This document reports on a day care program for children of working mothers, the 4-C program. This program is a federally sponsored effort conducted through community cooperation. Its goals include: (1) more and better child care, (2) mobilization of community resources and coordination of existing and new child care programs, (3) ensuring the parents of children in child care programs an effective voice in policy and program direction, and (4) simplification of administrative relationship between local programs and State and Federal governments. Other aspects of this program include: (1) new sources of funding, (2) local committees one-third of whose membership is parents, and (3) availability of resource people, technical assistance and information on State and joint Federal/State day care programs to communities. (CK)