Access to Child Care for Low-Income Working Families

By:
Julia Isaacs
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

June 1999

This report is available on the Internet at:
http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/99/CC-Access/

Printer Friendly Version in PDF format (15 pages)

Contents

Executive Summary (in PDF format - 3 pages)

Sections

1. Introduction: Child Care and Development Fund under Federal and State Law
2. The Child Care Subsidy Gap: Estimates of Need and Services
3. State Spending on CCDF in 1998
4. Affordability of Child Care
5. Impact of Child Care Subsidies on Employment and Earnings
6. The Quality of Child Care
7. Conclusion

Companion state reports:

• California
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Florida
• Louisiana
• Michigan
• Pennsylvania
• Texas
• Utah

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Last updated:  10/16/2007