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Publication Date: October 2005
Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy
Author(s): Danielle Ewen
Research Area: Social conditions
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
On October 26, the House Ways and Means Committee approved a budget reconciliation bill that includes provisions to reauthorize the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Even as the bill increases families’ work requirements—and the need for child care—it provides only $500 million in new child care funding over five years, despite Congressional Budget Office estimates that keeping pace with inflation will cost $4.8 billion over five years. If enacted, this bill would force states to cut child care assistance for low-income working families over the coming years.