Child care devolution in Texas: The relationship of child care policies to subsidy, employment and market durations
Schexnayder, Deanna, March 2008
The University of Texas at Austin
An overview of a study of the relationship between child care policies and subsidy, employment, and market outcomes, during the period of localization (devolution) of the management of child care subsidy policy in Texas, based on the findings of an econometric analysis
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Employment and earnings of child-care subsidy recipients in Harris County, Texas
Olson, Jerome A., June 2002
Austin: University of Texas at Austin, Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources.
An identification of the economic, personal, and policy variables influencing employment and earnings among recipients of subsidized child care in Harris County, Texas, during a period of welfare reform
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Employment outcomes for low-income families receiving child care subsidies in Illinois, Maryland, and Texas
Goerge, Robert, August 18, 2009
Chicago: University of Chicago. Chapin Hall Center for Children
A study of the relationship between child care subsidy use and employment outcomes, and an identification of factors associated with child care subsidy use among eligible low income families, based on analysis of administrative and census data collected in Illinois, Maryland, and Texas
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The determinants and consequences of child care subsidies for single mothers in the USA
Blau, David M., October 2007
Journal of Population Economics, 20(4), 719-741
A study of the effects of child care subsidies on the employment, school, and welfare participation of single mothers following the passage of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA)
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Child care subsidies and leaving welfare: Policy issues and strategies
Adams, Gina, 2006
Washington, DC: Urban Institute.
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
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The dynamics of child care subsidy use: A collaborative study of five states
Meyers, Marcia K., July, 2002
New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty.
A study of characteristics of child care subsidy use in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Texas from July 1997 to June 1999, including examinations of services received, continuity, duration, and stability, based on administrative data collected from state subsidy payment systems
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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Patterns of child care use among low-income families: Final report
United States. Administration for Children and Families, September 2007
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.
A study of families' decisions regarding employment and child care arrangements, examining variations by child's age, mother's race, and other family characteristics, and assessing the impact of child care subsidies and other state and local policies on families' choices
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Child care subsidies for TANF families: The nexus of systems and policies
Adams, Gina, 2006
Washington, DC: Urban Institute.
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
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The impact of child care subsidy use on child care quality
Ryan, Rebecca, Q3 2011
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 26(3), 320-331
A study of the relationship between government subsidization and both
selection of child care and quality of arrangements, based on data from parents of 456 3-year-olds in 14 cities in the United States
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Parents' perspectives on child care subsidies and moving from welfare to work
Snyder, Kathleen, 2006
Washington, DC: Urban Institute.
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
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Child care, subsidy receipt and state of residence: Comparisons by age and parent work schedule
Georges, Annie, December 2001
Paper presented to the 23rd Annual Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy, Analysis and Management, Washington, DC, November
A study of the differences in child care arrangements as it relates to costs of care and state of residence among children in families eligible for subsidies
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Does maternal employment following childbirth support or inhibit low-income children's long-term development?
Coley, Rebekah L., January, 2013
Child Development, 84(1), 178-197
An analysis of the relationship between maternal employment in the two years after childbearing and children's cognitive and behavioral functioning at age 7, with additional analyses of the moderating roles of race/ethnicity and child care type on that relationship, based on data from 444 urban, low-income, predominantly African American and Hispanic families from the Three-City Study, a longitudinal, multi-method analysis of the well-being of low income children and families in Boston, San Antonio, and Chicago following welfare reform
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The Texas child care subsidy program after devolution to the local level: A product of the Study of Child Care Devolution in Texas
Schexnayder, Deanna, 2004
Austin: University of Texas at Austin, Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources.
A report analyzing the devolution of subsidized child care policies and program management to local workforce development boards in Texas from 1998 to 2003
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The devolution of subsidized child care in Texas: Final summary report
Schexnayder, Deanna, March 2008
University of Texas at Austin
A summary of the effects of the localization (devolution) of the management of Texas’ child care subsidy system to local boards throughout the state
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Getting and retaining child care assistance: How policy and practice influence parents experiences
Adams, Gina, 2002
(Occasional Paper No. 55). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.
A study of parents' interaction with the child care subsidy system and how state and local subsidy policies and practices affect parents' experiences. Particular attention is paid to the process of applying for and retaining subsidies.
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Preliminary findings from interviews with child care program managers: A product of the Study of Devolution of Subsidized Child Care in Texas
Lein, Laura, 2003
Austin: University of Texas at Austin, Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources.
A report on the effects of the devolution of child care subsidy programs on local child care subsidy administration in Texas
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Examining cost fulfillment: Child care policy and strategies
Jordan, Lucy P., 2012
Journal of Social Service Research, 38(3), 313-329
A study of correlations among a variety of characteristics of child care subsidy eligibility policies in 20 cities across 15 states, and an identification of four categories of similar types of city-specific subsidy offerings, based on an examination of the local policies regarding the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) subsidies
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Estimates of child care eligibility and receipt for fiscal year 2009
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, December, 2012
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
An examination of children's eligibility for and receipt of federal child care subsidies under federal parameters and state-defined rules
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Texas subsidized child care utilization patterns and outcomes
Schexnayder, Deanna, June 1999
Austin: University of Texas at Austin, Center for the Study of Human Resources.
A study of the workforce participation outcomes, demographic characteristics, and subsidized child care usage patterns of low-income families receiving subsidies through Texas’ Child Care Management Services (CCMS) system between 1994 and 1997
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Status report on state implementation efforts: Action plan to improve access to child care assistance for low-income families in the South
Southern Regional Initiative on Child Care, 2004
Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families.
An overview of state-level actions to increase the access to and use of child care subsidies in 17 southeastern states and the District of Columbia
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Child Care and Development Fund: Undercover tests show five state programs that are vulnerable to fraud and abuse
United States. Government Accountability Office, September 2010
(GAO-10-1062). Washington, DC: United States, Government Accountability Office.
Findings from an undercover investigation of the vulnerabilities of states' fraud prevention controls for child care assistance eligibility and billing in 5 states, and an inquiry into the influence of a lack of child care on the ability of parents to maintain employment
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The Texas child care experience since 1996: Implications for federal and state policy
Sabo, Jason, 2002
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A study of the discrepancy between the amount of impoverished Texan children and the availability of federal and state-funded subsidies, and recommendations for more federal and state fiscal responsibility and improvements
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Public preschool and maternal labor supply: Evidence from the introduction of kindergartens into American public schools
Cascio, Elizabeth, 2006
(NBER Working Paper Series No. 12179). Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.
A comparative analysis of the effect of the availability of public kindergarten programs on the employment patterns of women with five-year-old children, using data from the 1950 through 1990 Decennial Censuses
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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: State and Community Substudy: Final report
United States. Administration for Children and Families, September 2007
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.
A study of ongoing changes in state and community policies for meeting the child care needs of low-income families as a result of welfare reform implementation, including child care subsidy use and expenditures from 1997 to 2001 and child care subsidy policies and their administration from 1999 to 2002, based on administrative records, policy manuals, and key informant interviews from 17 states and 25 communities
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Texas child care profiles for local workforce development areas FY 1998 - FY 2001: A product of the Study of Devolution of Subsidized Child Care in Texas
Schroeder, Daniel G., 2003
Austin: University of Texas at Austin, Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources.
An analysis of changes to child care subsidy policies in Texas following the transfer of subsidized child care program management from the state level to the local level
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