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Publication Date: February 2003
Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy
Author(s): Jennifer Mezey
Research Area: Social conditions
Type: Brief
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
The House welfare reauthorization bill (H.R. 4) includes a $1 billion increase over five years in federal mandatory child care funds and significant new welfare work requirements. This analysis shows that the bill’s proposed child care funding increase is not sufficient to allow states to meet these new work requirements, to maintain their current levels of services against inflation, or to make up for decreased child care resources caused by strains on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds and by state fiscal crises.