NEW DATA ON CHILD CARE SUBSIDY PROGRAMS

According to the National Women's Law Center, 37 states cut program benefits in 2011, while only 15 improved them.2 And yet, perhaps there is no better time to innovate than when budgets are under duress, and there is a desperate need to do more with less. Since the advent of welfare reform, ch...

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Published in:Policy & Practice 2012-08, Vol.70 (4), p.18
Main Authors: Spears, John V, Bradburn, Isabel, Schroeder, Aaron, Tester, Diana, ry, Nicole
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child care
Child welfare
Government subsidies
Preschool education
Social services
Welfare reform
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Summary:According to the National Women's Law Center, 37 states cut program benefits in 2011, while only 15 improved them.2 And yet, perhaps there is no better time to innovate than when budgets are under duress, and there is a desperate need to do more with less. Since the advent of welfare reform, child care subsidies have been seen as serving the twin goals of promoting parental engagement in the workforce and ensuring families' well-being, with a definition of well-being often being implemented relatively narrowly in the domains of health and safety. The SC Department of Social Services partnered with ORS and their research community to develop several child care cubes including child care licensing, the ABC Quality provider system, and a cube specifically focused on children in multiple programs including the ABC Voucher, TANF, SNAP (Food Stamps), and child protective services.
ISSN:1942-6828