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Green Book
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Background Material and Data on Programs within the Jurisdicition of the Committee on Ways and Means |
Author(s): Committee on Ways and Means |
Organization(s): Committee on Ways and Means of the U.S. House of Representatives |
The Green Book is compiled by the staff of the Committee on Ways and Means of the U.S. House of Representatives from many sources and provides program descriptions and historical data on a wide variety of social and economic topics, including Social Security, employment, earnings, welfare, child support, health insurance, the elderly, families with children, poverty, and taxation. It has become a standard reference work for those interested in the direction of social policy in the United States. This web site contains links to editions available electronically. |
Published: June, 2003 |
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Child Care Arrangements in Urban and Rural Areas
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Author(s): Kendall Swenson |
Organization(s): ASPE |
This paper compares non-parental care arrangements of pre-school age children in urban and rural areas of the United States using data from the 2005 National Household Education Survey (NHES), Early Childhood Program Participation Survey (ECPP). Data from the NHES show that among preschool-age children, those in rural areas are about as likely as those in urban areas to receive care from someone other than their parents on a weekly basis. The NHES data also show that when rural children participate in non-parental care they are more likely than urban children to receive this care from relatives and are less likely to receive care in center programs. Additionally, rural children are in families that, on average, made fewer out-of-pocket contributions toward the cost of their care. |
Published: June, 2008 |
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Child Care Eligibility and Enrollment Estimates for Fiscal Year 2005
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Author(s): ASPE |
Organization(s): ASPE |
This Issue Brief presents an estimate of the number of children who meet the eligibility requirements for child care assistance under the Child Care and Development Fund. The estimates are produced by the Transfer Income Model (TRIM) developed by the Urban Institute under contract to ASPE. The Brief also provides estimates of the number of children receiving HHS-funded child care subsidies in 2005, and the percentage served, or coverage rate. |
Published: June, 2008 |
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Using Vouchers to Deliver Social Services:
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Considerations Based on the CCDF and TANF Program Experiences |
Author(s): Gretchen Kirby and Andrew Burwick |
Organization(s): Mathematica Policy Research (MPR) |
Recent years have brought increasing policy interest in using indirect funding mechanisms such as vouchers to increase client choice of provider and to expand the array of available providers to include such groups as faith-based and community organizations. ASPE launched this study as a first step toward better understanding voucher use in two specific HHS programs — Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and Temporary Assistance for Need Families (TANF). The project's final report addresses the ways vouchers are integrated into these programs and the degree to which the use of indirect funding supports the policy goals of maximizing client choice and expanding the service delivery network. |
Published: November, 2007 |
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Child Care Subsidies in Urban and Rural Counties
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Author(s): Kendall Swenson |
Organization(s): ASPE Staff |
This paper examined the extent to which subsidies from the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) served families in urban and rural areas of the country in FY 2004. Overall, the analysis found that the distribution of CCDF caseloads approximately matched the distribution of children (all incomes) residing in those areas. In addition, the study also compared the characteristics of subsidy recipients in urban and rural areas of the country and found that urban and rural caseloads had many similarities. For example, CCDF families in both urban and rural areas predominately used the program to attend work (verses training activities) and, on average, their children were in subsidized care for over 30 hours per week. |
Published: July, 2007 |
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Using Vouchers to Deliver Social Services:
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Learning from the Goals, Uses and Key Elements of Existing Federal Voucher Programs |
Author(s): Andrew Burwick and Gretchen Kirby |
Organization(s): Mathematica Policy Research (MPR) |
This paper provides background information on understanding the use of vouchers in social services delivery. The paper summarizes the reasons for voucher use, presents an overview of how vouchers are currently used in public programs with an emphasis on HHS programs, identifies design and implementation issues, assesses what is known about voucher program outcomes, and outlines next steps for research on vouchers in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) programs. |
Published: March, 2007 |
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Child Care Eligibility and Enrollment Estimates for Fiscal Year 2003
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Author(s): Julia Isaacs |
Organization(s): ASPE Staff |
This Issue Brief presents an estimate of the number of children who meet the eligibility requirements for child care assistance under the Child Care and Development Fund. The estimates are produced by the Transfer Income Model (TRIM) developed by the Urban Institute under contract to ASPE. The Brief also provides estimates of the number of children receiving HHS-funded child care subsidies in 2003, and the percentage served, or coverage rate. |
Published: April, 2005 |
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Spending on Social Welfare Programs in Rich and Poor States:
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Organization(s): The Lewin Group and the Rockefeller Institute |
This project, which resulted in both a key highlights issue brief and a full report, examines how a state's ability to fund social welfare programs affects its state spending choices on programs to support low-income populations. The project includes a two-part study of state spending on social services. The first part uses existing data sources to build a multi-variate, fifty-state model to examine social welfare spending choices made by states at different points in time. In the second part of the study, additional information is gathered through site visits to a half-dozen of the poorest states to develop a more detailed analysis of the spending decisions relating to social welfare programs. |
Published: June, 2004 |
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Advancing State Child Indicators Initiatives
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Organization(s): Chapin Hall Center for Children |
This project promoted state efforts to develop and monitor indicators of the health and well-being of children and helped to institutionalize the use of indicator data in state and local policy work. Partnerships of state government agencies with responsibilities for addressing childrens issues were invited to apply for grants. At a minimum, the partnerships were to include the agencies with lead responsibilities for childrens programs, including childrens health programs, and the welfare and income support programs. Grants were awarded to thirteen states: Alaska, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont and West Virginia. An additional state, California, was added with the support of the Packard Foundation. The Chapin Hall Center for Children provided technical assistance to the states. |
Published: May, 2002 |
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Eligibility for CCDF-Funded Child Care Subsidies under the October 1999 Program Rules:
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Results from the TRIM3 Microsimulation Model |
Author(s): Helen Oliver, Katherin Ross Phillips, Linda Giannarelli, and An-Lon Chen |
Organization(s): Urban Institute |
This paper reports estimates of the numbers of families and children who are eligible for child care subsidies under the Child Care and Developemtn Fund (CCDF). The estimates are produced by the Transfer Income Model (TRIM) developed by the Urban Institute under contract to ASPE. The paper explains the estimation methodology and also presents detailed national and state-level estimates. |
Published: March, 2002 |
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