four topical…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Certification, Child Care, Coordination
Costin, Lela B.; And Others – 1977
This paper examines child day care needs and ways that federal and state approaches to day care standard setting and enforcement might be improved. Chapter I documents the magnitude of child day care needs, citing Department of Labor, Census, and other survey statistics on the numbers of children needing day care and the number of day care centers…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Certification, Coordination, Court Litigation
