Research-To-Practice Brief

Informal Child Care in Detroit

This issue brief from Mathematica Policy Research provides a review of the informal child care network in Detroit. Interviews were conducted with program staff and other key informants regarding parents’ use of informal child care. Site visits and interviews with parents and caregivers were also conducted to learn more about informal care networks. Reasons parents choose informal child care and the quality of the available informal child care are explored.
Source
Partner Resources
State
Michigan
Topics/Subtopics
Supportive Services
Child Care
Publication Date
2017-10-30