Eligibility redetermination can be a burdensome process for families, and previous research indicates that the need to re-determine eligibility is related to disruptions in child care subsidy participation. As more states adopt 12 months as the standard length of an eligibility period, families in ...
In this study we analyzed administrative data on children receiving child care subsidies in Maryland between 2007 and 2014 in order to investigate the continuity of subsidy participation over time. The study found wide variation in subsidy continuity for different children, and overall patterns were fa...
State Expands Child Care Subsidy EligibilityAchen, Paris
The effect of subsidy eligibility appears to be largest for families with more than one young child between the ages of 0 to 5, and families headed by a single parent. I find no evidence that subsidy eligibility increases the use of center-based care.Caronongan, Pia...
Child care subsidy programs, such as the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), were designed to help defray the child care expenses of low-income families and support parents' labor force participation. However, the increasing evidence linking child care experiences to children's developmental ...
(2003). Impacts of Eligibility Expansions and Provider Reimbursement Rate Increases on Child Care Subsidy Take-Up Rates, Welfare Use, and Work. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.Witte,A. D., & Queralt, M. (2003). Impacts of Eligibility Expansions and Provider Reimbursement ...
Expanding the eligibility of childcare subsidy programs by increasing enrollment generosity is associated with lower maltreatment rates. There are a variety of potential pathways through which expanded access to childcare subsidies may be linked to decreased rates of child maltreatment. It may be, for ...