,The Challenge of Child Care: More Help Needed for San Antonio's Families

The Challenge of Child Care: More Help Needed for San Antonio's Families


 

Publication Date: September 2008

Publisher: Columbia University. National Center for Children in Poverty

Author(s): Kinsey Alden Dinan; Jodie Briggs

Research Area: Social conditions

Keywords: work supports; low-wage work; Texas

Type: Fact sheet

Coverage: Texas

Abstract:

Child care is one of the largest expenses working families face. Using results from NCCP’s Family Resource Simulator, this fact sheet finds that unless families receive help with the cost of care, low-wage working parents are unable to make ends meet.