ings, governmental subsidies to low income families proved to inefficient, as an increase in the amount of subsidies by 50 percent would be followed by only 2.9 per cent increase in the leUnlike the previous proposals of scholars intending to improve the quality of services delivered in the child care sector, I would not recommend investing massive amounts of public money to develop subsidiary programs. At the present moment federal policies focus on three major issues.

Firstly, the major focus of federal programs is on the economic life of families intending to help low income families satisfy their needs of child care services. Secondly, only a few federal policies address the issues of safety and security of children. Thirdly, federal government views child care policies primarily as a way to promote employment of parents and pay no attention at the programs enhancing child development. As evident from the research findings, governmental subsidies to low income families proved to inefficient, as an increase in the amount of subsidies by 50 percent would be followed by only 2.9 per cent increase in the lev

o develop subsidiary programs. At the present moment federal policies focus on three major issues.

Firstly, the major focus of federal programs is on the economic life of families intending to help low income families satisfy their needs of child care services. Secondly, only a few federal policies address the issues of safety and security of children. Thirdly, federal government views child care policies primarily as a way to promote employment of parents and pay no attention at the programs enhancing child development. As evident from the research findings, governmental subsidies to low income families proved to inefficient, as an increase in the amount of subsidies by 50 percent would be followed by only 2.9 per cent increase in the le

ending to help low income families satisfy their needs of child care services. Secondly, only a few federal policies address the issues of safety and security of children. Thirdly, federal government views child care policies primarily as a way to promote employment of parents and pay no attention at the programs enhancing child development. As evident from the research findings, governmental subsidies to low income families proved to inefficient, as an increase in the amount of subsidies by 50 percent would be followed by only 2.9 per cent increase in the le government views child care policies primarily as a way to promote employment of parents and pay no attention at the programs enhancing child development. As evident from the research findings, governmental subsidies to low income families proved to inefficient, as an increase in the amount of subsidies by 50 percent would be followed by only 2.9 per cent increase in the leings, governmental subsidies to low income families proved to inefficient, as an increase in the amount of subsidies by 50 percent would be followed by only 2.9 per cent increase in the level of employment among women. As such, governmental policies that target this segment require extensive financing of public funds and do not lead to significant improvements. At the same time, the focus should be shifted to solutions that address the issues of safety of children and raise the level of confidence in health care services of working mothers.

There are several programs currently in force that stimulate child development or are directly related to the issue of single parenthood. Child support enforcement policies for single parent families (referred to as Title IV-D of the Social Security Act) allows single mothers and fathers receive financial support for child care services. Another program is called Even Start; it targets c