Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-07
D. T.. Commissioners
Approve Request for
ChiId-Care Funds
Application for $4,000
lonhom Act Cash to
Be Sent to FWA

The Districts application for about
$4,000 OF Lanham Act funds tt
finance nursery schools and other
child care services was approved by
the Commissioners two hours after
they received it from the OCD Child
Care Committee yesterday
The action means that the appli-
cation for funds for 10 nursery
schools. 10 Sabotage recreation
and counseling services will be for
varded Immediately to the Federal
Works Agency. which administers
Lanham Act funds for needs trace
able to the war.
Miss Dorothy T. Pearse, director
of services for children of working
mothers, sent the detailed applica-
ton to the Commissioner yester-
day after obtaining the signatures
of the f1ve-member Advisory Com
mittee on Child-Care Services
Members include Supt of Schools
Frank w. Ballou, chairman: Dr.
George c, Rutland of the Health
Department. a representative of the
Board of Public Welfare, Milo Chris
tiansen of the Recreation Depart
ment. and Mrs Henry P. Chandler,
chairman of the OCD Child Care
and Protection Committee.
Care for 800 Children.
The Commissioner action in ap-
proving the budget for child care
civ
Randolph bill opening District
schools &c children under five be-
came law. preliminary plans for a
Lanham act request for day care
funds were begun last September.
The 10 nursery schools and 10
school age projects proposed in the
application would care for approx
mately 300 children. OF this num-
Der, 300 pre-school children in the
two-to- flveyear -old group will be in
the nursery schools, and 500 school,
age children will participate in
supervised recreation programs be-
forefore school in the morning and
from to pm. while parents are at
work.
Approximately one-third OF the
operating costs of the projects will
be borne by parents. It is estimated
that in nursery school caring for
80 children, two children could pay
up to $50 month, three could pay
up to s25, Is would pay up to $40
month, five would pay up to $40
and five children would fall into
the category that could pay moth
ing. These fees includes hot meal.
Maximum Cost Sl3 a Month.
The maximum cost to parents in
the school age recreation program
would be s13 month, Miss Pearse
said.
The budget for the first applica-
ton for Lanham Act funds is nee
essarily larger than for succeeding
expansion, it was pointed out be-
cause of initial administrative costs
In establishing the program and
equipment outlay.
Included in the application for
funds is request for $500 to sub
sidize up to 10 children a week in
foster day care homes. Miss Pearse
said she did not know whether this
provision would be approved by
FWA since Lanham funds are sup
posed to be used primarily for group
care Of children.
Foster care in homes by non-pro-
fessional women generally costs
parents ST a day. Miss Pearse said
volunteers trained in child care
courses by the Emergency Commit
tee for the Day Care Of Young Chill
dren might assist foster-mothers.
The Children's Bureau ALLEGATION
of funds for Miss Pearses salary
and those of other Board of We'll
fare appointees in the child care
programs is expected to be made
public tomorrow. Meanwhile, the
Board of Education continues re-
ceiving applications for four nursery
school supervisory positions paid
out Of the s2,273 granted by the
United States Office of Education
last week. When these directors and
consultants are chosen they will
select available public school space
to be used for the nursery schools
as their first job.