Leave arrangements and childcare services in Central Europe: Policies and practices before and after the transition
Kocourková, Jiřina, 2002
Community, Work & Family, 5(3), 301-318
A comparative research study focusing on childcare services and leave arrangements of Central European countries from the 1960’s to the post 1990’s
Reports & Papers
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)
Reports & Papers
The little engine that hasn't: The poor performance of employer tax credits for child care
Smith-Fitzpatrick, Christina, 2002
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.
A study of the implications of state tax credits for employers that provide some form of child care assistance to their employees
Reports & Papers
Low/moderate-income families in Britain: Work, working families' tax credit and childcare in 2000
Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions, 2002
(Research Report No. 161). Leeds, United Kingdom: Corporate Document Services.
An exploration of the correlation between families’ work status, receipt of the Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC), and the use of child care, based on a survey sample of 6,557 families in Britain who participated in the Families and Children Survey (FACS)
Reports & Papers
Low/moderate-income families in Britain: Work, working families' tax credit and childcare in 2000 [Executive summary]
Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions, 2002
(Research Report No. 161). London: Great Britain, Department for Work and Pensions.
An investigation into the influence of changes in public welfare policy on families’ well-being and standards of living, based on interviews with 6,557 families who participated in the Families and Children Study (FACS) in England
Executive Summary
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.
Other
Making child care choices: How welfare and work policies influence parents' decisions
Gennetian, Lisa A., 2002
(Next Generation Policy Brief). New York: MDRC.
A policy brief reviewing nine random assignment evaluations of the child care decisions made by approximately 20,000 low income parents
Fact Sheets & Briefs
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
Other
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
Other
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
Executive Summary
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: Technical report
Fuller, Bruce, 2002
Berkeley: Policy Analysis for California Education.
A study of the long-term effects of welfare reform on mothers' employment, children's development, and family well-being among a sample of mothers and preschool-age children who entered new welfare programs in California, Connecticut, and Florida
Reports & Papers
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
Other
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)
Other
Recent changes in California welfare and work, child care, and child welfare systems
Parrish, Deborah (Montgomery), 2002
(State Update No. 11). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.
A brief on recent changes to social welfare policies in California.
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Recent changes in New York welfare and work, child care, and child welfare systems
Fender, Lynne, 2002
(State Update No. 12). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.
A study of the welfare reform philosophical shift from cash assistance to workforce development in two cities in New York state
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Reforming welfare and rewarding work: Final report on the Minnesota Family Investment Program: Vol. II. Effects on children
Gennetian, Lisa A., 2002
New York: MDRC.
A report on the impacts on children of the Minnesota Family Investment Program, an alternative welfare-to-work program for Aid to Families with Dependent Children recipients
Reports & Papers
Reimbursement tiering in the CACFP: Summary report to Congress on the Family Child Care Homes Legislative Changes Study
Food Assistance & Nutrition Research (Program : U.S.), 2002
(Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Report No. 22). Washington, DC: U.S. Food Assistance & Nutrition Research Program.
A study of reimbursement tiering in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) from nationally representative samples of participating family child care homes, their sponsors, and the parents of the children they served during the spring and summer of 1999
Reports & Papers
[Review of the book Who cares?: Women's work, childcare, and welfare state redesign]
Yodanis, Carrie, 2002
Contemporary Sociology, 31(5), 541-543
Book Reviews
[Review of the book Who cares?: Women's work, childcare and welfare state redesign]
Duffy, Ann Doris, Fall 2002
International Journal of Sociology of the Family, 30(1), 85-87
Book Reviews
Side-by-side comparison of child care and early education provisions in key Senate, House, and Administration bills and proposals
Schumacher, Rachel, 2002
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A summary and comparison of current and prospective welfare policies in the United States as of September 2004
Fact Sheets & Briefs
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
Other
States are already cutting child care and TANF-funded programs
Neuberger, Zoe, 2002
Washington, DC: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
A discussion of states who have proposed or implemented spending reductions to child care programs that use the Temporary Assitance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant
Fact Sheets & Briefs
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
Other
Staying employed after welfare: Work supports and job quality vital to employment tenure and wage growth
Boushey, Heather, 2002
(Briefing Paper No. 128). Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute.
A study using longitudinal data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) 1993 and 1996 Panels to examine the effects of child care access and job quality on the employment duration and wage growth of former welfare recipients and working women
Reports & Papers
Staying employed after welfare: Work supports and job quality vital to employment tenure and wage growth [Executive summary]
Boushey, Heather, 2002
(Briefing Paper No. 128). Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute.
A summary of a study using longitudinal data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) 1993 and 1996 Panels to examine the effects of child care access and job quality on the employment duration and wage growth of former welfare recipients and working women
Executive Summary