Portland Observer, September 8, 1982 Page 5
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child care
closes doors
Dallas QUI, 8. and her mother, Linda M aa QUI,
com plete registration forms for the third grade at
King Elementary School w hile Instructional aid
I n YAW S R estaurant
Residents o f the Irvington neigh
borhood will see more house keys
hanging around the necks o f school-
age children this fall. Financial d if
ficulties have forced the closure of
Irvington Community Day Care, a
non-profit, parent-run organization
that has provided before and after
school care for school-age children
at Irvington School since 1980.
" I enrolled my child in Irvington
because o f IC D C ,” said one dis
tressed parent at the meeting last
week where parents were informed
of the closure. Board members
point to budget cuts in social ser
vices, uncertainty about use o f the
space at Irvington School, and a de
pressed economy as primary reasons
for the closure.
W ithin the last year, Children’s
Service Division funds subsidizing
before and after school care have
been cut, staff funded by the now-
defunct C E T A program have been
lost, and the W IN program to place
welfare mothers in the workforce
has been abandoned. All o f these
program decisions by local and fed
eral authorities have adversely af
fected IC D C .
Attempts to remedy the financial
crisis have included cutting costs by
laying o ff administrators and re
ducing staff hours, fund-raisers or
ganized by parents, and increasing
rates for child care. Although IC D C
is under the umbrella o f the commu
nity schools program, Principal
John Chadwick told the Board he
would be unable to guarantee space
at Irvington School after October 1.
The program at IC D C was
notable for its attempts to go be
yond more babysitting to the provi
sion o f quality care for children.
Among activities available were lan
guage classes and music and cook
ing classes to explore America’s
multi-cultural heritage. “ The loss o f
IC D C is a loss to the community,"
said one resident. "Parents will find
it hard to get care for their kids, and
the kids’ll just end up hanging
around the streets.”
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