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Subsidizing child care: How child care subsidies affect the child care used by low-income African American families
By Michelle Harmon, Anne B Shlay, Henry Tran, Marsha Weinraub
2005

Summary: This report presents a study that evaluated the type and quality of child care used by low-income families who were either receiving or not receiving subsidized child care. Child care use, satisfaction with care, work stress, and employment history were surveyed among 111 African American parents. Findings show that families using subsidized care were more likely to use center care and other more formal types of care and less likely to use regular relative care. Families using subsidized care tended to use licensed and registered child care arrangements more than other families. Subsidized families spent nearly half as much out-of-pocket money for child care as other families. However, data do not show that the care used by subsidized families was of any higher quality than that used by other families. It is possible that child care subsidy programs may not be adequately designed or funded to enhance the availability of quality child care to low-income families. Data tables are included. Contains 45 references.

Index Terms: Black Americans, Low Income Families, Parent Choice, Subsidized Child Care, Child Care Arrangements

Publisher: Temple University

Sponsoring Institution (or Funding Source): Child Care Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Publication Type: Reports (Research/technical)

Pages: 41 pages
Language: English

ERIC Number: EJ724415

Availability
Psychology Department
Weiss Hall
1701 North 13th Street
Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122
215-204-7183
http://www.temple.edu/

 
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