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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 textSaha, Devashree – NGA Center for Best Practices, 2010
Recent state policy and federal funding initiatives are driving the demand for clean energy in both the short and long term. This increased demand has created the need for many more workers trained or retrained in a variety of clean energy jobs. In response, states are utilizing funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Energy Education, Training Objectives, State Programs
Family Literacy in Adult Education: The Federal and State Support Role. A Special Perspectives Paper
Peyton, Tony – National Commission on Adult Literacy (NJ1), 2007
Family literacy programs are a unique component of the adult education system. They work by bringing parents with low literacy skills together with their children to learn and receive instruction, reaching a cohort of people who might not be served by other adult education programs. As parents see their children's learning increase, they are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Federal Government, Family Literacy, Adult Literacy
Peer reviewedAllen, MaryLee; And Others – Child Welfare, 1988
Describes the provisions, development, and future of the Independent-Living Initiative. Discusses its implementation at federal and state levels, and also the plans of the state of Illinois to establish a departmentwide task force to develop a system of services for youths who will be leaving foster care. (RJC)
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Foster Care, Public Policy
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
Lutzky, Amy Westpfahl; Hill, Ian – 2003
Under the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), states have the option to subsidize employer premiums for low-income workers with children. Given the potential for subsidized employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) programs to reduce the number of uninsured children, this study examined SCHIPs regulations and state experiences with premium…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Fringe Benefits, Health Insurance
Rosenbach, Margo; Ellwood, Marilyn; Czajka, John; Irvin, Carol; Coupe, Wendy; Quinn, Brian – 2001
Under the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Congress established the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to expand health insurance coverage to uninsured low-income children. This report summarizes the major findings of the first year of a national evaluation of SCHIP. Following a summary of major findings, the report examines state…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Enrollment, Health Insurance
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 2003
Two provisions in Title I--maintenance of effort (MOE) and supplement not supplant (SNS)--are designed to limit the extent to which federal funds can be used to replace state and local resources. To assess the quality of oversight of these provisions, the General Accounting Office (GAO) determined how Arizona, California, Florida, Indiana,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
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
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1984
The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 provides for annual federal incentive payments to states if they improve foster care programs by (1) avoiding unnecessary removal of children from their homes; (2) preventing extended stays in foster care; and (3) reunifying children with their families or placing them for adoption. To be…
Descriptors: Adoption, Eligibility, Federal Legislation, Federal State Relationship
Barillas, Roxana; Horner, Dawn – 2000
About 1.5 million uninsured children in California are eligible for Medi-Cal or Healthy Families, the state's primary public health insurance programs for children. The Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides a natural entry point for reaching these eligible families. This briefing report was written for WIC…
Descriptors: Child Health, Coordination, Eligibility, Enrollment
Warren, Paul; Johnson, Hadley – 1985
As part of a review of California's strategy for helping recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) find jobs through the Work Incentive Program (WIN), eight demonstration programs were analyzed. There were four major findings. First, the Department of Social Services (DSS), which targets AFDC recipients with recent job…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Employment Programs, Job Training, Program Costs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1978
This report from the General Accounting Office reviews selected aspects of Wisconsin's Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. Chapter 1 describes AFDC and specifies the scope of the program review. In Chapter 2 the potential for increasing child support collections from parents is explored. Actions which could increase collections…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Efficiency, Federal Programs, Motivation
Allen, Kathryn G. – 2002
This report reviews work by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG), which evaluated the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), including whether children are being enrolled inappropriately in SCHIP rather than in Medicaid, and states' progress in reducing the number of uninsured children. This…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Enrollment, Evaluation Methods
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
