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Direct linkBarnett, W. Steven; Hustedt, Jason T. – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2011
The care and education of young children in the United States is supported by nearly $40 billion yearly from a variety of sources at the federal, state, and local levels. Even so, about a quarter of 4-year-olds and half of 3-year-olds do not attend preschool, and many of those who do attend receive only poor quality services. Some programs are of…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Child Development, Preschool Education, Educational Legislation
Download full textBrown, Kay E. – US Government Accountability Office, 2010
As Congress considers reauthorization of the laws which provide funding for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), there is interest in understanding what accounts for recent trends in child care subsidy receipt among eligible families and what research says about subsidies' effects on parents' ability to obtain and maintain employment. The…
Descriptors: Child Care, Federal Programs, State Federal Aid, Eligibility
Block Grant-Funded Educational Programs: An Untapped Source of Employees for the Healthcare Industry
Gordon, Claudette Veronica – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) placed a lifetime capitation of five years on welfare benefits. This Bill consolidated welfare and employment programs into the block grant known as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). The benefit package allows operation of programs in accordance with…
Descriptors: Home Health Aides, Employment Programs, Phenomenology, Block Grants
Matakis, Brian – 2000
Noting that welfare reform offers new opportunities to apply dollars toward several initiatives beyond cash grants, this special report of the Voices for Illinois Children provides a detailed accounting of Illinois welfare expenditures for federal fiscal years (FFY) 1998 and 1999 and is intended to serve as a starting point toward greater clarity…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Budgeting, Budgets, Children
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)
Greenberg, Mark; Schumacher, Rachel – 2003
The two principal federal funding streams available to states for provision of child care services are the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant structure. Noting that funds from both of these can be used for child care and early education initiatives, this report summarizes what…
Descriptors: Child Care, Early Childhood Education, Financial Support, Program Descriptions
Schumacher, Rachel – 2003
This document is comprised of four Center for Law and Policy articles dealing with federal child care subsidies. The first discusses the proposed welfare reauthorization that includes an increase in Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) funding and an increase in the amount states can transfer from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Child Care, Early Childhood Education, Federal Legislation
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
Hembra, Richard L. – 1999
As a condition of receiving federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds, states are required to operate Child Support Enforcement (CSE) programs. Families receiving TANF are required to participate in the CSE program; families not receiving TANF may also request CSE services. However, since 1994, an increasing number of states…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Child Support, Program Costs, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedAnderson, Steven G. – Social Work, 2002
Inteviews with 60 welfare recipients found that they often do not understand the income and support services incentives. The lack of knowledge seems to stem from the complexity of the information. Counselors need to play a role in helping to simplify and disseminate the information to recipients. Discusses implications for states as they develop…
Descriptors: Employed Parents, Employment, Incentives, Income
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
Bennett, Neil G.; Lu, Hsien-Hen – 2001
Noting that a key challenge for policymakers and others who are concerned about the well-being of children and families is how to develop and improve policies that reward work and help low-income working families increase their earnings, this research brief examines the current and potential impact of state earned income credits (EICs) as a means…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Welfare, Children, Family Financial Resources
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
Schumacher, Rachel; Greenberg, Mark; Duffy, Janellen – 2001
The 1996 welfare law created two block grants, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). Since then, employment has increased among low-income mothers, and the number of families receiving welfare has declined. Currently, each state receives a block grant of TANF funds, which they are free to…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Federal Aid
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