278509 WHITE - CITY CLERK
CAh�tY - DEPARTMENT , , �
G I T Y O F s A I N T �A U L Council ��►J��
BLUE - MAYOR File N O.
� Council Resolution
Presented By
Referred Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
WHEREAS, 1982 is the Child Care Council of Ramsey County's llth year of service to our
community; and
WHEREAS, the "Week of the Young Child," sponsored by the Child Care Council , is an
annual event when the corr�nunity is encouraged to reflect on the needs of young children,
to examine how well we care for and educate our future parents and teachers, and to review
our commitment to improve the well-being of all young children; and
WHEREAS, since as an aging society, we have relatively few children, an overabundance
of young adults, and a mounting number of elderly, consequently, during the opening decade
of the next century, continually increasing social and economic demands will fall -on a
small contingent of workers and the very well-being of American society will be threatened;
and today's children will be a scarce resource and a precious asset as adults in the early
part of the 21st century; therefore, the welfare of today's children, especially those who
are in most need of help, should be our highest priority, and their care and education
must receive our full support; and
WHEREAS, the large-scale entry of women into the labor force has been one of the most
significant social and economic phenomenon of the century (approximately one-half of all
women are in the labor force today) ; and because more and more mothers of young children,
currently 44 percent, are either beginning or returning to work shortly after the birth
of a child, more mothers face the dual and competing roles of both worker and parent; and
WHEREAS, the demand for child care continues to show that parents are relying heavily
on parental and informal child care arrangements, and there is an increasing demand for
day care services in centers, family day care homes, and in-home care givers because more
children need care due to the high number of working mothers; and
WHEREAS, because so many young children have working mothers, and because society
has provided so little support for young children and especially young children needing
child care, the need and demand for child care services and parent-consumer subsidies
is not being adequately met by either the public or private sectors; and
COUIVCILMEN Requestgd by Department of:
Yeas Nays
Hunt
Levine _ In Favor
Maddox
McMahon B
sr,o,�,aite� __ Against Y —
Tedesco
Wilson
Form Approved by City Attorney
Adopted by Council: Date —
Certified P�s•e by Council ecr BY
By _
Approved by :Vlayor: Date _ Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council
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WHITE - CITY CLERK �����
PINK� - FINANCE j �
CANARY - DEPARTMENT G I TY OF SA I NT l,�U L COUtICll
BLUE - MAYOR
File N .
� Council Resolution
Presented By
Referred To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
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WHEREAS, demographic, economic and social changes have changed American society
and children have become more critical to our society's future survival than most
Americans realize; and
WHEREAS, the risk in failing to provide quality care for young children has an
enormous price--a generation with lost potential and a future society unable to
maintain itself; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, children should be our first priority, and meeting their needs, especially
during the early and formative years, should be the highest concern of both public and
private institutions, and that in the future we must encourage family care, assure
access to formal child care services, assure that care in both formal and informal
settings meets children 's developmental needs, and promote parent, care giver and
cornrnunity awareness of the needs of young children in our society; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the St. Paul City Council supports Mayor George Latimer's
proclamation designating the week of April 4 through April 10, 1982, as the "Week of
the Young Child. "
COU[VCILMEN
Yeas Nays Requestgd by Department of:
Hunt
Levine In FavOc
Maddox �
McMahon
Showalter ---LZ--- Against BY
Tedesco
Wilson
APR i ��1 Form Approved by City Attorney
Adopted by Council: Date —
CertifiE:d Pa se b C�uncil retar BY
A o by Ylavor: e Y R .rj �QA� Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council
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By - — BY -
PUBLISHE`D APR 1_ 0 1982