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Peer Reviewed JournalCurrent Filters: Pub Year:2003 [remove]; Classification:Economic & Social Policies [remove];
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Administration is misstating amount of child care funding in pending TANF reauthorization bills: Bills provide far less funding than has been claimed and would cause large reductions in the number of children assisted A report comparing the levels of child care funding included in the proposed TANF reauthorization legislation to the estimated fiscal need |
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America's children: Key national indicators of well-being, 2003 Highlights from a 2003 national survey depicting the well-being of children in the areas of economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education |
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The Blair government and child poverty: An extra one percent for children in the United Kingdom A description of the Blair government's efforts to reduce child poverty in the United Kingdom, which encourages the United States government to undertake a similar strategy |
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Changes in state child and dependent care tax credits in 2002 A chart outlining the changes in state Child and Dependent Care Tax Credits taking effect in tax year 2003 in four states |
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Child care and employment: Evidence from random assignment studies of welfare and work programs An investigation into the effects of welfare reform policies and links between employment and child care choices, using data from random assignment pilot welfare programs begun between 1993 and 1996 in a variety of urban and rural areas in the United States |
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Child care meets health care: What other states can teach us about insuring the child care workforce in Illinois An exploration of program models for the provision of health insurance to early childhood workers, and recommendations for the development of a framework to provide health care coverage to early childhood workers in Illinois, based on case studies of programs currently implemented in California, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and North Carolina |
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Child care meets health care: What other states can teach us about insuring the child care workforce in Illinois [Executive summary] A summary of an exploration of program models for the provision of health insurance to early childhood workers, and recommendations for the development of a framework to provide health care coverage to early childhood workers in Illinois, based on case studies of programs currently implemented in California, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and North Carolina |
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Child care policy reform and the employment of single mothers An examination of the effect of growth in child care subsidies, from 1991 through 1996, on employment rates of single mothers, using data from the 1992 through 1997 March Current Population Surveys |
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Child care: Recent state policy changes affecting the availability of assistance for low-income families An examination of state policy developments affecting the availability of child care assistance for low-income families |
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Childcare subsidies and the transition from welfare to work A study of the role of subsidies in parental transitions from welfare to the workforce in Michigan, using post-1996 data from The Women’s Employment Study (WES) |
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Comparative indicators of education in the United States and other G-8 countries: 2002 A comparison of different aspects of education systems and assessments of their performances within the Group of Eight (G8) countries |
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Coordinating with Head Start programs to support low-income working families A brief on ways Head Start, in conjunction with other services and agencies, serves low-income working families |
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The effects of welfare policy on child care decisions: Evidence from ten experimental welfare-to-work programs A study examining the child care choices made by families on welfare due to changes in welfare policies by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) |
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Experiences of lone parents from minority ethnic communities Highlights from an inquiry into the experiences of minority single parents with the Child Support Agency and the New Deal for Lone Parents (NDLP) program, based on interviews with 61 minority single parents in England |
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Families leaving welfare: How well are they doing? A summary of a study, entitled “What Happens to Families When They Leave Welfare,” on families leaving California’s welfare program and the successes and barriers they encounter afterwards based on two waves of extensive telephone surveys of welfare leavers in six Bay Area counties in the late 1990’s |
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Funding issues for early childhood education and care programs An overview of current sources of funding available to early childhood education and care programs suggesting alternative approaches to the funding and financing of these programs |
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GAO finds state child care assistance limits disproportionately impact low-income, working, non-TANF families and children A brief on a U.S. General Accounting Office report about decreased access to child care assistance for low-income working families in 23 states. |
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''Head Start works because we do'': Head Start programs, community action agencies, and the struggle over unionization An examination of the clash between Head Start employees’ efforts for unionization and Community Action Agency employers, analyzing the conflict’s practical, rhetorical and legal arenas and proposing strategies for change |
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House and Senate TANF reauthorization bills would not free up large sums for child care A critique of the amount of funding available for states to use for child care after the reauthorization of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) legislation |
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The House Welfare Bill (H.R. 4) does not provide enough child care funding to meet work requirements A critique of the House of Representatives 2003 welfare reauthorization bill (H.R. 4) criticizing the legislations lack of child care assistance to low-income families |
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How welfare reform affects young children: Experimental findings from Connecticut A study of the effects of mothers’ rising employment levels and program participation on young children’s early learning and cognitive growth, comparing participant outcomes in Connecticut’s Jobs First program and a traditional welfare program |
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Impacts of eligibility expansions and provider reimbursement rate increases on child care subsidy take-up rates, welfare use and work An assessment of the influence of expanded child care subsidy eligibility and increased provider reimbursement rates on demand for care, cash assistance receipt, and employment among current and former welfare recipients in Rhode Island |
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Increasing the ability to transfer TANF to CCDF in House Welfare Bill (H.R.4) is still not the answer to unmet child care needs A brief on child care funding at the state level and the transferability of funds between Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF). |
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Low-income families need an increased investment in the Child Care and Development Block Grant NOW! A brief on the current forms of child care assistance available to low income families and the implications of legislative budget restrictions |
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Making the case for increasing federal child care funding: A fact sheet A fact sheet that outlines a series of social and economic reasons to increase child care funding for low income families |
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