Caring for Our Children Our Most Previous Investment

An examination of the State of California's child care programs & policies by the Little Hoover Commission, to encourage state & local policy makers to realize the importance of child care for each child's development & to prevent abuse & neglect, academic failure & unemployment, broken families & poverty, crime & delinquency. Investing in quality child care is even more important since welfare reform is pushing hundreds of thousands of parents into the workforce, many families cannot make ends meet without two paychecks, & because the number of children living in poverty continues to grow. Includes recommendations. Charts & graphs.Terzian, Richard R. is the author of 'Caring for Our Children Our Most Previous Investment' with ISBN 9780788180910 and ISBN 0788180916.