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Publication Date: April 2006
Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy
Author(s): Hannah Matthews
Research Area: Social conditions
Type: Brief
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
Reliable and stable child care helps parents retain steady employment and reduces workplace absenteeism, but the high costs of care challenge many families, particularly low-income working parents. Child care assistance can help.
This policy brief reviews relevant research and finds that low-income mothers who receive child care subsidies are more likely to be employed, to stay off welfare, and to have higher earnings. For that reason, increasing investments in child care assistance is necessary to help families move from welfare to work and to help low-income parents continue working.