This policy brief from the Working Poor Families Project outlines barriers to accessing child care subsidies, reviews policies that increase access to the subsidy, and provides recommendations states can take to support increased access. As part of…

For many families, the end of the school year can mean losing access to important sources of food and nutrition. Though some programs operate during the summer to provide free and reduced-price meals for children, they typically serve fewer children…

The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) is the main source of federal funding providing child care subsidies for low-income, working families. This report from the Congressional Research Service reviews the legislative history behind the…

The 2014 reauthorization of the Child Care and Development Block Grant will change how states and territories provide child care subsidies to low-income families. Before reauthorization, most states and territories provided some level of job…

This synthesis report summarizes the work of several federal grantees charged with identifying and implementing models of effective collaboration between child welfare and TANF agencies. The demonstration project, which included five grantees,…

Low-income families receiving cash assistance through Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) also need assistance with workforce development and child care. Workforce development and child care subsidy systems exist to support low-income…

The federal child support program collects billions of dollars per year in child support payments and serves more than 16 million children and families. However, about 35 percent of child support obligations go unpaid each month and most child…

This report from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) presents analyses of the impact of the safety net on poverty rates and a close look at populations experiencing high risks of poverty during the 50 years since…

This report from the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation provides a nationally representative estimate of all home-based care to children ages birth through five years and not yet in kindergarten as of 2012, using data from the National…

This report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities provides evidence to dispute the idea that low-income assistance programs discourage work. Critics of assistance programs argue that people receiving assistance get more money from not…