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Berrick, Jill Duerr – Social Work, 1991
Notes that, although early approach to welfare encouraged women to remain at home and raise their children, emphasis is now on moving adult welfare recipients into labor market. Provides brief historical development of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), along with specific policy recommendations that address the child care needs of…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Day Care, Employment, Federal Legislation
Gueron, Judith M. – 1987
This country has long debated the question of how to design the welfare system, particularly the federally supported Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program which provides cash assistance to families headed primarily by female single parents. A pressing issue is whether welfare programs should continue to be broad entitlements or…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Employment
Adams, Gina; Snyder, Kathleen; Sandfort, Jodi R. – 2002
This report examines what factors, besides funding and eligibility, affect whether eligible low-income parents who know they can get a child care subsidy actually use one. Data come from subsidy agency administrators, child care experts and caseworkers, parents, and providers at 17 sites in 12 states in 1999 as part of a case study project. This…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Capps, Randy; Ku, Leighton; Fix, Michael; Furgiuele, Chris; Passel, Jeff; Ramchand, Rajeev; McNiven, Scott; Perez-Lopez, Dan; Fielder, Eve; Greenwell, Michael; Hays, Tonya – 2002
In 1999 and 2000, immigrants in Los Angeles, California, and New York, New York were aurveyed about their status in the context of welfare reform, examining the living conditions of 3,447 immigrant families roughly 3 years after welfare reform was implemented and several months before the federal government issued guidance about the public charge…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Employment, Family Needs, Health Insurance
Kamerman, Sheila B., Ed.; Kahn, Alfred J., Ed. – 1997
"Confronting the New Politics of Child and Family Policy in the United States" is an 18-month project designed to help states, local governments, and the voluntary sector as they respond to the social policy debates and changes precipitated by the 104th Congress. The project's main vehicle, aside from exploratory and analytic work, is a…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Children, Eligibility
Oshinsky, Carole J., Ed. – The Forum, 2003
This document contains the 2003 issues of a quarterly newsletter encouraging collaborative research and informed policy on welfare reform and focusing on use of an on-line database of child welfare research projects, as well as on research and policy issues related to implementation studies, indicators of well-being, and administrative data. Each…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Client Attitudes (Human Services), Data Collection