Child Care Assistance in 2005: State Cuts Continue

Publication Date: November 2006

Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy

Author(s): Danielle Ewen; Hannah Matthews

Research Area: Social conditions

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

State spending on child care assistance declined in 2005 for the second consecutive year. Twenty-two states made cuts to their child care programs, as the number of children living in low-income families that received help from these programs continued to decline. Many families turn to child care assistance programs to get help paying for the child care they need in order to work and to succeed.

This policy brief provides an overview of national expenditure data for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds directed towards child care.