,New Child Care Resources Are Needed to Prevent the Loss of Child Care Assistance for Hundreds of Thousands of Children in Working Families

New Child Care Resources Are Needed to Prevent the Loss of Child Care Assistance for Hundreds of Thousands of Children in Working Families


 

Publication Date: July 2003

Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy; Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Sharon Parrott; Jennifer Mezey

Research Area: Social conditions

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This joint report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Center for Law and Social Policy shows that without increased child care funding included in the reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) bill, hundreds of thousands of children in low-income working families stand to lose access to child care assistance even if TANF work participation requirements are left unchanged.