Show Urgent Need For Day Care critical is the matter of eaily growth that we must make a National commitment to providing all American children an opportunity for healthful and stimulating development during this first five years of life This was a message by President Richard Nixon in 1969 to THERE IS urgent need for day care especially in the North Davis according to Jim Assistant Social Service Director of Family Davis One ol the purposes of day care is to free mothers who are eligible for from their to work or train for the number of requests for day care services from mothers with young far exceeds the number of licensed day care homes in the Clearfield A LICENSED day care home is also one which offers full day care and protection of whose parents are at work or are incapable of caring for their children full If three or more unrelated children are ared it is necessary ir the home to be The number of children allowed in a day care home is six or including the day care family's own pre-school Family day care homes caring for children for whom Family Services has accepted responsibility or agreed to pay cost of must have a license regardless of the number of children cared for in the THE DAY care mother must have an interest in and a capacity for enjoying She must be consistent and have the ability to discern the feelings and needs of children and possess good She must be able to handle as well as difficult situations promptly and intelligently- She should not be too young but old enough to have maturity but not loo old to lack sufficient stamina and flexibility to care for young ALL FAMILY members must possess desirable feelings and toward the children accepted for day The day care family must not take away the responsibilities of the child's own parents and should recognize the differing areas of responsibility of the day care home and those of the child's own The family day must be a rS secure economic po IN THE care aJ tion of children J punishment is not i and the children ag constant supervision adult shall available on call gency A statement is by a licensed that all peril for household are frej health problems limit them in cap IT IS desirable i day home be W the neighborhood iii w child Day Cari must comply with t ordinances relative or privilege Fireplaces and op heaters must be proC Gas heater be vented and install permanent The home clean and reasonably THE DAY Care ht not be located wb exist that hazardous to the aia fare or physical he the All roa for the children mu plenty of a lightings j Every child own bed or cot and For infants a with sides is DAY CARE responsible for fa the child with one hi a plus two soa a pre-school must obtain a food hj 4 When a day care i tends a child whose nl is eligible for the day care mother res per child per department does what they charge ANY person establish a family home should request J from the the of FaraM ices at 99 South Main or call extension |