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
Caring for children of color: The child care patterns of white, black, and Hispanic children under 5
A study of child care arrangement patterns across groups of white, African American and Hispanic children
Reports & Papers
Child care arrangements for children under five: Variation across states
A study of the primary child care arrangements of children under five whose mothers are employed, as well as of the variations in patterns of child care arrangements by state, by the child's age, and by the income status of the child's family.
Reports & Papers
Child care patterns of school-age children with employed mothers
An examination of variations in out-of-school time child care arrangements used by families with working mothers, based on data from the 1997 National Survey of America's Families (NSAF)
Reports & Papers
Children in low-income families are less likely to be in center-based child care
A brief comparing the child care arrangements of children under five from high- and low-income families.
Fact Sheets & Briefs
The hours that children under five spend in child care: Variation across states
A study of the number of hours that children under five spent in child care while their mothers were at work and the variations in child care use by state, by the child's age, and by the income status of the child's family.
Reports & Papers
Many young children spend long hours in child care
A fact sheet examining the number of hours that children under age five with working mothers typically spend in nonparental child care, using data from the National Survey of America's Families (NSAF) 2002.
Fact Sheets & Briefs
The number of child care arrangements used by children under five: Variation across states
A study of the consistent weekly use of multiple child care arrangements by employed mothers of preschool children, examining variations by state, child age, and family income level, and analyzing combinations of child care types, based on data from the 1997 National Survey of America's Families (NSAF)
Reports & Papers
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 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
What happens when the school year is over?: The use and costs of child care for school-age children during the summer months
An examination of child care arrangements and time spent in care among 6- to 12-year-old children during the summer using data from the 1999 National Survey of America’s Families
Reports & Papers
