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Matthews, Hannah; Schmit, Stephanie – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2014
Child care subsidies help make quality child care affordable for low-income parents, allowing them to attend work or school to support their families while ensuring their children's healthy development. The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) is the primary source of federal funding for child care subsidies for low-income working…
Descriptors: Child Care, Block Grants, Low Income Groups, Federal Aid
Matthews, Hannah; Firgens, Emily – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2012
The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) is the primary source of federal funding for child care subsidies for low-income working families and to improve child care quality for low-income families. CCDBG provides child care assistance to children from birth to age 13. This fact sheet highlights key information about infants and toddlers…
Descriptors: Child Care, Block Grants, Federal Aid, Low Income Groups
Matthews, Hannah; Firgens, Emily – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2012
The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) is the primary source of federal funding for child care subsidies for low-income working families and to improve child care quality for low-income families. CCDBG provides child care assistance to children from birth to age 13. This fact sheet highlights key information about infants and toddlers…
Descriptors: Child Care, Block Grants, Federal Aid, Low Income Groups
Matthews, Hannah; Reeves, Rhiannon – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2014
The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) is the primary source of federal funding for child care subsidies for low-income working families and to improve child care quality for low-income families. CCDBG provides child care assistance to children from birth to age 13. This fact sheet highlights key information about infants and toddlers…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Block Grants, Federal Aid
Matthews, Hannah; Lim, Teresa – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2011
The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) is the primary source of federal funding for child care subsidies for low-income working families and to improve child care quality. CCDBG provides child care assistance to children from birth to age 13. In fiscal year 2010, states received $5 billion in federal CCDBG funds. States are expected to…
Descriptors: Child Care, Block Grants, Federal Aid, Low Income Groups
Matthews, Hannah; Schmit, Stephanie – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2014
Child care subsidies help make quality child care affordable for low-income parents, allowing them to attend work or school to support their families while ensuring their children's healthy development. Access to quality child care is also proven to strengthen families' economic security. The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) is the…
Descriptors: Participation, Enrollment Rate, Expenditures, Block Grants
Matthews, Hannah – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2011
At the beginning of 2009, with the country facing the worst of the economic crisis, the president and Congress understood that Americans needed help paying for child care to get back to work in the recession. As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, they allocated an additional $2 billion for the Child Care and Development Block…
Descriptors: Child Care, Block Grants, Expenditures, Federal Legislation
Matthews, Hannah; Reeves, Rhiannon – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2014
The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) is the primary funding source for federal child care subsidies to low-income working families, as well as improving child care quality. CCDBG provides child care assistance to children from birth to age 13. This fact sheet highlights key information about school-age children and CCDBG. This…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Federal Aid, Child Care, Low Income Groups
Matthews, Hannah; Lim, Teresa – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2011
The Office of Child Care released preliminary federal fiscal year 2009 administrative data for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG). This fact sheet provides a snapshot of CCDBG program participation in 2009, noting the great variability in child care assistance programs among states. Participation is one of several significant…
Descriptors: Child Care, Block Grants, Low Income Groups, Federal Aid
Matthews, Hannah; Lim, Teresa – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2011
The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) is the primary source of federal funding for child care subsidies for low-income working families and to improve child care quality. CCDBG provides child care assistance to children from birth to age 13. In fiscal year 2010, states received $5 billion in federal CCDBG funds. States are expected to…
Descriptors: Child Care, Block Grants, Infants, Primary Sources
Firgens, Emily; Matthews, Hannah – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2012
The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), the largest source of federal funding for child care assistance available to states, provides low-income families with help paying for child care. Studies have shown that low-income LEP (limited English proficient), as well as immigrant families, are less likely to receive child care assistance.…
Descriptors: Child Care, Limited English Speaking, State Policy, Block Grants
Matthews, Hannah; Lim, Teresa – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2009
Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) is the primary source of federal funding for child care subsidies for low-income working families and to improve child care quality. CCDBG provides child care assistance to children from birth to age 13. In fiscal year 2010, states received a total of $5 billion in federal CCDBG funds. States are…
Descriptors: Child Care, Block Grants, Infants, Toddlers
Matthews, Hannah – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2009
Child Care and Development Grant (CCDBG) is the primary source of federal funding for child care subsidies for low-income working families and to improve child care quality. CCDBG provides child care assistance to children from birth to age 13. In fiscal year 2010, states received $5 billion in federal CCDBG funds. States are expected to…
Descriptors: Child Care, Block Grants, Primary Sources, Federal Aid