Structures and offers for small children

Therefore, the awareness is growing: We cannot afford to go on like this any more!

Potential earners The load of social security benefits health care and nursing expenses Education and training expenses

Potential earners The load of social security benefits health care and nursing expenses Education and training expenses

Everyone, in particular women, is needed in the labour market. Without day-care facilities for children that are good regarding quality as well as quantity, they can either have an alternative job or children In addition, it has socially unacceptable consequences – either short-term or long- term. So CARE + EDUCATION of children

We cannot afford not to invest there: Perry-Preschool-Study reveals the price/performance ratio of 1$: 7.1$ (at the age of 27) and 1$: 17.07$ (at the age of 40) (including 12.90$ for the general public and 4.17$ for the individual.) James Heckmann (Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2000): Early education has the highest rate of return.

> 2013 Legal claim for all children at the age of 1 and 2

Child/Parents Day-care Facility/Day care Youth welfare office Legal claim Day-care contract Funding + Parental contribution

Day-care is -diverse - flexible -Individual -or cheaper ( (at the expense of the people?) Day-care is -diverse - flexible -Individual -or cheaper ( (at the expense of the people?)

Price controls almost everything! By paying for the day-carer: - What king of quality can be expected? (who is interested in the activity, what level of qualification, what is the design of the rooms, equipment…) - What scope and what flexibility of the offer can you buy? As for the parental contribution: - Who can afford it? - When is it worth to go to work with respect to the nursing costs? Is it desirable/allowed to admit any social differentiation regarding the price?

Day-care Facility (Day Nursery) Day Care Sizefrom small to large day- care facilities (cca children) from neighbourly help (1 - 2 children) to semi-professional (> 5 children) Personnelhired skilled personnelprivate people with 160 hours of specialised training + First Aid Course Opening Hoursfrom half-day day-care facilities (West) to all-day day-care facilities (12 hodin) from a few hours up to 24 hour offers high flexibility Organising institution local authorities, welfare agencies, private organisations freelance day-carer Roomsstimulating and inspiring rooms 3-4sqm/child; sanitation and board provided a room appropriate for children in the flat of the day- carer (or of the parents) Supervisionauthorisation to conduct business authorisation to provide care Fundingstate + (mostly) parental contribution

Day-care Facility (Day Nursery) Day Care Sizefrom small to large day- care facilities (ca children) from neighbourly help (1 to 2 children) to semi-professional (up to 5 children) Personnelhired skilled personnelprivate people with 160 hours of training Opening Hoursfrom half-day day-care facilities (West) to all-day day-care facilities (12 hours) from a few hours to 24 hour offers high flexibility Organising institution local authorities, welfare agencies, private organisations freelance day-carer Roomsstimulating and inspiring rooms 3-4sqm/child; sanitation and board provided a room appropriate for children in the flat of the day- carer (or of the parents) Supervisionauthorisation to conduct business authorisation to provide care Fundingstate + (mostly) parental contribution

…e.g. professionally supported offers for parents and children!

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