Evening star., 1943-06-25
Arlington Group
Proposes Wider
Day-Care Work
CounseIing Service
To Assist Purents
Recommended


The Arlington County Child Care
Committee today recommended es-
tablishment of an information and
counseling service, development of
an enlarged foster day-care service
and an all-year school service pro-
gram. The recommendation were
made after survey of nursery
school and day nursery facilities in
the county.
The committee said that on a
basis of requests coming into the
county office of civilian defense and
the Welfare Department there seems
to be little need for additional
nursery schools or day nursery CEN
ters.
There appear to be instances,
however, the committee added,
where mothers are unable to pay
the fees charged, particularly for
more than one child. The COM
mittee said some effort should be
made to set up scale of fees based
on the number of children attending
a nursery school or center from a
single home.
Parents Need Advice.
Mothers or parents who are
working, or who are considering
employment" the committee said,
Should have some competent per-
son to whom they can go for advice
in planning for the care of their
children. This service, set up on a
countrywide scale, should be a dis
tinct function of the day-care pro-
gram. It should be sponsored by
the Child Care Committee and
should be under the supervision of
the public child welfare program"
Referring TO an enlarged foster
day-care service, the committee said
its primary function would be to
supply private home care for very
young children. This, it was said,
should be under the guidance and
supervision of an agency equipped
to give such service.
The committee pointed out that in
the establishment of an extended
school service program to care for
children after school hours assist
ance has been given other COM
munities by the State Department
OF EDUCATION.
Purposes Outlined.
THE test of a good overall pro-
gram" the committee said, rests
on how nearly it meets the needs of
the situation. One need that is not
being met in Arlington is that of
an international and counseling
service"
A day-care counseling service has
three main purposes, it was said.
They are:
/. To provide assistance to par
ents and to give advice on the ad-
visibility of employment of the
mothers.
2. To furnish information on
facilities in the community for the
care and supervision of children
whose mothers are working.
8. To make available, by refer
ence to the proper agency, advice
and assistance relating to the care
and development of children.
Based on Interviews.
The study, based on interviews,
and OCD and welfare records, re-
veaied there are eight white and one
colored nursery schools providing
all-day care, four white nursery
schools providing 24-hour care and
five white kindergartens providing
part-day care. The majority of
these, it was revealed, have facilities
for the care of additional children.
The study of the county's day
care needs was made by Mrs. Flora
r. Vowel, day-care consultant
loaned to the county by the State
welfare department. Members of
the Child Care Committee are
Roger w. Grant, jr., county welfare
superintendent, chairman; Edmund
D. Campbell, County Board men,
Der; Supt. of Schools Fletcher
Kemp, Commemorative Attorney
Lawrence Douglas, Dr. Ralph G..
Beachley, county health officer;
Police Chief Harry L. woodward,
Mrs. Sara E. Carl of the War Hous-
ing Center and County Manager
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