JED Day Care Manual Available
Diocesan Press Service. July 5, 1973 [73166]
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- "Church Options for Day Care," a manual with accompanying resource materials, and one of the earliest projects of Joint Educational Development (JED), is now completed and available to the public.
"Our goal was to produce material that will help churches look at the day care situation and see what they can do in their area," said Chairman of the JED project, Miss Agnes Peebles of the United Presbyterian Church in the USA staff.
" I think in light of the extensive federal cutbacks in the area of day care, many more churches will be wanting to consider their options in this field as well as looking more carefully at legislation that affects national funding for day care.
"Once a church has an idea of what its options are -- which this manual helps them see, it's then ready to analyze the many resources available which tell how day care programs can be set up."
The JED day care packet is available from all Cokesbury book stores for $3. 00. It was compiled by Mrs. Henrietta Wilkinson, a staff member of the Presbyterian Church in the United States.
Miss Ruth Sprague of the United Church of Christ staff and Mr. Thad Godwin, a layman from the Presbyterian Church in the United States also served with Miss Peebles as part of the JED Day Care project team.
The JED partnership is an ecumenical sharing of resources and expertise of six denominations: The Disciples of Christ, The Episcopal Church, The Presbyterian Church in the US, The Reformed Church in America, The United Church of Christ, and The United Presbyterian Church in the USA.