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After child care subsidies for TANF leavers: Implications for child school readiness
Weinraub, Marsha, February, 2011
Philadelphia: Temple University, Family and Children's Policy Collaborative.

A longitudinal study of the child care arrangements of children of former welfare recipients in southeastern Pennsylvania who received child care subsidies after leaving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), based on analyses of secondary and administrative data for 157 children

Reports & Papers

Barriers to subsidies: Reasons why low-income families do not use child care subsidies
Shlay, Anne B.,
Philadelphia: Temple University, Center for Public Policy. http://www.temple.edu/CPP/content/reports/barriers_to_subsidies.pdf (no longer accessible since April 5, 2005)

An investigation into the factors responsible for non-use of child care subsidies among subsidy-eligible families, based on a survey of 196 subsidy-eligible low income African American parents in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Reports & Papers

Barriers to subsidies: Why low-income families do not use child care subsidies
Shlay, Anne B., 2004
Social Science Research, 33(1), 134-157

An investigation into the factors responsible for non-use of child care subsidies among subsidy-eligible families, based on a survey of 196 subsidy-eligible low income African American parents in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Reports & Papers

Child care subsidies post TANF: Child care subsidy use by African American, White and Hispanic TANF-leavers
Shlay, Anne B., December 2010
Children and Youth Services Review, 32(12), 1711-1718

A comparison of the child care subsidy use of 658 African American, White, and Hispanic former recipients of Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF) from the greater Philadelphia area, based on data from a 2005 automated telephone survey

Reports & Papers

How low-income African American mothers evaluate child care arrangements: A factorial survey analysis of parent preferences, fair market value, and willingness to pay [Executive summary]
Tran, Henry, May 2004
Philadelphia: Temple University, Center for Public Policy.

A summary of an examination of methods used by low-income families to evaluate child care quality, based on a sample of 141 low-income, African-American mothers from the Philadelphia metropolitan area

Executive Summary

Leaving welfare for employment: The role of child care subsidies for white, Hispanic, and African American families
Shlay, Anne B., July 2007
Philadelphia: Temple University, Family and Children's Policy Collaborative.

A longitudinal study of child care subsidy utilization among former welfare recipients after leaving the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) child care subsidy system, the impact of child care subsidies on their employment outcomes, and differences in subsidy use and employment outcomes as a function of race and ethnicity, based on interviews with a sample of 658 African American, White, and Hispanic welfare leavers

Reports & Papers

Racial and ethnic differences in welfare leavers' child care preferences: A factorial survey analysis
Shlay, Anne B., April 2007
Philadelphia: Temple University, Family and Children's Policy Collaborative.

A study of differences by race and ethnicity in welfare leavers' preference for various characteristics of child care settings, including the role of Pennsylvania's Quality Rating System in informing parents' child care choices

Reports & Papers

Subsidizing child care: How child care subsidies affect the child care used by low-income African American families
Weinraub, Marsha, 2005
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 20(4), 373-392

An examination of the type and quality of child care arrangements made by parents in low income families receiving child care subsidies, based on a sample of 111 African-American families in Philadelphia

Reports & Papers