Welfare Reform: States' Efforts to Expand Child Care Programs
HEHS-98-27
Published: Jan 13, 1998. Publicly Released: Feb 12, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed states' implementation of child care subsidy programs, focusing on: (1) how much federal and state funding is being spent on child care subsidy programs and how they are allocating these resources among welfare families, families making the transition from welfare to work, and working poor families; (2) how states are trying to increase the supply of child care to meet the projected demand under welfare reform; and (3) the extent to which states are changing standards for child care providers in response to welfare reform.
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Block grantsChild care programsDisadvantaged personsEligibility criteriaFunds managementPublic assistance programsStandards evaluationState-administered programsSubsidiesWelfare recipients