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Child Care: States Face Difficulties Enforcing Standards and Promoting Quality (PDF)
By U.S. Government Accounting Office , Ed.
November 1992

Summary: This report describes State efforts to ensure and promote quality child care through enforcement of State standards and other activities. Licensing directors in the 50 States and the District of Columbia were surveyed by phone. Child care experts at national, State, and local levels were interviewed. Activities are highlighted that States conduct to ensure that providers meet State child care standards. The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) may affect State efforts to improve the quality of child care in general and the enforcement of State standards in particular. Many States face difficulties protecting children from child care that does not meet minimum safety and health standards. In particular, staffing and budget cuts in several States have reduced on-site monitoring, a key oversight activity that is necessary for the enforcement of standards. Many States are trying methods less costly than monitoring to ensure compliance with standards and influence the quality of care.

Index Terms: Enforcement, Health Standards, Quality Of Child Care, Safety Standards, Standards, State Standards, Budget Reports, Monitoring, Staffing Issues, Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), States

Publication Type: Reports (Descriptive)

Pages: 38 pages
Language: English
URL: http://archive.gao.gov/d36t11/148108.pdf

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