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B-164031(1) 1 (1979-02-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjmj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ~ *)WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 3 B-164031(l) February 28, 1979 The Honorable Harrison A. Williams, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Human Resources United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: We refer to your letter dated January 29, 1979, requesting comments on S. 4, a bill to provide assistance and coordination in the provision of child-care services for children living in homes with working parents and for other purposes. We have recently completed a review of early childhood and family development programs and on February 6, 1979, we issued our report entitled Ear y Childhood and Family De- velopment Programs Improve the Quality of Life for Low-Income Families (HRD-79-40). Our report shows that early childhood and family development programs for low-income families are needed and that they can result in reduced health, social, and educational problems in young children that are expensive and difficult to overcome in later years. The following in- formation on early childhood and family development programs is highlighted in the digest of our report. About 3.7 million young children are badly in need of help to attain an opportunity to lead successful and healthy lives. Many young children receive inadequate care. Consider the following: --In 1975 about 89,000 women who gave birth received little or no prenatal care, thereby greatly increas- ing the risk of mental retardation in the newborn. Health experts have estimated that 75 percent of the incidence of mental retardation can be attributed to adverse environmental conditions during early child- hood. --Millions of children suffer from poor nutrition, a lack of immunization, abuse, neglect, and undiagnosed learning disabilities. HR9-BILL- 7/

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