CHILD DAY CARE

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OLL 84-361-3
24 September 1984
MEMORANDUM FOR: See Distribution
VIA: Chief, Liaison Division/OLL
t,iaison Division/OLL
SUBJECT: Child Day Care
1. Given the current Agency interest in the feasibility
of constructing a day-care center on the Agency compound, I
refer you to the following:
A. Public Law 98-407 was recently enacted whereby the
Army, Navy and Air Force will evaluate whether private
contractors can build and operate day-care centers on
military bases more economically than the government can.
Each service must use competitive bidding to secure a
contract for private construction and operation of one such
center.
B. On 18 September, Senator Trible introduced S 3007
and Congressman Wolf introduced H 6269, identical bills
which would require a cost-benefit analysis of a Government
program of furnishing workday care benefits for dependent
children of Federal employees. The Senate bill was referred
to the Committee on Governmental Affairs and the House bill
was referred to the Committee on Post Office and Civil
Service.
2. Attached for your information is the 18 September
Congressional Record report on Senator Paul Trible's (R.,
VA) remarks (page 511410), and Congressman Frank Wolf's
introductory remarks which are followed by a
section-by-section analysis of the bill and the bill itself
(pages E3886-E3889). I will keep you informed of the status
of this legislation and forward the printed bills when they
are available.
Attachment
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parlk:atar~y, vocatLooea trabitr>s. ~ lo'N ososcer-!1?ures revealed that !t
As a member; said-Osier d~airmars.-od -pesoeat at-~om~ wt~ cl~Hdren undee
the Botrs~ ss~;Labor Coal- a?e~? ~oott~!d sad 50 percent of womnea
~mitles. 8epreseRtatter lortDos ~wss s with ~~4 betriae~ ode; ? and 21
key force DehiaQ the F~lementary sad were emDloyeQ. Hi- 15+80.45 peioeat of
8eoondary Edn~tton Act of 1956. mothers with chridnn under age ? sad
phich :created remedial help for dbad- nearly ?i percent of mothers with
vaatased ehtldrem tad provided aid for ac2ioot ~ ebildiea worked outside the
school iibcaska _ . home. And. b 15tG. the proportion of
He was also one of the itthers of the mothers- :with children aade~.r sit ?
ADDalachlaa ~~~ Commbmon, workhss outside the home incresaed'to
which has helped some of the poorest b0 percent.
sections of etstern ltentncity sad ~~ t tread b ezpected to
other States obtain badly needed,hos- oontim~e. Predictions are that by 1990.
pitals sad roads. two out Oi three mothers wfll be in the
But Carl Perkins never forgot where wl~thrc ~n ~~~ne~ t6 wlu be ~-
he came iron. Ht bleat home oftxn.
sometimes traveling the backroads of Dloyed-~ ??-Daroent increase mace
.~ distr. chattirlB ~~_~ lbten- 1970. By the end of the decade. one in
inB to-hb coaatituents. every four children under age 10 w[H
Such commitment b ~t easily for- t~hat~psre~t ithe~r temployedh or look-
gotten. And recognition of Carl Per- for wort. _
kiss. yaasaBe of -this brill. ibB :. .
would L1Zrot~ fittlnB tribute to Lit . ~~~? sad single parents
strength~sad~character. - have become an buportant ltctor to
I urge the. Coaxmittee . on Environ- the workplace ~ their requirements
meat sad Public Works to take inneno- tad those af? thetr families must be
diate sctlon on this legislation. reoognbed- For ~~ parents, chffd-
Mr. HENNEDY., ldr. President, it b care benefits may De at least as impor-
an honor for me ~to loin to supporting fast as other rgore traditional employ-
this r~ deserved. tribute to Car! meat . benefits such da health iasur-
Perkins. , once ar retirement pleas. l~aployets
No one ~-who tne~e Carl Perkins will ~~ = ~ t chiid~are bene
ever iorget'him. He was a giant of the Aeraonne3
Hentud~ earQi. and all of us fn Con- to ~ iacrea~8ly important. '
green w~ tespecled his Sepias and R.ecoBnizinB this, the White Souse
valued f~1s "Arfendship will miss him Office o1 Private Sector Initiatives has
dearly. Sir cuss eaDecially close to both messes emD~ Lions for ovork-
my brotlaerf. and his loss was deeply famIIies sad of the ta= sad Droduc-
mouraeQ -1~ aH ~u members of m7 ~
itrnily..: ~ ~~,~ ?'~ =. - ' . " _..' , ` ''` tlvity _ et chDd-care bene-
L~atLP~trkias t!!d a u~re lbQity.~o ~~ = : ~'': " .
touch t2it oonsdeace of Congress sad A number of employers now
the couairy- t5h legt+c9 01 erocellence >~~ ~d~ate benefib sad ve
will eruik b
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t+[r. l- - - `Yr. pe+esideat, i`ri' the flop Wd
last th? a _eis. Araericaa socleiry General "A~ Office: to ~ondt~t
hsa ti ~sbil3cH ~traastorma=. a cost/bes'~~t .off _o2terloB
~ion.~ ~ Driven' ti " 8ramarie ia- ehiId~c9tt?e . ~~eriel~! ~ boverament
crease'- ih fife"iesmber o1 itaniites wostds:.._ '..: `~_ ...r.~~ ._
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whose adult-eei+~3tiers *-orti outside the . ...! bclieoe
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care benefit. options. which provide the
best tavsstma~at for me. Government
-~. ta~ayer. wl~e?meeltns a+1th the
aeeb o! emnlopees~taa.thelr fatuities.
TLe Qegsior tieckrtl*e . ~asoclatian.
lbderul >t[anaBeis' Aasoeittioa. Peder-
al-~ploypd women. anQ .the profea
sto:sl ltsas~es ~Asaodat~ion wrppoet
this study sad I urR ffif ooBeagues ~
do so is well. ..~ - .
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
a iso~ - -
At the request of 1[r. host. the
name of the Senator from Wisconsin
[l[r. Hssx:fltl was added as a cospon-
sor of 8. id07. a bill to Drotect pur-
chasers of used automobiles from
fraudulent practices associated with
automobile odometer modfiicatloda.
sad for other purposes. .
L f i!t
At the request of >![r. Hsn+rz. the
panne of the Senator from North Caro-
Tina [tdr. Ssrs:sl was added as a co-
sponsor sd B. l1~9. a b81 to improve
the operstiam of the coaaterosilin8
duty. antidumDf~ duty. brnport relief.
and other trade laws os tht IInited
a sass
AL the request of l[r. IztOIIY=. the
name of the Senator from Alabama
[Mr. Harntl was added as a cosponsor
of 8. BS35. a Dill W amend tltles aVIII
and ffia of the Social Security Act to
provide that the services of a meats]
health oounselar ah8a be covered
under part B of medicare and shall be
a required service under medicaid.
-- a sso~
Al the;repueet of 1+[i. Paa:~s, the
nt`rae of the Senator tr'om IUiuob [t+ir.
Dszoal ~vae added at a cosponsor of 8.
3107. a bill to amend the Comprehen-
sive gbvir~oamental -Resporsse. Com-
pensatfoa. and Lfabdltty Act of 1980 to
eatablbh oettiin requirements with r+e-
~,~ ~ suDstsacea released
>~am Federal and for other
-" a sass
At the request of Mr. t3BlIDtiY, the
name of the Senator from Hawaii [tdr.
Irtomrsl was added as a cosponsor of
8. 3158. a biII to establlah a commis-
sion to Judy the 1932-38 famine
ewused by the Sovitt Government is
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s sac .
At the- request of tdr. 8~-srsit. the
names of ? the i~enator iroea 'Indiana
per.. Qai~rrsl. She Senator from I1H-
aob ptr. ~ Pacil. the Senator from
p[r. Lsvnrt. sad the Sena-
tor .troar ~ ~ ~_ilR. Door] were
~ as of $. 1751. a biII
to provida for ~ Mm'd~~ manaB~-
ment aa0 rehab>litattoa ~ the Great
Lakes. an? tc~r. otter pmposea
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name "dt tlee beef Roca >t[inaesota
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sf the 11~sis ?Yfaaair's Odvenlit L arc with children. under ate 6 and 8Z P er` shill ears asts4oee .!a ass-t j
eL leis-ba meaeaachers is this ftdd. Centel then with school aged ehll- should be ebb eo4esabrwml-ago
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site the lrlgb degree of This axamishktg Ilgure-D youth the nceft.~'t R t8~et.-- -- -.r
Bare, higher ;hen. the astto?a2? :avatM hot ahaoss'6o iitrw tit lists: se
IM: over the United atatae dren between ages 6 and 19. worked. :moatwtbaw ftey-1 l vc pest mw
'/NIsai h bLdwe gum
for every $1 invested in a chf& core The ahtnte In the peel decade has w1 he Oman obnew
11 - IV*-'6mplbyer reeefwed any- dap been significant. In I$40, w11Y 2 1' magpIRide Sr ffsa &VIM 3bM de-
!1t to $20 return on the In- Percent of women
_ with chBdren ender speeds that we soosiaer i sins
ir'' ough the tax advan- are 6 and 60 percent of women with which UM Mvo# -M& besit i
__ moalse^R
tt~ Ib Mudneaaes would not be avail. school age children were employed. flan the -
sue. via Qoevsinment, a recent sale The Horse Select Committee an Qil1- se, oust, while, is s tine
sto41r Of. a - somrofit organisation- dren. Youth, and Families predicts needs of the employee d tt\e aa-
gfSeressted lw Iba:.same tax teas in the that nationally by ice. 65 percent of 'Ployeela may.
Federal Government-identifled a $3 married women and 80 percent of My co1l9skyes may be interested In
fp $1 ttsaesonent return for offering mothers with children under age G will tared recent Wash m least articles
si ie imre?beneflta. be employed--an 80 percent Increase abouV-IcW-child ears effort
Since theme tZm of savings already D 1even 970'taare-alartaiisgfigure Is that In nertbern virgins and' I net she in-
an" ~t%be )Miele sector and the evl- are in every four rmchildren ing. ceder the a1udint wit this stLt menu the allvw-
dssiw eg1sta that similar savings cot;ld age of Iv -will be In a single parent t~ comments I hsve.tloeIed hem -tn-
tistowsd tn-t a Federal Governmenk I household, with that parent either ferreted Federal sm;ftyee gfvrWa an
balks~e. t with the dhanges taking employed or looking for wort Of par- Nits initlativee.
/Yaw it waPk patterns and with the titular concern to me regarding these fly ltlmAle~ Women
steam;. c racer n about budget savings. statistics lathe unique fact that the FEW thanks yeah ? Ibr rosin tnitlatfae is the PedentOavernment as a resporud. departments and agendes of the Fed- trodUCfr won that add:t+~aars yeetIDe
1Ha ematmer must take steps to sna-
bma eft= cone oral Government are located here and concern of Federally >tWptoyed Riaaen-
A are
. The number of worth scoters
~~~~ cold account for the higher ststisttcs ~
for this area. This evidence substannti- the to !them Federal decade. The roe majority of oritrfty y of these
Ewiould 1te soggy some baekgrounC or
sues the fgct that as women and single women work rt t The of eooriomlc need For
on mv-wort in this aria From my 6ts- parents become a major force In the these ftiimflles affordable any Qisinr Child
.fibim both employers and par- workplace, their needs. the needs of ore Is a aeeeastty ... -PEW sapota the
eats and I my work on the House their families and particularly the Child Can &oft IM ... a. cost-benefit
Mlb* - Children. Youth needs of their el den must be ad- anab'sis options ta.h+ed-
and Ss Me Llarned of the growing dressed. For employers seeking to re- era) wor%VsOw is a oydrmini in eaad8iah-
cbDd awe for waiting mothers
number of hounholds with working Bruit and retain top quality-personnel. Mg available
parents or single parents and the the ability to provide good employee and fathers employed by the l~bdelai gov-
ernmeat,
t this tram* is having on employ- benefits is essential. The successful The Chairman of the Board of the
sea and famines. Also In myr work on employer of the future may be one Senior Executives Aasoeiatdon, Carol
the Howe oemn dater. P became ae- who recognizes that child care is a
quainted with the White House Office benefit option which can be crucial to Bonosaro.
of Pria.oa & r Initiatives and itb the productivity of their business or The members ofthe Association are vital-
yon, - - lybonor me I with-this lame both as working
/eaweaaa -which brings the- business
arganisla as
d child-child -provider communities . ; believe it is. important far the Fed- emplis and t are Fend ren innnogns of
ts.
fed to share information an ma] Government, as a responsible em- mftulzaan pl?yees whi ule anut th =lem
dh.naes In child care demands and ployer, to look at the child care shwa- and propose appropriate aolians, Is a wel-
new opportunities for businesses to on and determine whether there come first step to finding a remedy to this
assist working parents through tax, could be cost benefits for providing national problem. We commend you for
productivity and other advantages. child care assistance for its working your efforts. and for your foresight in
Hollowing- my review of this pro- parent employees. The information I taking a leadership role on thialesue.
gram. I formed a Child Care Advisory have seen through these workshops, The Professional Managers Annocia-
Committee-to develop an information- through hearings in the select rem- tion:
at pram regarding these advantages mittee and though information pro- Your proposal is both appropriate and
IDsr aerthern Virginia employers. The sided by the Department of Labor and timely. It is appropriate that some anEeation
first phase of this program was a the White House points to a real cost be given to public employee child-care, given
breakfast briefing in early June with savings to an employer who provides the trend to do so In the private-sector a is
ores business leaders hosted by the ehlld care benefits. Those savings are tmely because of the general trene toward
BDM International Corp. to gauge the achieved from reduced employee turn- more mothers joining the wartfbrm. Ir Im.
interest in this subject. The response ever. reduced subsequent training proved productivity can rest t. O. mini-
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was quite positive and resulted in two costs, higher retention, less absentee- ds away parents' corm and ifl
ucered time me away y from worY_setiini-
in the Piiaar. Let me share some mment., as the largest employer in Cations nrd-IIL star > cdI its
of'these statlat America apply these same Practices NO local emplbyrs-ID his besdquasiera in
Reston. Remington Is negotiating with four
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childcare centers in Reston to set up a fees for picking up a child late at a center.
-voucher system by which OTt can help Its He urged companies to examine their tele-
employes pay for child care at the centers. phone' and sick leave policies so that they
. She was one of about 75 representatives of are responsive to the child,care problems of
business, government and child-care organ!- worker puT
rations who met yesterday at a workshop on Wolf said he believes the private sector
"Employer-Sponsored Options for Working has to take the Initiative to' aooommodate
Parents" sponsored by Rep. Frank R. Wolf the drastic Change in the modern work
(R-Va.) and targeted specifically at business- force, and this Is the message the White
es In the 10th Congressional District. The House Office on Private Initiatives has been
workshop grew out of a series of meetings taking to business Unlike many women em-
wlth women Constituents that began last ployees of corporations. they can get to the
November and ultimately led to a briefing decision makers and they Can educate them
with chief executive officers In June. about the costs to the corporations of child-
The purpose of the workshop was to give care Pr'obled' Tiley are making the case in
employers hard facts about the tax benefits terms of reduced absenteeism and turnover
they could derive from helping their em- and Increased productivity. It In a language
ployes with child care. the productivity ben- business people understand, and when they
efits they could derive from lowered absen- hear It from Wolf and the White House,
teeism and turnover due to childcare prob- they'll listen.
become more responsive to the problems of (Prom the Washington Post, Aug. 3, 1884]
working parents. CRUZ Crag
Among the speakers were a representative (By Judy Mann)
of the Internal Revenue Service, ~. (
Deanna Tate of Texas Women's University, Dr. Deanna Tate, chairman of the Child
who has done cost-benefit analyses showing Development and Family Living Depart-
that employer-sponsored childcare pro- meat at Texas Woman's University, has
grams save companies money, and Richard done cost benefit analyses of three compa-
Schiaff of the White Rouse Office of Pri- Hies that had such detailed personnel data
vate Sector Initiatives, which has sponsored that she was able to determine the impact
18 similar Conferences for top business ex-
ecutives across the country.
Schlaff said child-care advocates had com-
plained they could not reach "the decision
makers" in companies to let them know
"there's something other than on-site care."
The Office of Private initiatives began con-
tacting chief executive officers in local com-
munities and asking them to Invite their
peers to briefing luncheons. Then, they
were asked to send their personnel officials
to follow-up workshops to learn about vari-
ous forms of child-care assistance and how
they could implement them. "We're trying
to get the child-care community and the
business community to work together," said
Schlaff.
At yesterday's workshop, for example, he
distributed a two-page worksheet detailing
steps to take in companies to provide sup
port systems for working parents. He also
distributed a list of various companies and
what they are doing. so that people at the
workshop could contact companies almcfar
to theirs and find out what might work best
for them.
"Ten years ago." said Schiaff. "the move-
ment was toward on-site centers," which
met with tremendous employer resistance.
"They labeled It and said no babies in the
boardroom. They then took the concept of
employer-supported child care and put it on
a shelf. We attempted to reach the decision
makers in companies and said open up that
file and dust if off and look at the changes
In what's available to help working-parent
employes.
"We find the CEOs are just not Interested
until it hits home." he said. Then he gave
on productivity and profit of child-care as
sistanCe to employes. The results of her
studies are striking arguments that this
kind of employe benefit Is good business.
A small textile manufacturing plant she
analysed had 87 employes, many of whom
were women in low-skilled jobs. The turnov-
er rate was running at the 40 percent level,
in a community that had an unemployment
rate of about 13 to 3 percent. The company
paid $42,500 to buy and modify a nearby
house and set up a child care center. It
budgeted $30,000 for ongoing costs. with the
rest to be paid from parent fees. The center
Provided care for 86 children, and 28 per-
cent of the employes used it.
The company calculated that it spent
$1,000 to train a new production worker and
$2,000 to train a new office worker. Turnov-
dropped to 1 percent, and absenteeism went Sarno,-ST-Susses: AsnsYaIS
from 10 to 1 percent. The company was able.
Section 1: The Me of this legislation is
to reduce its payroll by 10 production work- ..Federal Employees' Day Care Benefits
eta and 8 office workers, saving salary and Study Act of
warning Costs of 16 employes reducing Its Section 2(a) The principles involved with
workspace sad IQwa ring administrative costs
for turnover and training While it had four this cost benefit analysis-the General As.
appllcanta-for each position before the counting Office and a private consultant.
center Was started, it had 20 afterwards, are defined.
with 90 Percent of them saying It was be- (b) This section mandates a cost benefit
cause of the child care center. "For every $1 analysis be performed on child care options.
spent, they yielded $6 In costa contain- Because of the amount of research already
merit," Tate told a workshop on employer- being Performed In the private sector In oor-
+ponsored Child care assistance held for porations, small businesses, and non-profit
businesses this week under the sponsorship entities showing that for every one dollar
of Rep. Prank Wolf (R.-Va.) invested in a child care benefit the employer
Her cost-benefit analysis of a print shop receives anywhere from $4 to $20 on that In-
that was- considering childcare assistance vestment, this legislation Is designed to de-
for its 50 employes showed It would save $4 mthe f ~~ savings are possible
for every $1 invested. She projected that a
bow" ?wita'4AM employes would save $8 Several major options are being used by
for everr#l invested in a center. private sector organlsauom such as: - ,
AWMIDNIS lift-t In child care saalatanoe Providing a voucher benefit !
th
rota
e fed-
son-in-law left. Suddenly child care became ton employg b.growing. Richard Schlaff of oral government for some portion of the
of paramount importance to the CEO. and the White Be ousOffice for Private fiUs- child ogre cost for a working parent (vouch-
he willingly agreed to host one of the than taM the workshop that the Conference er-cam);
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lunches for his peers. Board In, New York estimates - that 1,100 Raving the federal government Contact
"There are things your company can do Companies are now participating in some with a particular vendor for a certain
that don't cost a quarter of a million dol- klod W progriet,' ap from 600 last Novem- number of child care spots in that center for
lass." said Schlaff. He urged the business bar.. Programs range from flexible leave employees to use (vendored.care);
people to consider having seminars for policies why, alsmple, allow parents to Allowing several agencies in a particular
working parents to Inform them about trap ,tt g* when their children are 7ietnfty to to in together on a co sortlum
childcare tax credits and Ume management, side ta0- 4 if commitment to-chid care type of child are center (an example would
He urged them to have Aeminars for super- -wistanei tprp eh wr s&te facWtisa be to establish a center In the Crystal city
visors so they would realize that a secretary ils 74e.Ai'e * variety of options: MK area of Arlltrgton, Virginia In the midst of
who Is given something to type at 630 It E Mr riCentiy contracted with $ where emtrsy defense agencies lease space Ur,
the evening mar face AS er 110 to nenarto - an- -- --
an example of a grandfather who had put
his daughter through law school. and
wanted her to practice law but also wanted
the best care for his g andson, Then the
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Information referral system; banks in New
York. Iowa, and Ohio have developed s'ork-
Isg parent seminars: Proctor & Gamble and
the American Can Co. offer employes flexi-
ble benefit plans with child care as an
option: the Polaroid Corp. and the Ford
Foundation In New York give financial as
sistaDee to their employes -for child caret
and ether Companies. Including local broad-
casting stations in D.C., have joined togeth-
er to set up consortium centers, which are
then operated by nonprofit boards of em-
ployes.
Financial assistance Includes vendored
care, under which employers contract for
slots for their employes' children with an
existing day care provider. Voucher care Is a
system in which the employer gives a vouch.
er to his employe to pay for part of the
child Care cost, the employe gives to the
provider who then returns It to the employ-
er for payment.
All of these forms of direct financial as-
sistance In day care can be deducted from
the employees taxes as ordinary business
expenses, and they are not considered tax-
able income to the employes, U they are
done under a written Dependent Care As.
slstance Program. This program, established
under the 1981 Economic Recovery Act, also
allows Companies to ::slat their employes
with care for elderly or disabled dependents.
Dependent care can be anything from a
housekeeper to a center. The employe may
not count that assistance in computing
child-care tax credits on individual tax re-
turns, although whatever he or she pays to
supplement the assistance can be counted
There was one overriding message that
Schlaff and Tate tried to drive home at the
workshop: The benefit is cost-effective, but
relatively new. and the first step employers
should take Is to get "help from childcare
professionals, Just as they would get help
from professionals In setting up insurance
programs. .
If child care assistance is going to be of-
fered as a benefit like health Insurance,
then it makes sense to treat it as one.