A companion to Disparate Access, this report elaborates on the low level of access Latino children and their parents have to child care assistance through the federal Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG).
CLASP issued this statement on the inadequacies of federal funding included in the FY 2017 Continuing Resolution for the needs of poor, low-income people.
With about 50 hours to go until the start of FY17 and members of Congress eager to return home to campaign, the U.S. House and Senate passed a “Continuing Resolution” (CR) that will keep the federal government funded until December 9, 2016.
"Louisiana is on par with national trends in how it spends its federal block-grant money, CLASP found. In 2014, total spending on child care assistance nationally fell to $11.3 billion, the lowest level since 2002, as 29 states decreased spending."
The Administration for Children and Families in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released final regulations implementing the 2014 reauthorization of the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG).
Today’s economy increasing requires post-secondary credentials for good jobs. President Obama has said every American should have at least one year of postsecondary education and training, leading to a credential. Yet our anti-poverty programs have rules that directly contradict those goals.
California policymakers can realize the promise of the federal child care law with Assembly Bill 2150. The state bill, passed unanimously by the CA Assembly and Senate Policy Education Committee, would support providers and parents and enhance continuity of care.
This brief contains an in-depth analysis of national trends and 50-state data for spending and participation in CCDBG-and TANF-funded child care programs during the federal fiscal year (FY) 2014.
This article quotes Elizabeth Lower-Basch and Jodie Levin-Epstein, along with citing CLASP reports, about the challenges faced by low-income working families in addressing their child care needs.
In an effort to meet requirements of the 2014 Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act, which was reauthorized in 2014, states are undertaking massive policy changes in their CCDBG programs. This gives them the opportunity to raise questions about the interaction between the new CCDBG…