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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.4



         CONSENT AND REPORT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT 

We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement of our report dated
March 9, 1995, except Note 8 (f) which is as of May 8, 1995 relative to the
consolidated financial statements (presented separately in the Registration
Statement) of Resources for Child Care Management, Inc. and Subsidiaries and to
the reference to our firm under the caption "experts" in the prospectus.



                           /s/ TRIEN, ROSENBERG, ROSENBERG
                           WEINBERG, CIULLO & FAZZARI, LLP


Morristown, NJ
October 16, 1997