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B�UE �MAVOR File NO.
Council Resolution
Presented By
Referred To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
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because there are more children needing care due to the high number of working mothers;
and
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
4�JHEREAS, 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
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
community awareness of the needs of young childr�n 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 6 through April 12, 1980, as the "Week of
the Young Child." '
COUNCILMEN Requested by Department of:
Yeas �cMAHON Nays
�� [n Favor
Hozza
Hunt
Levine __ Against BY
Maddox
Showalter
Tedesco APR 3 ��Q Form Approved by City Attorney
Adopted by Council: Date
Certified -s d by Counc' Secr BY �—
By
APR 7 1980 Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council
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C�.ONARV��� DEPARTMENT � GITY OF SAINT PAUL �
_ BLUE - MAVOR File NO.
~ T Council Resolution
Presented By
Referred To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
WHEREAS, the "Week of the Young Child," sponsored by the Child Care Council of
Ramsey County, is an annual event when parents, teachers, and other concerned citizens
and community groups are 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, as an aging society we have relatively few children, an overabundance
of young adults, and a mounting number of elderly; and
WHEREAS, 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
WHEREAS, given this reality, today's children will be a scarce resource and a
precious asset as adults in the early part of the next 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 by the end of the 80's their participa-
tion in the labor force may roughly equal that of inen) ; and
WHEREAS, 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 �nd 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
COUNCILMEN .Requested by Department of:
Yeas Nays
Butler In Favor
Hozza �
Hunt �
Levine __ Against BY —
Maddox
Showalter
Tedesco Form Approved by City Attorney
Adopted by Council: Date
Certified Yassed by Council Secretary BY
By
A�pproved by Mavor: Date — Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council
By _ — BY