Child care subsidies, Low-wage work and economic development
A longitudinal study of the employment and earnings of low income parents participating in Minnesota’s child care subsidy program and a comparison of their earnings by industry sector
Reports & Papers
The Effects of Quality Information and Financial Assistance on Child Care Choices and Employment Outcomes of Low-Income Families in Minnesota
This study builds on an existing evaluation of a pilot quality rating system (QRS) by examining how low-income families in Minnesota make child care decisions. It explores how families navigate the complex array of child care settings, financial resources, and information about available child care, and how the implementation of the QRS affects these processes. The project tracks individuals in QRS and non-QRS communities for two years to gather data for descriptive analyses and the testing of econometric models. The following broad groups of research questions are addressed: (1) What factors influence awareness of and use of QRS information in choice of child care setting? What are the characteristics of families using the QRS? How does the QRS affect choice of child care?; (2) Does the QRS affect the use of subsidies? Does the type of setting chosen affect the use of subsidies? Which characteristics of the family are associated with use of CCAP subsidies?; (3) How do subsidies affect choice of child care? Do subsidies change the type of child care chosen? Do subsidies change the quality of child care chosen? Is the use of subsidies associated with more stable child care arrangements over time?; and (4) What factors influence child care stability, reliability, and employment outcomes? Findings are expected to inform the pilot QRS and to provide information to state and federal policymakers about how factors such as the type and quality of care chosen are related to the stability of child care and, in turn, to low-income parents' employment and family outcomes.
Administration for Children and Families/OPRE Projects
Participation and employment dynamics of child care subsidy users in rural and urban Oregon
An examination of rural-urban differences in the use of public programs designed to support working low-income families, such as child care subsidies and food stamps, based on a comparison of demographic characteristics, employment stability, participation in work support programs, and other data
Reports & Papers
Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes
Findings from a study examining current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, territories, and tribes, including descriptions of challenges faced by jurisdictions in conducting surveys, and methods of providing study data
Reports & Papers
Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes: Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas - Texas [Tribe profile]
A summary of data related to current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes: Alabama [State profile]
A summary of current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in Alabama
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes: Alaska [State profile]
A summary of current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in Alaska
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes: American Samoa [Territory profile]
A narrative description of American Samoa and territory population, not including child care market rate survey data
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes: Arizona [State profile]
A summary of current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in Arizona
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes: Arkansas [State profile]
A summary of current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in Arkansas
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes: Bishop Paiute Tribe - California [Tribe profile]
A summary of data related to current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies of the Bishop Paiute Tribe
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes: California [State profile]
A summary of current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in California
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes: Chitimacha Indian Tribe - Louisiana [Tribe profile]
A summary of data related to current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies of the Chitimacha Indian Tribe
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes: Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma - Oklahoma [Tribe profile]
A summary of data related to current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes: Cocopah Indian Tribe - Arizona [Tribe profile]
A summary of data related to current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies of the Cocopah (Kwapa) Indian Tribe, also known as the River People
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes: Colorado [State profile]
A summary of current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in Colorado
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes: Connecticut [State profile]
A summary of current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in Connecticut
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes: Crow Tribe - Montana [Tribe profile]
A summary of data related to current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies of the Crow Tribe
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes: Delaware [State profile]
A summary of current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in Delaware
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes: District of Columbia [State profile]
A summary of current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in the District of Columbia
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes: Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe - South Dakota [Tribe profile]
A summary of data related to current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes: Florida [State profile]
A summary of current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in Florida
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes: Fort Peck Tribes Assiniboine & Sioux [Tribe profile]
A summary of data related to current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies of the Assiniboine and Sioux, Fort Peck Reservation
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes: Georgia [State profile]
A summary of current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in Georgia
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes: Guam [Territory profile]
A summary of data related to current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in Guam
Fact Sheets & Briefs
