The 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act emphasized the importance of finding and maintaining employment among welfare recipients. Important to maintaining employment is reliable and affordable child care. In this working paper,…

From the Institute for the Study of Labor, this study looks at the influence of child care subsidies on child health and well-being. Child care subsidies have recently played an increased role in supporting the transition from welfare to work,…

From the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this report provides data on the importance of father involvement within the lives of children. Researchers analyze case outcomes…

This report is from the Child Welfare Information Gateway, funded through the Children’s Bureau at the Administration for Children and Families, and provides information on the placement of children with relatives in the child welfare system.…

The National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW) is sponsored through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Administration for Children and Families.…

This brief from the Urban Institute reviews four key service systems that serve vulnerable families with young children: Early Head Start; the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children; the child welfare system; and…

This study was conducted through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. Researchers looked at how States are implementing programs to meet the child care needs of families moving from…

The RAND Corporation authored this report on the effects of work-conditioned welfare programs on marriage or child well-being. By using a theoretical framework and past research in this area, authors find that welfare programs can increase family…

Funded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, this study investigated a group of families over a two and a half year period on their child care use to understand how child care…

This study was conducted under contract to the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. First commissioned in the wake of welfare reform in 1996, this study examined how States and communities…