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Child Care and Development Fund: Report of state plans FY 2004-2005 [Executive summary] A discussion of the Child Care and Development Fund, which provides $4.8 billion in block grants throughout the U.S. to subsidize child care costs for low-income families, describing, for instance, the fund’s administration, its service coordination and planning component, the certificates, grants, and contracts used in the fund’s operation, and other aspects of the program |
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Child care and early childhood education: More information sharing and program review by HHS could enhance access for families with limited English proficiency [Highlights] Highlights of a study examining access to, participation in, and efforts to assist with child care for families with limited English proficiency, based on analysis of national data sets, focus groups with parents, state and county site visits, and interviews with officials and experts |
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Child care for working poor families: Child development and parent employment outcome [Executive Summary] The summary of a research report on the types and quality of child care used by low income working families in four Indiana cities and their relation to child development and parent employment outcomes |
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Child care subsidies and leaving welfare: Policy issues and strategies [Executive Summary] Summary of the second part of a three-part study of the interaction between state and local welfare-to-work programs and child care assistance programs, focusing on child care subsidy use by parents in transition from TANF to employment |
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Child care under the Family Support Act: Early lessons from the states [Executive summary] A summary of a study into the risks and inadequacies that welfare and Family Support Act social policies pose on child care arrangements and access |
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Does child care assistance matter?: The effects of welfare and employment programs on child care use: Executive summary A summary of an inquiry into the effects of child care assistance offered through welfare programs on the child care decisions made by parents, based on data gathered from low-income parents participating in 21 employment programs |
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Employment and earnings of child-care subsidy recipients in Harris County, Texas [Executive summary] 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 [Executive summary] A summary of an evaluation of changes in welfare reform policies encouraging employment-oriented participation in Iowa |
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An examination of the child care choices of low-income families receiving child care subsidies: Executive summary A summary of findings from a study of the impact of household characteristics, the number of children in the household receiving subsidies, and policy and administrative changes to the child care subsidy program on the child care choices of subsidized families in Rhode Island. |
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An examination of the duration of child care subsidies in Rhode Island: Impacts of policy changes and cross state comparisons [Executive summary] A summary of an examination of child care subsidies in Rhode Island over a seven year period; the study tracked cycling patterns of the subsidies usage, the correlation between administration of the subsidy program and the exiting of participating families, and the characteristics that influenced the duration a family will take advantage of child care subsidies |
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Families and children 2001: Living standards and the children [Executive summary] A summary of a 2001 survey of the living standards of families with dependent children in the United Kingdom |
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Families and children 2001: Work and childcare [Executive summary] A summary of a 2001 survey of balancing work and child care among families with dependent children in the United Kingdom |
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Families experiencing multiple disadvantage: Their use of and views on childcare provision [Executive summary] A summary of an exploration of parents' use of child care services and perspectives on their quality and availability, and an examination of the influence of the availability of child care services on maternal employment decisions, based on data for more than 7,000 parents of children aged birth through fourteen years old in the United Kingdom who participated in the Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents 2008 |
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The Family Transition Program: Final report on Florida's initial time-limited welfare program [Executive summary] A summary of findings from a long-term assessment of the Family Transition Program (FTP) in Escambia County, Florida comparing FTP program participants to those participating in Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) |
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Final synthesis report of findings from ASPE ''leavers'' grants [Executive summary] A summary of a synthesis of findings on the outcomes of families who exited the welfare system after the passing of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) Act of 1996, based on localized studies of families across the United States |
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Highlights of child care survey for select low-income neighborhoods in Chicago A discussion of the current use of early care and education in select low-income neighborhoods in Chicago |
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In their own words: WFNJ clients speak about family, work, and welfare [Executive summary] A summary of findings from interviews with Work First New Jersey (WFNJ) clients regarding their experiences while transitioning off welfare |
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An investigation into the impact of revised eligibility requirements for the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) in the state of Rhode Island: Executive summary A summary of an investigation of the influence of revised eligibility requirements for the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) on the continued participation of Rhode Island families in the program and the ability of these families to procure child care, based on a survey of 95 families who lost all or some of their subsidies and 366 child care providers who provide services to families affected by the revisions |
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Jobs First: Final report on Connecticut's welfare reform initiative: Executive summary 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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Moving clients into self-sufficiency: Summary of findings from the WFNJ evaluation [Executive summary] A summary of the key findings from the Work First New Jersey (WFNJ) evaluation, which investigated how welfare recipients and their communities had responded to the welfare reform initiative |
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New Hope for people with low incomes: Two-year results of a program to reduce poverty and reform welfare: Executive summary An evaluation of Milwaukee’s New Hope project, which seeks to improve the lives and reduce the poverty of low-income workers and their families, comparing the employment, earnings, impact on parent-child relations, use of child care, and child outcomes of a group of New Hope participants with a control group excluded from such assistance |
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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 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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Parents' perspectives on child care subsidies and moving from welfare to work [Executive Summary] Summary of the third part of a three-part study of the interaction between state and local welfare-to-work programs and child care assistance programs, presenting focus group data on the experiences of current and former TANF recipients with the child care subsidy system |
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Partnerships for quality: Improving infant-toddler child care for low-income families [Executive summary] 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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Promoting take-up of formal childcare among low-income families: Message testing research [Executive summary] A summary of a study of the motivations for and barriers to formal child care use among low-income parents in England and of the most effective methods and messages for promoting formal child care take-up, based on focus groups and in-depth interviews with parents |
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