High-quality early care and education for children from birth to kindergarten entry is critical to
positive child development and has the potential to generate economic returns, which …

Scholars have examined how administrative burden creates barriers to accessing public
benefits but have primarily focused on the challenges of claiming benefits. Less is known …

Childcare instability can negatively affect family well-being. Yet not all childcare changes are
bad for families. This qualitative study (N= 85) examines work, family, provider, and subsidy …

Section 3 presents information on some of the ongoing challenges to conceptualizing and
operationalizing access that emerged from this review of the literature. These challenges …

In recent decades, policymakers have increasingly focused on the importance of high-
quality child care and early education services in supporting the development of low-income …

International recognition of the early years as a crucial foundational period has led to the
design and implementation of quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) that define …

Parents' selections of child care arrangements involve complex decisions made in the
context of child and family needs, resources and constraints. This study analyzed data from …

Child-care assistance is a critical safety net program that directly benefits families and
society. But short spells and program churning raise concerns about the effectiveness of the …

Searching for child care is an important stage of the parental child care decision-making
process. Although previous studies have identified a series of factors related to parents' child …

State child care subsidy programs are intended to support the employment of low-income
parents, particularly for families receiving or likely to receive Temporary Assistance for …