Child Care

Resources

Sep 2004 Key Low-Income Benefit Programs Links to Policy Manuals, Descriptive Information, and Applications for State Food Stamp, TANF, Child Care, Medicaid, and SCHIP Programs
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
Jul 2004 2003 California Child Care Portfolio
(California Child Care Resource and Referral Network)
May 2004 Child Care and Early Education Research Connections
(National Center for Children In Poverty)
  Growing Up in Poverty Project
(University of California at Berkeley)
  Early Head Start
(Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.)
  National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families (NCCP
(Abt Associates, Inc.)
  Economic Success Clearinghouse Child Care Resources Page
(Welfare Information Network of the Finance Project)
  National Child Care Information Center
(US DHHS National Child Care Information Center)
  NCCP Child Care Research Partnership
(National Center for Children In Poverty)
  ACF Child Care Bureau
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families)
  Employee Sponsored Child Care Benefits
(US Department of Labor)
  Summary of Child Care Provisions in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
(National Conference of State Legislatures)
  Employer Child Care Options
(US Department of Labor)
  Child Care and Development Fund: Report of State Plans FY 2002-2003
(US DHHS National Child Care Information Center)
  ACF Child Care Fact Sheet
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families)
  ACF Child Care Data and Statistics
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families)

Publications

View a list of archived publications.

Jun 2005 Tax Subsidies to Help Low-Income Families Pay for Child Care
(Urban Institute)
Jun 2005 State Tax Credits for Child Care
(Urban Institute)
May 2005 All Together Now: State Experiences in Using Community-Based Child Care to Provide Pre-Kindergarten
(Center for Law and Social Policy)
Mar 2005 Stability and Change in Child Care and Employment - Evidence from Three States
(MDRC)
Feb 2005 The Effects on Employment and Wages When Medicaid and Child Care Subsidies are no Longer Available
(Center for Economic and Policy Research)
Feb 2005 President’s Budget Projects 300,000 Low-Income Children to Lose Child Care by 2010
(Center for Law and Social Policy)
Nov 2004 Child Care Subsidy Use and Employment Outcomes of Low-Income Mothers during the Early Years of Welfare Reform: A Three-State Study
(Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago)
Sep 2004 Child Care Essential Ingredient for Sustained, Full-time Work for Welfare Recipients
(Public Health Institute)
Sep 2004 Child Care Assistance Policies 2001-2004: Families Struggling to Move Forward, State Going Backward
(National Women's Law Center)
Sep 2004 Linking the Child Care and Health Care Systems: A Consideration of Options
(Public/Private Ventures)
Aug 2004 State Policies That Affect Working Families
(Urban Institute)
Jul 2004 TANF And Child Care Programs: HHS Lacks Adequate Information to Assess Risk and Assist States in Managing Improper Payments
(US Government Accountability Office)
Jun 2004 Maternal Employment and Children's Nutrition
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
Nov 2003 Unsupervised Time Family and Child Factors Associated with Self-Care
(Urban Institute)
Oct 2003 Child Care Subsidies Promote Mothers' Employment and Children's Development
(Institute for Women's Policy Research)
Oct 2003 Children in Kinship Care
(Urban Institute)
Oct 2003 Welfare Reform, Work and Children: the Role of Informal Care in the Lives of Low-Income Women and Children
(MDRC)
Sep 2003 Making the Case for Increasing Federal Child Care Funding: A Fact Sheete
(Center for Law and Social Policy)
Aug 2003 Meeting Great Expectations: Integrating Early Education Program Standards in Child Care
(Center for Law and Social Policy)
Jul 2003 Welfare Dollars No Longer an Increasing Source of Child Care Funding: Use of Funds in FY 2002 Unchanged from FY 2001, Down from FY 2000
(Center for Law and Social Policy)
Jun 2003 TANF and the Status of Teen Mothers under Age 18
(Urban Institute)
Jun 2003 Strengthening Head Start: What the Evidence Shows
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation)
Jun 2003 Threatened Progress: U.S. in Danger of Losing Ground on Child Care for Low-Income Working Families
(Center for Law and Social Policy)
May 2003 Child Care: Recent State Policy Changes Affecting the Availability of Assistance for Low-Income Families
(US Government Accountability Office)
May 2003 Who Cares? The Child Care Choices of Working Mothers
(Center for Economic Policy and Research)
Apr 2003 Untapped Potential? How States Contract Directly with Providers to Shore Up Child Care Choices for Low-Income Families
(Center for Law and Social Policy)
Mar 2003 Quality Child Care for Infants and Toddlers: Case Studies of Three Community Strategies
(Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.)
Feb 2003 Addressing Child Care Challenges for Children with Disabilities: Proposals for CCDBG and IDEA Reauthorizations
(Center for Law and Social Policy)
Feb 2003 Child Care Subsidy Policies and Practices: Implications for Child Care Providers
(Urban Institute)
Feb 2003 Getting Help with Child Care Expenses
(Urban Institute)
Dec 2002 The Continuing Evolution of State Kinship Care Policies
(Urban Institute)
Sep 2002 Child Care: States Have Undertaken A Variety of Quality Improvement Initiatives, But Few Evaluations Have Been Conducted
(US Government Accountability Office)
Sep 2002 Making Child Care Choices: How Welfare and Work Policies Influence Parents' Decisions
(MDRC)