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31 Clearinghouse Rev. [i] (1997-1998)

handle is hein.journals/clear31 and id is 1 raw text is: Just fifteen years ago scientists believed that at birth the structure of babies' brains had been genetically determined. This assumption left its mark on the discussion of the old nature versus nurture questions about the development of a young child. Recently, however, researchers have been learn- ing how, rather than something innate, experiences after birth, particularly during the first three years of life, determine the actual wiring of the human brain. Newsweek reports how new technology, such as positron emission tomography imaging, can measure activity of the brain's different regions and yields hard data on the critical nature of the experiences of the first three years of life. Simple activities, such as cuddling and rock- ing a baby, stimulate growth, and the long-term effects of inad- equate nurturing can be devastating. For example, in pro- foundly deprived children, such as orphans in an institutional nursery, critical areas of the brain actually remain undeveloped, and such children suffer emotional and cognitive problems. This new scientific evidence of the lasting effects of a child's early childhood experiences magnifies the significance of access to quality child care for welfare recipients and the working poor. Nearly a quarter of families with children under three live in poverty, and welfare changes will push more par- ents of young children into the work force. Those children are most at risk because without some sort of financial assistance their parents can afford only very poor-quality and/or unreli- able child care or even no care at all. In the lead article of this issue of CLEARINGHOUSE REVIEW Daniel Lesser discusses the opportunity states now have to create a unified subsidized child care system that serves welfare recipients and the work- ing poor. The author highlights how, through the use of a model child care family copayment sliding fee scale, all needy families, whether welfare recipients or working, would have the opportunity to access subsidized quality child care. ILZE SPRUDZS HIRSH Managing Editor Photographs that appear in CtAiGHOUSE Review are produced independently of articles and columns and bear no rela- tionship to cases or inodents discussed herein. COVER PHOTO BY MARTHA TABOR DESIGN BY HENDRICKSON CREATIVE COMMUNICATIONS CLEARINGHOUSE Published by National Clearinghouse for Legal Services, Inc., 205 W. Monroe St., 2d Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-5013; (312) 263-3830; fax (312) 263-3846; HN0111; CompuServe 76226, 1200; Internet ncls@interaccess.com; Web at http://www.nclsplp.org EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Rita A. McLennon, ext. 224 MANAGING EDITOR Ilze Sprudzs Hirsh, ext. 231 EDITORIAL WEBMASTER Michelle Nicolet, ext. 230 ASSOCIATE EDITOR Edwin P Abaya, ext. 233 PARALEGAL Leslie Ann Huddleston, ext. 225 POVERTY LAW PROJECT PROJECT DIRECTOR John Bouman, ext. 250 STAFF ATTORNEY Daniel Lesser, ext. 239 STAFF ATTORNEY Wendy Pollack, ext. 238 STAFF AT7ORNEY Dory Rand, ext. 228 STAFF ATTORNEY Margaret Stapleton, ext. 234 HOUSING UNIT SUPERVISOR William P. Wilen, ext. 251 STAFF ATTORNEY Daniel Lindsey, ext. 232 ADMINISTRATION FINANCIAL OFFICER M. Nazim Kaln, ext. 222 SECRETARY Murtle Mae English, ext. 221 PC ADMINISTRATOR Gwendelyn Daniels, ext. 242 BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIR Ivan Bodensteiner, Valparaiso, IN VICE CHAIR Lillian Johnson, Phoenix, AZ SECRETARY-TREASURER LeRoy Cordova, Austin, TX Rita A. Fry, Chicago, IL Divida Gude, Atlanta, GA Angelita A. Hamilton, Oklahoma City, OK Thomas E. Johnson, Chicago, IL Henry Rose, Chicago, IL Eileen Sweeney, Washington, DC Lawrence Zornes, Knox, IN The Clearinghouse encourages submission of articles from legal services field staff and others. Articles should be sent to Ilze Sprudzs Hirsh, managing editor, National Clearinghouse for Legal Services, Inc., 205 W. Monroe St., 2d Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-5013. The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and should not e construed as representing the opinions or pol- icy of the organizations by which they are employed or of the National Clearinghouse for Legal Services, Inc. VOLUME 31 NUMBERS 1-2 MAY-JUNE 1997 NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE N C L S FOR LEGAL SERVICES

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