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Building momentum--taking action: Southern states collaborate on child care financial aid and quality initiatives
Southern Regional Initiative on Child Care, 2002
Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families.

A summary of efforts to implement the Southern Regional Task Force on Child Care Action plan to improve access to child care assistance for low income families in the South, based on a survey of Task Force members and summaries of a regional child care forum and state site visits

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Child care as a relational context for early development research in neurobiology and emerging roles for social work
Shapiro, Janet, 2002
Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 19(2), 97-114

An examination of center based child care as an important relational and developmental context for infants and young children of economically vulnerable families

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Child care demand and supply under CalWORKS: The early impacts of welfare reform for California's children, 1998-2000
Hirshberg, Diane, 2002
(Working Paper Series 02-3). Berkeley: Policy Analysis for California Education.

An overview of the effects of welfare reform and capacity building efforts on the supply and demand of child care in California

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Child care helps families work and children learn
Blank, Helen, 2002
In Assessing the Child Care and Development Block Grant: Hearing before the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, House of Representatives. 107th Cong., 2nd Sess.

A testimony to the United States House of Representative Committee on Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness about the difficulties working parents face in finding affordable, high quality child care and how improved access to child care and early education resources not only helps children learn to read but helps parents retain the ability to remain employed

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Child care subsidies, wages, and employment of single mothers
Tekin, Erdal, 2002
Unpublished manuscript, Georgia State University, Atlanta

An analysis of the effects of the price of child care and the wage rate on employment and child care decisions among single mothers in the early post-welfare reform period, using data from the National Survey of America's Families

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Children and welfare reform: Issues and ideas: A guide for policymakers and journalists
Center for the Future of Children, 2002
Los Altos, CA: David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

A summarization of the difficulties facing low income families in respect to education of parents and children, wages, child care availability and quality, and the availability of state and federal financial assistance

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Children of current and former welfare recipients: Similarly at risk
Tout, Kathryn, 2002
Washington, DC: Child Trends.

A brief comparing the children of welfare recipients and welfare leavers on indicators of health, social behavior, and school engagement

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A dynamic analysis of the effect of child care costs on the work decisions of low-income mothers with infants
Baum, Charles L., 2002
Demography, 39(1), 139-164

A study of the influence of child care costs on the work-related decisions of low-income mothers

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The effect of increasing welfare mothers' education on their young children's academic problems and school readiness
Magnuson, Katherine A., 2002
Chicago: Joint Center for Poverty Research.

A study on the effects of the educational level of a low-income mother on a child’s academic and behavioral school readiness using a sample of families eligible for the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Training, from Atlanta, Georgia, Grand Rapids, Michigan and Riverside, California, along with data from the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies Child Outcomes Study (NEWWS-COS)

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Eligibility for CCDF-funded child care subsidies under the October 1999 program rules: Results from the TRIM3 Microsimulation Model
Oliver, Helen, 2002
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.

A presentation estimating the numbers of families and children who may be eligible for child care subsidies under the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) in effect as of October 1999

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Employment and earnings of child-care subsidy recipients in Harris County, Texas
Olson, Jerome A., June 2002
Austin: University of Texas at Austin, Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources.

An identification of the economic, personal, and policy variables influencing employment and earnings among recipients of subsidized child care in Harris County, Texas, during a period of welfare reform

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Employment and earnings of child-care subsidy recipients in Harris County, Texas [Executive summary]
Olson, Jerome A., June 2002
Austin: University of Texas at Austin, Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources.

A summary of an identification of the economic, personal, and policy variables influencing employment and earnings among recipients of subsidized child care in Harris County, Texas, during a period of welfare reform

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The evaluation of welfare reform in Iowa: Final impact report
Iowa. Department of Human Services. Division of Financial, Health and Work Supports, 2002
Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research.

An evaluation of changes in welfare reform policies encouraging employment-oriented participation in Iowa

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The evaluation of welfare reform in Iowa: Final impact report [Executive summary]
Iowa. Department of Human Services. Division of Financial, Health and Work Supports, 2002
Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research.

A summary of an evaluation of changes in welfare reform policies encouraging employment-oriented participation in Iowa

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From welfare to child care
Cabrera, Natasha J., 2002
Poverty Research News, 6(2), 11-14.

A review of key findings from a conference presentation with a focus on quantity and quality of care and its ramifications for low-income single mothers and their children

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Jobs First: Final report on Connecticut's welfare reform initiative
Bloom, Dan, 2002
New York: MDRC.

A study of the welfare form initiative, Job First program, imposing a statewide time limit on receipt of cash assistance and encouraging participation in employment-related services targeted toward quick job placement in Connecticut

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Jobs First: Final report on Connecticut's welfare reform initiative: Executive summary
Bloom, Dan, 2002
New York: MDRC.

A summary of a study of the welfare reform initiative, Job First program, imposing a statewide time limit on receipt of cash assistance and encouraging participation in employment-related services targeted toward quick job placement in Connecticut

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Jobs First: Final report on Connecticut's welfare reform initiative: Summary report
Bloom, Dan, 2002
New York: MDRC.

A study of the welfare reform initiative, Job First program, imposing a statewide time limit on receipt of cash assistance and encouraging participation in employment-related services targeted toward quick job placement in Connecticut

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Left behind or staying away?: Eligible parents who remain off TANF
Zedlewski, Sheila R., 2002
(Series B, No. B-51). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

An overview of eligible single parents who do not participate in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

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New lives for poor families?: Mothers and young children move through welfare reform: The Growing Up in Poverty Project: Wave 2 findings: California, Connecticut, and Florida: Executive summary
Fuller, Bruce, 2002
Berkeley: Policy Analysis for California Education.

A summary of a study of 948 mothers and their preschool-age children who entered new welfare-to-work programs in California, Connecticut, and Florida

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Partnerships for quality: Improving infant-toddler child care for low-income families [Executive summary]
United States. Child Care Bureau, 2002
Washington, DC: Zero to Three.

A summary of a study of the impact of collaborative community initiatives to improve access to quality infant-toddler child care for low-income families

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The vast majority of federally-eligible children did not receive child care assistance in FY 2000 - increased child care funding needed to help more families
Mezey, Jennifer, 2002
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.

A summary of an analysis of the share of eligible low-income families who receive child care assistance

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Welfare reform in Illinois: Is the moderate approach working?: The second annual report from the Illinois Families Study
University Consortium on Welfare Reform, 2002
Evanston, IL: Northwestern University, Institute for Policy Research.

A longitudinal study of the ongoing results of welfare reforms on families in Illinois, particularly the implementation of TANF

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Welfare reform in Illinois: Is the moderate approach working?: Summary of second annual report
University Consortium on Welfare Reform, 2002
Evanston, IL: Northwestern University, Institute for Policy Research.

A summary of a longitudinal study of the ongoing results of welfare reforms on families in Illinois, particularly the implementation of TANF

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Welfare to work and child care selection: Which families use subsidies and home-based or center care?
Hirshberg, Diane, 2002
(Working Paper 02-5). Berkeley, CA: Policy Analysis for California Education.

A study of child care subsidy use and use of home-based or center-based child care for 1,974 parents in California

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