Specifically we support:

• Central coordination available to all members of the community for information and support regarding SACC;
• Providing parents with information and connections with parents of their own children’s peers;
• Group opportunities and direct adult supervision targeted to children Kindergarten through grade 3, using a school facility;
• Providing 4th through 6th grade children with adult supervision with varying levels of independent activity;
• Providing children with easy access, including transportation, to events, classes, and care providers; and
• Encouraging local businesses to recognize and support their employees in meeting their child care needs.
  
  Background information and more detailed discussion of school-age child care can be referenced in the League of Women Voters School-Age Child Care Needs Assessment Survey (1990) and Final Report of the City of Moscow Mayor’s Task Force on School-Age Child Care (September 1992).

Consensus adopted: March 1, 1995