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Emma Monahan; Emily Wiegand; Robert Goerge; Rose Geoghegan; Hyein Kang – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2024
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) is a federal program that provides funding for states to implement and administer cash assistance to families who meet eligibility and work requirements, as well as provides funds for a wide range of other activities like education and training activities (US DHHS, 2023). TANF is funded by a block…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Family Programs, Welfare Services, Block Grants
Schmit, Stephanie; Hardy, Alycia – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2022
An estimated 1 million+ children could benefit from the child care and early education proposal recently released by U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) for inclusion in the federal budget reconciliation package. The new framework, which includes $72 billion in additional Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) funds,…
Descriptors: Child Care, Early Childhood Education, Federal Aid, Budgets
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Doan, Sy; Engberg, John; Morales, Sam; Schwartz, Heather L.; Karoly, Lynn A. – RAND Corporation, 2023
This report is the third of three annual reports evaluating the implementation and effects of two Delaware weighted funding programs designed to support Delaware's 42 school districts and charter schools (also known as local education agencies [LEAs]) enrolling students experiencing poverty (SEPs) and multilingual learners (MLs) during the…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Educational Finance, Block Grants
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Doan, Sy; Schwartz, Heather L.; Lawrence, Rebecca Ann; Karoly, Lynn A. – RAND Corporation, 2022
This is the second of three annual reports evaluating the implementation and effects of two Delaware weighted funding programs for disadvantaged K-12 schools during the 2019-2020 to 2021-2022 school years: Opportunity Funding and the Student Success Block Grant (SSBG). The authors also examined best practices and coronavirus pandemic adaptations…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Educational Finance, Economically Disadvantaged
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Doan, Sy; Schwartz, Heather L.; Henry, Daniella; Karoly, Lynn A. – RAND Corporation, 2021
This report is the first of three annual reports evaluating the implementation and effects of two newly expanded Delaware weighted education funding programs, the Opportunity Fund and the Student Success Block Grant (SSBG). The Opportunity Fund provides two streams of financial support--a flexible fund for local education agencies (LEAs) to fund…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Educational Finance, Block Grants
Ackerman, Debra J. – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2021
Policymakers, child care providers, and parents face tradeoffs in determining how much to spend on child care, including how many hours to purchase, and the features of programs that might influence quality. Given these tradeoffs, it is useful to understand what constitutes quality, the cost of care features associated with quality, the effects of…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Child Care, At Risk Persons
Banghart, Patti; Guerra, Gabriella; Daily, Sarah – Child Trends, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic created a major upheaval to an already fragile early care and education (ECE) system. As a result of the pandemic, families face additional challenges accessing care and child care providers are experiencing greater financial difficulties and struggling to keep their programs open. The pandemic has also exacerbated the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Equity (Finance), Resource Allocation