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Their- 197.9 survey indicates that school age c.r~rU'i imk~nt in ~:<~, ~~~ c. ~ ~~r ~'ir.cs four _) r Ct'rrt I}('L,rk E'n lk~l E~ i,rlti 'i t~:"~. 1 it i ~if)i• ; IrUt 'r lit:i`ta;j,. increased thirty- (f=` informal services such as care by an older ~ihl iny, .cnl icE~n~,ctct (day c;ar< c,r` self care by school ~gc~ c:hilctren. On the sirl~i;ly ~,idc~, ~~c.'ic;~~i ~~cc~ •~.,~r~~ h„~, keen in short-supply in lircnscd dory r_ar"e'ti~'ru~~, `~irr:e l~?75 ;.ri+J ire ~,hk}ri ~,iii.i lv in day. care"? centers in '~,-%<>, !~{i,,r•cixirn~_rtc~ly ti~trty i~c.r~ cf>rri ~~i t;t~~ r~~~cirac~,.t°, received by the _CuuntyCh~i ld CarCr ~ic~ter•ral ~;~ rvi~:t~ ~rre fc_,,, ~,~ rlr;r_;? a<lE> 4tii i,:~ era ~fhis referral service experienc=~~cl a tivE, tiirncir~~}c± i,t:~r ~.c_rt+; ri,r~~asc~ in r~e~;u~.:~t5 .for child:.care between i918, and !~~~%n. _- Them are several problc:ni:; inhc~rcr,t in ~ir~ic{ir~~, ,~~:,~>tiu?tk: t.~r~:: t~;~r ,c.hc-~~? ~~<i'. children: 1. Most day care centers prefer: not to admit schcrcl age ctiilc;ren as r.'ar'~:~ is not needed for a full eight to tc~-r hour day aJhf~n school is in :~t~sion and thus fees from s pool age children are lovrer than those fruirr j~re- school children. 2: Many licensed clay care homes do nit: ti~i sh to accept schoo I age chi 1 dren and are not required to do so. This preference for pre-school ct"iildren is again derived from a df~sire on thc~ part of the .car-egiver to increase their income and also because .the needs of school age children often conflict wi t:h t hc~ needs of pre-se:hool c~r•, for whom thc> caregiver i ~> responsible. 3. School age viii 1 dren need t:o have ca rc> ~v~~ i 1 af~ i e i n ;~ i ase proxi+ni ty to their el emE~nt~~r'y school ~ i t"e or h~3~•e tran~i~i~r~ t.~} t i on ~~r•rarrgeirren is :~sh i ch allow them to clot to the child ctrrr.~ 5'ite. ~1r1''..t?i';ri)lE'i~l i~, esp~c:ially acute for kindt~rdar•t:ners whc~ attend-sci:UCl only t.~~o '.u iuur hours daily and often need. transportation to and from scr.~~:;1 aft~r~ their p~a~ ersts have left for work. 4. Activities available ter' ~.hiitlr~n in ~1dy r.uf~ ~~e~nt~.r~- or' ht,n;c~s ~:rra~ often inappropriate for school ac;%- cP;iidr~~n. 5. In the past, parents of school ane rhilclr•en have r2licd heavily un informal sources of child care, primar•i1:~ neighhor l1s the numi<<~r' of women entering the t~iork force increase, this ~;ui.~ply of availat~le neighbors is being sericirsly depleted. The specialized .chi 1 d rare rtteds of par•c~nts w ~ ti; st:hool age chi 1 dren are net