Assessing the New Federalism
A multi-year, multi-pronged project that analyzes state policy choices, including policy development and implementation, and family well-being in the context of the significant devolution of responsibility for social programs from the federal government to the states
Major Research Projects
Child care subsidies and leaving welfare: Policy issues and strategies
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
Reports & Papers
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
Executive Summary
Child care subsidies and TANF: A synthesis of three studies on systems, policies, and parents
A summary of findings from a three-part study of the interaction between state and local welfare-to-work programs and child care assistance programs, focusing on administrative structures, protocols and interagency coordination as they affect administrators and TANF parents, child care subsidy use by parents in transition to work, and the experiences of current and former TANF recipients with the subsidy system
Other
Child care subsidies for TANF families: The nexus of systems and policies
First of a three-part study of the interaction between state and local welfare-to-work programs and child care assistance programs, focusing on administrative structures, protocols and interagency coordination as they affect TANF parents
Reports & Papers
Child care subsidies for TANF families: The nexus of systems and policies [Executive Summary]
Summary of the first of a three-part study of the interaction between state and local welfare-to-work programs and child care assistance programs, focusing on administrative structures, protocols and interagency coordination as they affect TANF parents
Executive Summary
Parents' perspectives on child care subsidies and moving from welfare to work
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
Reports & Papers
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
Executive Summary
Recent changes in Colorado welfare and work, child care, and child welfare systems
This brief provides findings from the more recent visits to Colorado, which examine changes to the state's social service system. It serves to update the 1998 report, Income Support and Social Services for Low-Income People in Colorado.
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Recent changes in Minnesota welfare and work, child care, and child welfare systems
A brief on changes to social welfare policies in Minnesota from 1997 to 2000
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Recent changes in New Jersey welfare and work, child care, and child welfare systems
A brief on changes to social welfare policies in New Jersey beginning in the 1990s to 2000
Fact Sheets & Briefs
