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Barriers to child care subsidies: Why subsidies are often not used
Shlay, Anne B., 2002
In C. J. Groark, K. E. Mehaffie, R. B. McCall, M. T. Greenberg, & Universities Children's Policy Collaborative (Eds.), From science to policy: Research on issues, programs and policies in early care and education. Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Governor's Task Force on Early Childhood Education.

A discussion of barriers to child care policy participation in the United States

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Child care: Funding and spending under federal block grants
Gish, Melinda, 2002
(Order Code RL31274). Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service.

An analysis of the recent changes, current expenditures, and additional need for federal child care funding for low income families

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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: State programs under the Child Care and Development Fund
Gish, Melinda, 2002
(Order Code RL31605). Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service

An overview of state programs funded by the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) after the 1996 welfare reforms

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Child care: Supporting working families: Joint hearing before the Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy of the Committee on Finance and the Subcommittee on Children and Families of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Co
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy, 2002
(Senate Hearing 107-709). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

A discussion of providing more effective child care options and welfare reform funding for working, low-income families

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Children and welfare reform: Analysis and recommendations
Shields, Margie K., 2002
The Future of Children, 12(1), 5-25

An overview of the effects of welfare reform on children, with recommendations for restructuring welfare services to support children's well-being.

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Fathers and public policy: Recent policies promoting responsible fatherhood
Fagan, Jay, 2002
In C. J. Groark, K. E. Mehaffie, R. B. McCall, M. T. Greenberg, & Universities Children's Policy Collaborative (Eds.), From science to policy: Research on issues, programs and policies in early care and education. Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Governor's Task Force on Early Childhood Education. (No longer accessible as of January 18, 2013).

A discussion of public policies regarding fatherhood and fathers? involvement in children?s lives both nationally and in Pennsylvania

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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: 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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Making care less taxing: Improving state child and dependent care tax provisions
Donahue, Elisabeth H., 2002
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

A policy paper that reviews the reasons for enacting child and dependent care (CADC) income tax provisions, describes the federal child and dependent care tax credit, gives an overview of the 2001 state CADC tax provisions, and provides policy recommendations.

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Making ends meet: Six programs that help working families and employers. A guide for business leaders and policymakers
Patel, Nisha, 2002
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.

A study of the characteristics and benefits of six publicly-funded work support programs for low-income working families

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Making the grade for care: Ranking state child and dependent care tax provisions
National Women's Law Center, 2002
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

A comparison of child and dependent care tax provisions ranking states in a report card design based principally on the amount of tax relief or refund that a family could receive under their respective state's tax provisions

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Prepared statement of Mark H. Greenberg
Greenberg, Mark H., 2002
In Child care: Supporting working families: Joint hearing before the Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy of the Committee on Finance and the Subcommittee on Children and Families of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the United States Senate. 107th Cong., 2nd Sess.

A discussion of the role of child care in helping families enter and sustain employment

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Prepared statement of Wade F. Horn
Horn, Wade F., 2002
In Child care: Supporting working families: Joint hearing before the Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy of the Committee on Finance and the Subcommittee on Children and Families of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the United States Senate. 106th Cong., 2nd Sess.

A discussion of the distribution of child care funding and subsidies for federal and state programs under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA)

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Statement of Douglas J. Besharov, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC
Besharov, Douglas J., 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 discussion regarding the impact of government-sponsored child care funding on welfare reform

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States have slowed their use of TANF funds for child care in the last year
Schumacher, Rachel, 2002
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.

An overview of the use of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds for child care by each state between fiscal years 1997 and 2001

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Welfare reform and the well-being of America's children
Stevens, Guy, 2002
Challenge, 45(1), 6-46

A review of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) from the standpoint of the well-being of America’s children

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Welfare reform, fertility, and father involvement
McLanahan, Sara, 2002
The Future of Children, 12(1), 147-165

A discussion of fathers' roles in children's positive developmental outcomes and of the impact public policies have had on father involvement, particularly among low income, female-headed families.

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