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America's homeless children
National Center on Family Homelessness,
Newton, MA: National Center on Family Homelessness.

A summary of a study of homeless families with children, focusing on the causes of homelessness and its influence on children’s health, education, and the delivery of services

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Child care in the postwelfare reform era: Analysis and strategies for advocates
Gong, Jo Ann, 1999
(1999, January-February) Clearinghouse Review

An overview of changes to welfare reform under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996, with recommendations of strategies for advocates working with families receiving welfare

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Child care use by low-income families: Variations across states
Lippman, Laura, June, 2008
(Publication No. 2008-23). Washington, DC: Child Trends.

A state-by-state and national analysis of features of the child care arrangements of low-income families, including child care type and parents' experiences with child care problems, based on the state and nationally representative 2003 National Survey of Children's Health

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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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Encouraging work through child care subsidies
Blau, David M.,
JCPR Policy Briefs, 3(8).

Highlights from a study on the correlation between the receipt of child care subsidies and recipients’ employment rates, based on a subsample of 4,029 families from the 1997 National Survey of America’s Families

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Homeless children: America's new outcasts
National Center on Family Homelessness,
Newton, MA: National Center on Family Homelessness.

A summary of a study of the state of family and child homelessness, focusing on these conditions on a state-to-state basis

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Identity, work, & parenting: Implications for welfare reform
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Institute for Policy Research, 2001
(Illinois Families Study Policy Brief No. 2). Evanston, IL: Northwestern University, Institute for Policy Research.

An inquiry into the influence of the work requirements of the 1996 welfare reforms on the work-life balance of welfare recipients, based on interviews with a sample of 58 welfare recipients in Chicago

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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
Ready to Learn Providence, December, 2008
Providence, RI: Ready to Learn Providence.

Highlights of findings from 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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Low-income women and their families: How they benefit from affordable, high-quality child care and struggle to find it
National Women's Law Center, February, 2008
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

An overview of benefits of, and barriers to, high quality child care for low income families

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Participation in child care assistance
Virginia. Department of Social Services, 19 May, 2010
Richmond: Virginia, Department of Social Services.

An examination of participation and turnover rates in the Virginia child care assistance program from 1996 through 2009, including information on the number of families served and the length of assistance

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Recent actions by the Department of Human Services jeopardize Mississippi's educational and economic future
Columbia University. National Center for Children and Families, 2004
New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children and Families.

A brief discussing policy changes affecting child care subsidy eligibility for Mississippi's low income families, particularly parents trying to earn college degrees

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States limit child care help for low-income working families
National Women's Law Center, 2004
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

A brief on changes in state child care assistance programs that have been detrimental to low-income working families

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Why do they leave?: Child care subsidy use in Oregon
Grobe, Deana, 2006
Corvallis: Oregon Child Care Research Partnership.

A summary of findings from an investigation into why Oregon parents leave the child care subsidy system, with a comparison of those findings to studies examining why eligible parents did not take up subsidies

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