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 benefitshealth care and nursing expenses

Education and training expenses

Potential earners

The load of social security benefitshealth 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 claimDay-care contract

Funding

+Parental

contribution

Day-care isDay-care is-diversediverse- flexibleflexible-IndividualIndividual-or cheaperor cheaper

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(a(at the expense of the people?)t 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

Size from small to large day-care facilities (cca 15 - 300 children)

from neighbourly help(1 - 2 children)to semi-professional(> 5 children)

Personnel hired skilled personnel private people with 160 hours of specialised training + First Aid Course

Opening Hours from half-day day-care facilities (West) to all-day day-care facilities (12 hodin)

from a few hours up to 24 hour offershigh flexibility

Organising institution

local authorities, welfare agencies, private organisations

freelance day-carer

Rooms stimulating and inspiring rooms3-4sqm/child; sanitation and board provided

a room appropriate for children in the flat of the day-carer (or of the parents)

Supervision authorisation to conduct business

authorisation to provide care

Funding state + (mostly) parental contribution

state + (mostly) parental contribution

Day-care Facility (Day Nursery)

Day Care

Size from small to large day-care facilities (ca 15 - 300 children)

from neighbourly help(1 to 2 children)to semi-professional(up to 5 children)

Personnel hired skilled personnel private people with 160 hours of training

Opening Hours from half-day day-care facilities (West) to all-day day-care facilities (12 hours)

from a few hours to 24 hour offershigh flexibility

Organising institution

local authorities, welfare agencies, private organisations

freelance day-carer

Rooms stimulating and inspiring rooms3-4sqm/child; sanitation and board provided

a room appropriate for children in the flat of the day-carer (or of the parents)

Supervision authorisation to conduct business

authorisation to provide care

Funding state + (mostly) parental contribution

state + (mostly) parental contribution

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

Detlef Diskowski14