Child Care for Low Income Families:
Summary of Two Workshops

Deborah A. Phillips, Editor

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS, Washington, D.C., 1995

Electronic Version, February 1996

Steering Committee on Child Care Workshops
Board on Children and Families

Commision on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
National Research Council

Institute of Medicine

Notice

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Choices or Constraints? Factors Affecting Patterns of Child Care in Low-Income Families

  • The Issue in Brief
  • Summary of Research Presented:
    Patterns of Child Care Use
  • Summary of Research Presented:
    Levels of Satisfaction
  • Summary of Research Presented:
    Factors Affecting Patterns of Use

    • Chapter 3: Child Care and Children's Development: Safety, Quality, and Continuity

  • The Issue in Brief
  • Summary of Research Presented:
    Current Status of Quality
  • Summary of Research Presented:
    Equity of Access to Quality Care by Low-Income Families
  • Summary of Research Presented:
    Effects of Child Care on Children
  • Summary of Research Presented:
    Consumers and Child Care Quality

    • Chapter 4: Child Care and Economic Self-Sufficiency

  • The Issue in Brief
  • Summary of Research Presented:
    Affordability of Care and Work Effort
  • Summary of Research Presented:
    Child Care and Welfare-to-Work Program Clients
  • Summary of Research Presented:
    Child Care and the Working Poor

    • Chapter 5: The Structure and Consequences of Child Care Subsidies

  • The Issue in Brief
  • Summary of Research Presented:
    Access and Affordability of Child Care
  • Summary of Research Presented:
    Quality and Continuity of Care

    • Chapter 6: Cross-Cutting Conclusions from the Knowledge Base

    References

    Appendix: Workshop Agendas

    Other Reports from the Board on Children and Families

    February 1996