Child Care

Archived Publications

May 2004 Working Moms and Childcare
Jan 2004 Arranging and Paying for Child Care In California
Jan 2004 Head Start Comprehensive Services: A Key Support for Early Learning for Poor Children
Dec 2003 Childcare Subsidies and the Transition from Welfare to Work
Dec 2003 Head Start: Better Data and Processes Needed to Monitor Underenrollment
Sep 2003 FY 2000 CCDF State Expenditures
Sep 2003 FY 2001 CCDF State Expenditures
Sep 2003 FY 2003 FINAL CCDF Allocations for States and Territories
Sep 2003 Welfare Reform, Work, and Children: The Role of Informal Care in the Lives of Low-Income Women and Children
Sep 2003 Who Takes Care of Children When Their Parents Can't?
Sep 2003 Benefits and Low Wage Work
Jul 2003 Investing in the Child Care Industry: An Economic Development Strategy for Kansas
Jun 2003 GAO Finds State Child Care Assistance Limits Disproportionately Impact Low-Income, Working, Non-TANF Families and Children
May 2003 Left Unsupervised: A Look at the Most Vulnerable Children
May 2003 The Myth of a Child Care Crisis
Mar 2003 Child Care Funding: The Story Since 1996, the Challenges in Reauthorization
Jan 2003 Who's Minding the Kids? Child Care Arrangements: Spring 1999 (Detailed Tables)
Sep 2002 Child Care: States Exercise Flexibility in Setting Reimbursement Rates and Providing Access for Low-Income Children
Sep 2002 Child Care: States Have Undertaken A Variety of Quality Improvement Initiatives, but More Evaluations of Effectiveness Are Needed
Sep 2002 Recent Changes in New York Welfare and Work, Child Care, and Child Welfare Systems
Aug 2002 The Dynamics of Child Care Subsidy Use: A Collaborative Study of Five States
Aug 2002 Federal Child Care Funding for Low-Income Families: How Much Is Needed?
Aug 2002 Who’s Minding the Kids? Child Care Arrangements: Spring 1997
Jun 2002 Children Cared for by Relatives: What Services Do They Need?
May 2002 Children Cared for by Relatives: What Do We Know about Their Well-Being?
Apr 2002 Increasing the Ability to Transfer TANF to CCDF Is Not the Answer to Unmet Child Care Needs
Apr 2002 Thirteen Indicators of Quality Child Care: Research Update
Apr 2002 Unfinished Agenda: Child Care for Low-Income Families Since 1996, Implications for Federal and State Policy - CLASP
Mar 2002 Child Care and Welfare Reform
Mar 2002 State Developments in Child Care, Early Education, and School-Age Care 2001
Feb 2002 Child Care: Funding and Spending under Federal Block Grants
Jan 2002 Refundable Tax Credit Available for Families with Child Care Expenses
Dec 2001 Child Care in the Era of Welfare Reform: Quality, Choices, and Preferences
Dec 2001 The Economic Rationale for Investing in Children: A Focus on Child Care
Dec 2001 A Fragile Foundation: State Child Care Assistance Policies
Oct 2001 Parents Receiving Child Care Subsidies: Where Do They Work? A View from Four States and the District of Columbia
Sep 2001 Does Child Care Assistance Matter? The Effects of Welfare and Employment Programs on Child Care for Preschool- and Young School-Aged Children
Sep 2001 A Review of Child Care Policies in Experimental and Employment Programs
Mar 2001 Future of Children: Caring for Infants and Toddlers (Spring/Summer 2001)
Mar 2001 State Developments in Child Care, Early Education, and School-Age Care 2000
Oct 2000 TANF Funds May Be Used to Create or Expand Refundable State Child Care Tax Credits
May 2000 Child Care Quality: Does it Matter and Does it Need to be Improved?
Feb 2000 Remember the Children: Mothers Balance Work and Child Care Under Welfare Reform
Jun 1999 Enhancing the Well-Being of Young Children and Families in the Context of Welfare Reform: Lessons from Early Childhood, TANF, and Family Support Programs
  The ABCs of Public Financing for Early Care and Education--Resource Section
  Balancing Accessibility and Safety in Child Care through Regulations
  Child-Care Aid and Quality for California Families: Focusing on San Francisco and Santa Clara Counties
  The Child Care and Development Fund: An Overview
  Child Care and its Impact on California's Economy
  Child Care in Minnesota: Statewide Survey of Households
  Child Care for Low-Income Working Families
  Child Care for Welfare Participants in Rural Areas
  Child Care Funding and Policy Issues
  Child Care: State Efforts to Enforce Safety and Health Requirements
  Child Care Subsidies: Strategies to Provide Outreach to Eligible Families
  Credit Where Credit is Due: Using Tax Breaks to Help Pay for Child and Dependent Care
  The Determinants and Consequences of Child Care Subsidy Receipt by Low-Income Families
  Early Education and Care: Overlap Indicates Need to Assess Crosscutting Programs
  The Economic Impact of the Child Care Industry in California
  Education and Care: Early Childhood Programs and Services for Low-Income Families
  The Impact of TANF Funding on State Child Care Subsidy Programs
  Making Investments in Young Children: What the Research on Early Care and Education Tells Us
  Next Steps in Coordinating Subsidized Child Care, Head Start, and State Prekindergarten
  Overview of Early Education and Child Care in California: Publicly Funded Programs for Low-Income Families
  Partnerships for Quality: Improving Infant-Toddler Child Care for Low-Income Families
  Preschool and Child-Care Quality in California Neighborhoods: Policy Success, Remaining Gaps
  Refundable Tax Credit Available for Families with Child Care Expenses
  Reimbursement Tiering in the CACFP: Summary Report to Congress on the Family Child Care Homes Legislative Changes Study
  Sound Investments: Financial Support for Child Care Builds Workforce Capacity and Promotes School Readiness
  The Southern Regional Task Force on Child Care Action Plan to Improve Access to Child Care Assistance for Low-Income Families in the South: An Analysis of Legal Issues
  State Developments in Childcare and Early Education: 1999
  Taking Action: What State Officials Can Do To Promote Public-Private Child Care Partnerships
  TANF and School Age Care: Opportunities and Challenges
  Using TANF for Child Care: A Technical Guide
  Welfare Reform and Child Care Options for Low-Income Families
  Welfare Reform: States' Efforts to Expand Child Care Programs