From welfare to child care : what happens to young children when single mothers exchange welfare for work? / edited by Natasha J. Cabrera, Robert Hutchens, H. Elizabeth Peters.

Other author Cabrera, Natasha J.
Other author Hutchens, Robert M.
Other author Peters, Elizabeth, 1955-
Format Book
Publication InfoMahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2006.
Descriptionxxix, 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects
Child care--Government policy. --United States. --Congresses.
Ex-welfare recipients--Services for. --United States. --Congresses.
Children of working mothers--Services for. --United States. --Congresses.
Children of single parents--Services for. --United States. --Congresses.
Welfare recipients--Employment. --United States. --Congresses.
Federal aid to child welfare--United States. --Congresses.

Contents Child-care arrangements and help for low-income families with young children : evidence from the National Survey of America's Families / Linda Giannarelli, Freya L. Sonenstein, and Matthew W. Stagner -- Welfare-to-work transitions for parents of infants : employment and child-care policy implementation in eight communities / Christine Ross and Gretchen Kirby -- Infant and toddler care after welfare reform : a cross-state comparison / Ann Dryden Witte and Magaly Queralt -- Welfare and child-care policy effects on very young children's child-care experiences / Lisa A. Gennetian, Dannielle A. Crosby and Aletha C. Huston -- Work, welfare, and child-care choices among low-income women : does policy matter? / Carlena K. Cochi Ficano and H. Elizabeth Peters -- Nonstandard work and child-care choices : implications for welfare reform / Jean Kimmel and Lisa M. Powell -- Low-income families' child-care experiences : meeting the needs of children and families / Rebekah Levine Coley, Christine P. Li-Grining, and P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale -- The dynamics of child-care subsidy use : a collaborative study of five states / Marcia K. Meyers ... [et al.] -- Child-care subsidies and low-income parents--policies and practices that affect access and retention / Gina Adams, Kathleen Snyder, and Analysis Team -- Child-care subsidies and the transition from welfare to work / Sandra K. Danziger, Elizabeth Oltmans Ananat, and Kimberly G. Browning -- Child care as risk or protection in the context of welfare reform / Deborah Phillips -- Child-care subsidies, quality, and preferences among low-income families / Margaret Burchinal.
General noteBased on a conference held in Washington, D.C. in May 2001.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005049471
ISBN0805855130 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780805855135 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HQ778.63 .F76 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold