From Welfare to Childcare - What Happens to Young Children When Mothers Exchange Welfare for Work? (Hardcover)

Although federal and state support for childcare has increased dramatically in response to welfare work requirements, low-income families are still facing difficulties balancing work and family obligations. There is wide variation across states in the strictness of welfare work requirements and in the generosity of childcare support. In addition, the level of co-payments required and the flexibility to use subsidies for informal modes of childcare differ across states, leading families to make different childcare and employment choices. The purpose of From Welfare to Childcare is first to describe what changes occurred in childcare following the 1996 welfare reform legislation, and then to analyze how federal welfare and subsidy policies influence the availability, accessibility, and quality of childcare arrangements for single mothers with young children. National in scope, it focuses on how the reforms influence the way that children are cared for when their mothers leave welfare and enter the workforce. This book is suitable for national, state, and local policymakers, non-profit organizations that study and attempt to influence public policy, and scholars interested in family and social policy issues. It can be used as a text in graduate level courses on welfare, poverty, and children and public policy.

General

Imprint:	Psychology Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2006
First published:	May 2006
Editors:	Natasha Cabrera • Robert Hutchens • H.Elizabeth Peters
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	310
ISBN-13:	978-0-8058-5513-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Child welfare
LSN:	0-8058-5513-0
Barcode:	9780805855135

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