State-funded prekindergarten programs
a. have increased dramatically in number over the past two decades.
b. are part-day, part-year programs designed for four-year-olds who are identified as having some risk factors that might keep them from being successful when they start formal schooling.
c. are offered either within public school systems or through a combination of public and private settings.
d. All of these answers.
Question 2Child development and family services are provided to pregnant women and low-income families with infants and toddlers through
a. Early Head Start.
b. the Federal Prenatal and Infant Project.
c. additional Head Start services to younger siblings.
d. the Social Welfare Agency of America.
Question 3The main purpose of Head Start is to provide
a. educational services.
b. health and nutritional services.
c. parent education.
d. All of these answers.
Question 4Head Start programs serve
a. all children living in poverty.
b. most children living in poverty.
c. less than half of the children living in poverty.
d. about one-fourth of children living in poverty.
Question 5Child Care and Development Fund block grants provide funds for child care support to
a. working parents.
b. low-income working families.
c. only children with disabilities.
d. only children who are placed in protective services.
Question 6A recent trend in employer-sponsored child care is care provided by
a. parent cooperatives
b. child care management organizations.
. c. local churches.
d. large not-for-profit child care chains.
Question 7In a recent national study what percentage of staff turnover each year in early childhood education?
a. 21
b. 41
c. 61
d. 81
Question 8Employers who support child care for their employees who are the parents of young children have found
a. decreased absenteeism, greater loyalty, and less distraction among employees.
b. a higher rate of upward mobility among employees.
c. more employees opting to have children.
d. abuse of the child care support program by many of their employees.
Question 9Which of the following is not an example of a not-for-profit program?
a. a national child care chain
b. a church-sponsored program
c. the local YWCAs child care program
d. Head Start
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