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for,Michigan's
children?
By LCmcIi ly,. is er-income famjJie$
CapiIDI News &niiu that, have the most trouble find-
LANSING - The steadily iDg adequate care.
growing need for day care is She said that hile th
forcing evaluation and ... m average cost of day care in
o 0 is caring fo Michigan's Mi� is about S90 a week
children. pel chil� or $18 a day, the state
, UnfortunatJey, thi ually only offers $1290 per day for in-
doesn't occur until a pareat l faDb UDder 2 1/lud $8.58 per
un ppy bout th· current day thole over 21/l.
child care . tuaoo , officials ' 'What that traDslates to is a
agree. lot of 10 .income, DSS
A �uor . block to recipients are being turned ,
aeating better day care i simp- away by the centers because we
ly aeating enough day care. can't offer enough money,·
While in recent years society ADen said ,
ackao ledged the need for She said that another
double-incolPe famili ade- pr pareota face is what to
quate day care facilities are tiD � • th their child en be 0
fe and far between. .I she· ill
Affordability, COD\4eDience, "Many pareD canaot take
and iDapor dy, quality off work everytime their child
are the key f ct in determin- has a cold b day care ceoters
. . care for your child, aumot take them either,· ADen
said Jeanne E. Bf h ' said.
development specialist at There· a choice of service
.'. State University. available and it· up to the
She said that lid of day care to decide which is best
so· aeeds to be for ir Deeds.
reYiewed by the federal, tate There are two types of day
d community Je\lel d not care to CODSider for your child:
by the • •. family. Ou· the aDd in-home
-vie need a ario and care._
epolicy a
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caret:
daildrea for part of the day.
There· a . . of six children
for ODe adult care-giver and up
to 12 children if two adults are
home.
A family et ing, flexible
ho before and after-school
care and a setting. where
dilldren are not separated by
e are S9DJe a�es of this
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necessarily the resoODSd)ddV
the • •
S Allen, prQ89m manager
for the state Depfi1ment of So­
cial Service, aid that hat
Mirbigan eeds i referral sys­
tems to help parents choose the
day care thaf best fits their
needs.
Allen . d that, unfortunate-
By' J
CHICAGO-At a"'news
conference here Dec. 20,
Rev. Jesse Jackso led ODe
more major corporation
down the road of true
awareoess.
FoUowing the lead of • -
earlier pact signers Coca­
Co Burger King an4 the
7-EkNen parent Southland
Corp., Ford Motor Co.
inked a covenaat with
Operation PUSH to
pro te the role of
mino •• in its b J ac­
tivi .
Fo d proJUed to pend
about $2.5 billie» with
African-American com­
panieI and iDstitutioas over
the DCXt five years.
The agreemeat ] the
r of six years of ocgqtia­
tions. PUSH will monitor
the Dearborn-based auto
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:..,-1bDCDt 0
. H .
UDa'vaiIIlble for co t
Ho ever, State Seaator
Jackie Va ezpreued sup- However,
port for the UDion'. position, his local's mae
tatiug that the company's ac- effect Bell's
no would "hurt the entire com- brIe on the <le'YIlUOt)1llC1llt
munity. " . � Livernois - S·
"Company's have a social Detroit
esponsibility to locate where "111e area uld grow, if a
they can help people, where , major playet ( ichigan Bell)
they are the t necessary," he would commit," e . d.
- Y t 'are co
mitted to Detroit," Hoo ey
stIled. "We e here for good.
We'reDOtg· ao . The
closiDg of a iDgJc office will not
cbaDge. t..
Hoose stated that Bell is
making many changes in its or­
anizational structure and
Detroit ha benefitted from
them. Wi bin the last two years,
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