title: Supporting children and families in the schools: the school of the 21st century.
abstract: The School of the 21st Century, a model designed to address the soaring need for child care, is housed in an institution already present in every neighborhood-the public school. Its potential to serve as a primary prevention program, through provision of child-care and family-support services for children from birth through age 12, is described. Examples of program effectiveness are offered, and the additional benefits of integration with related programs are outlined.
authors.affiliation: Bush Center, Yale University, New Haven, Conn, USA.
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Zigler
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Finn-Stevenson
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Stern
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002654:Child Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012574:Schools / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends