European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 23, 19bb the stars and stripes Page 3 parents flock to child care centers after crackdown on illegal nannies by Connie Dickey staff writer crackdowns by . And German authorities in inc employment of illegal aliens in american hous ing areas have sent parents Locking 10 child Devil of mint services seeking licensed child care provid ers in Frankfurt and Darmstadt the number of people looking Tor child care has tripled. Many parents who have come into inc office within inc fast week have said Pilicy had had an Legal alien Bui now they want a licensed provider said Sandra Mitchell. Darmstadt child development serv ices coordinator. After that article in the stars and sri pcs appeared we had 22 parents Register � ill us for cold care said belly Bledsoc. Frankfurt family child care director. We usually have around seven people a Day registering with us the stars and stripes ran three stories Jan. 13 dealing with the Issue of military members hiring illegal aliens As nannies and maids and with lines and penalties americans face Tor employing inc ill gals. We have about Ievon people a Day coming in to Register with us when in inc past we usually had Only one or two people coming in a Day Mitchell said adding thai Darm Siadul has a shortage of family child care providers. The primary group of children needing care Here is the 3 to 5-Ycar-old, then infant to toddler and the school age child. One of our providers called last week and asked for in exception so she could Lake in More children hut we could t let her do thai. Al our training meet ing tuesday we stressed to providers Ihal exception would be a safety and health violation and we can Noi allow  her office plans to Call providers every iwo weeks to record changes and keep files current she said. Mitchell has received Calls from women in the Community who want to be certified and licensed. They Are idling us they recognize the need for care providers and want to  Bledsoc said the increase in parents wanting licensed provider has not put a crunch on Frankfurt s child development services. We be never lacked for providers she said. Out Calls in the past have been from providers wanting in know where the children Are that they have spaces for children they can t  people who use the illegal aliens As nannies com Plain about the cast and the inconvenient hours of the military child care system. A  no who recently let his Filipi no Nanny go fell the child care centers being closed Al night is part of what makes inc illegals an attractive alternative some parents have to work shifts he said. When they Hove to work nights they have o hire babysitters and it costs quite a Bil of Money. The child care Center is closed at night. So sure that s Why a lot of him were hiring nannies. Angle Barnard duty officer Al the rams Cin a Germany Cli ild care Center said that while she could not Point to a specific reason the child count is up there. There Are 37 people wailing for regular reservations which is a Large number Barnard mid. She said in usually lakes one week to place a child in the Center but they have some from december that Haven l been placed yet. Safe officials reported no significant increase command wide in requests for child care. Bonnie storm Usa eur child development services coordinator said Usa eur is Well aware of the illegal alien problem. When someone cannot find a care provider or he Center is full. 1 can understand that getting Jomoc one now is important 10 the Parent but not All inc communities arc full and i cannot believe child care is As High As has been stated she said. One woman said child care in her Community for her three youngest children would be $600 per month and that was one reason she used an illegal alien. A Usa eur spokeswoman had Lold the stars and stripes that child care costs in usar eur s development centers Range from j200 to i 280 per month for one child. Storm said those figures Are wrong. By regulation the centers can Only charge from 1160 10 j340 per month. We strongly Urc icy give discount for additional children from the same family but not All the communities do thai. Our fee policy for provid ers is they stay within inc fee Range of their Community Center Mitchell said studies have shown military child care in Europe to be is expensive than care in the United slates and the system of in Home care pro viders should make afford blk care available at most hours she said. We know the Center is Only open from 6 30 . Until 5 30 p.m., monday through Friday and no during evening or weekends and Ihal is not convenient for the soldiers Mitchell said. We led inc providers they Are a supplement to inc Center and to try to be flexible for Field duly evening work shift work and weekends. They work the hour out with the parents Bui we have a listing of providers who Are wilting to take children during those  Mitchell and Bledsoe said their communities arc actively trying to gel new providers. Sufi Siuw France Germany plan inf army brigade Paris map Chancellor Helmut Kohl and president Francois Mitterrand signed accords Friday to create a joint French Weil Germany army brigade and to coordinate the defense and economic policies of the two former enemies. The new sick in cooperation Between France and Germany who fought each other in three wars Over 100 years was the Centrepiece of the Celebration of the 25th anniversary of the French West German Friendship treaty of 1963. West German defense minister Manf cd we incr interviewed on French television said the joint brigade to be established under the defense Accord was a step Loward a merged army. "1 Sec the possibility that one Day there would tie a common army we incr said. It s a very Long perspex  a photo Terra an troops March in the Yard of the invalids in Paris Friday for he first Lime since 1944. French defense minister Andre i Raud interviewed at the same Lime said he agreed and added the first step is the hardest Brig. Gen. Jean Pierre song Cisco a 52 year old French officer who Speaks Ger Man is to be the first commander of the joint brigade. The full to a of the economic Accord is to be made Public next week. The two sides said in a statement thai a joint eco nomic Council made up of the finance ministers and Central Bank chiefs of the iwo nations would keep an Eye on the budgetary monetary and economic poli cies of both sides meeting four times each year. Kohl accompanied by about a dozen of his Cabinet ministers was to leave Paris Friday evening after his Day of meeting. All military applicants to get drug alcohol tests by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington the Pentagon grudgingly bowing to the wishes of con Gress will soon begin mandatory drug and alcohol Lessing of All applicants for military service according to a recent directive signed by Secretary of defense Frank Carlucci. The directive dated Jan. Is was required by a provision inserted in the Fis Cal 1988 defense authorization Aci by sen. Ernest Hollings . It will apply to All applicants for military service receiving i hair pc enl Ismeni physicals on or after june 1. The Pentagon plans to Lesl personnel before they reach Basic training Carlucci said. Applicants for enlisted service will be tested during their pre enlist mint physicals while officer applicants will be tested during their pre contracting or pc appoint mint physicals whichever comes first. Those who Lesl positive for cocaine use will be barred from applying for Mili iary service for one year after testing a. Positive Reading for the the Active ingredient in marijuana or a blood alcohol level of 0.05 percent half inc Legal limit in most states will Render an applicant temporarily ineligible for Mili tary service. However those testing positive for the or alcohol May be retested after six months at the discretion of the military service. A second positive Reading for either substance will make the applicant ineligible for service for two years car Lucci said. Pentagon officials Aren l Happy with the Holting provision. For one thing they maintain thai random testing of personnel already in the service is sufficient and that the alcohol testing provi Sion will nol be very effective. Although military officials admit Ihal alcohol continues to be n bigger problem than drugs and thai link Progress has been made in recent years toward correcting it icy maintain that mandatory alcohol Lessing for recruit applicants b not the answer. Testing for alcohol does nol really indicate whether b person May be or have a in Monty to become an alcoholic officials said. An individual could reach the policy s 0.05 blood alcohol level cutoff after Only two or three drinks Bui the overriding consideration is Money to pay for the program. Hollings nude no my Nikon of a supplemental appropriation to cover initial Start up costs which Are estimated Al so million for inc last four months of fiscal 1988, from june to september. Costs will Rise to j23.3 million for fiscal 1989. We re going to have to dig inc Money out of ensling funds said one official who asked not to be identified. He said budget accounts from which the funds might be drawn have nol been discussed yet. If it turns out to be something like s100 a pop or even j50 to lest each applicant we re talking big  the official said. We have 30,000 people apply for the military wry