Early Background
Her early professional background included teaching in New York City, Maryland and the District of Columbia. In the late 1960s she became a staff member of the U.S. Department of Education and later the Office of Economic Opportunity. At the Department of Education she evaluated Titile I programs, and was responsible for approving the first grant to Sesame Street.
As a mother herself of a young daughter, Auerbach organized the first in-house child care center in the headquarters of the Department of Education for the children of employees of the Agency. This center became a widely copied model in other government agency offices throughout the country. The original center remains in operation.
Her interest in child care led to her participation in several conferences and research programs in the early 1970s. This pursuit culminated in the early-1970s in the publication of a major work, Choosing Child Care, first published in 1973.
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