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tL~ S1 A i FP~9EN~f OF uF"Ji:.R{~I_ °dF f~(?`, One of the most- dramatic changes is~ thE~ charactE..• ,,~ t:ftr~ ta~aily duriri~.3 t:i,i~ century has been the large scale entry of women into f.h~ •:~ut-of-hcn~F wur k furc~. .The participation `of wcrnen in the labor force rosE fro~.~ tN:enty-eicftt {„_~r cent i n 1940 to forty-nine per cer-t i n i 97& on a na t i a;ra l bjs i s and i s erpec 'c=ci t;~ - reach `sixty-six_ per cerTt in i98O. ; In Minnesota, 197 f iqurE~s indi<~atc~ ttr~~ fifty-nine per cent of thF taxmen aver aye frurtc~C~n ~ir•E~ in the 1abcr• foyer°. ttre traditional "father works, nrott~er stays home aric! c~ir c~: fr~r two} ch i fdreh" farm ly is now a small minority of the family tiopul~ttior~ in this; st~tf,t'. In short,'many tliOthE'Y'S of .young .chi Idren are no Inr,r~~~-• r.rt hc~uie to care iUr their children. Forty-foray per cent of all mothers witty ctiil~lrr~n under ttrt4~ E age of six are in the labor force and'it must he expected that a greater percentage of mothers with school age children a,~E~ working full or ~art.tia'ie outside the home. The increased number of children left without par°ental care .duriny working: hours has created an increased demand for child care services. l~h~is demand is expected to continue to increase for two reasons. The first factor expected to creatcl an incr.~a;r~d ~:iemand for Cr:l (Ci i:3ri' is that more iTlUthE?T'S of youn~l children will enter thy' labor fUrtr~. Thi~~ tr~~nri is ext~ected to continue until at tE:aSt ttiF• end of t.hc7 1~3~,i)'s. The second factor which will create an increased child care dr_rnand is a secondary baby boom, arising from children born duriny the 1950's as thEry reach the age when they form families and bear children. On a local level , the most cricial shortages of chi id car•c~ ser•v~ices in k~rmsc~y County. are for infants (under 18 months), school age children and children whose parents are working non-traditional hours (nights, weeE:ends, three to four day absences). For .purposes of this proposal, only the needs of school age children will be discussed. The Child .Care Council of Ramsey County conducts an annual survey,`hased on utilization data frorTi licensed day care cE~~nters ana homes.