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Download full textNeas, Katherine Beh; Mezey, Jennifer – 2003
Families with children with disabilities often have difficulty finding high quality child care for their children; this problem is compounded for low-income families. In 2003, Congress will consider the reauthorization of the two statutes that support the development of young children with disabilities and their familiesthe Child Care and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Care, Disabilities, Financial Support
Schumacher, Rachel; Mezey, Jennifer; Greenberg, Mark – 2002
The Southern Institute has commissioned the Center for Law and Social Policy to examine whether federal law prevents states from adopting coordinated child absence policies for their Head Start and CCDF/TANF-funded (Child Care and Development Fund/Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) child care collaborative projects. The issue relates to one…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Attendance, Child Care, Compensation (Remuneration)
Mezey, Jennifer; Schumacher, Rachel; Rakpraja, Tanya; Irish, Kate – 2002
This document summarizes and compares selected child care and early education provisions in current law and a set of major Congressional proposals addressing reauthorization and early education as of September 24, 2002: (1) the Administration's Early Childhood Initiative; (2) the final TANF reauthorization bill as passed in the House; (3) the…
Descriptors: Child Care, Comparative Analysis, Early Childhood Education, Federal Legislation
Greenberg, Mark; Mezey, Jennifer; Schumacher, Rachel – 2003
This document is comprised of presentation slides for overhead projection summarizing federal funding for child care since the 1996 changes in welfare and child care laws, and the status of reauthorization. The first slide provides a presentation overview; the remaining sheets cover the following: (1) two main sources of federal funds for…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Child Care, Economic Factors, Federal Legislation
Mezey, Jennifer; Richie, Brooke – 2003
Since fiscal year (FY) 1997, states have used funds from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant to supplement other funds in efforts to provide more child care assistance. This report provides an overview of the rules governing the use of TANF funds for child care. The report also describes how states used TANF funds to…
Descriptors: Budgets, Child Care, Children, Employed Parents
Fremstad, Shawn; Parrott, Sharon; Greenberg, Mark; Savner, Steve; Turetsky, Vicki; Mezey, Jennifer – 2003
This document is comprised of three Center for Law and Policy articles dealing with reauthorization of funding for the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). The first article compares the U.S. House and Senate bills for reauthorization, asserting that in a broad array of areas, the Senate bill provides states with more…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Change Strategies, Child Care, Early Childhood Education
