Working Families and Growing Kids Caring for Children and Adolescents (2003) / Chapter Skim
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1. Setting the Stage
1. Setting the Stage
Pages 11-20
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During this same period, the availability and use of nonparental child care also has increased, both in response to trends in parental employment and as a result of growing public confidence in a variety of care arrangements. Research documenting the benefits of early childhood educational interventions and of after-school programs for early adolescents, particularly for those from low-income families, has helped persuade municipal governments, state legislatures, and the federal government to invest more in these programs.
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Of particular interest were policies of four types: policies that impose work requirements on parents (such as TANF) , policies that require work as a condition of receiving benefits (such as the earned income tax credit)
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SETTING THE STAGE 13 of working parents, and policies that grant job-protected family and medical leave to employees. In order to address these issues, the committee relied on recent advances in research on child care and development; adolescent care and development; effects of employment on parents and on child and adolescent development; research on current programmatic supports for child and adolescent development; and ethnographic research on working families.
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It also often appears to be the case that children in low-income families have the most to gain from high-quality care arrangements, both in preschool and school-age settings. We therefore chose to pay special attention to this subgroup, as researchers continue to debate the implications of welfare reform, a strong economy, and such policies as the earned income tax credit for the well-being of families and their children (Joint Center for Poverty Research, 2000)
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These included ditch digging, construction, nursing, and home care assistance that requires heavy lifting (Hamer, 2001; HicksBartlett, 2000)
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. There has also been an increased understanding of adolescent development and functioning, and as a result, a greater understanding of the opportunities and challenges associated with parental employment during adolescence (National Research Council and Institute of Medicine, 2002)
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In keeping with its emphasis on supporting early family relationships, the committee also recommended that government leaders extend the amount of time that welfare recipients with very young children are excused from meeting the work requirements of recent welfare reform policies. In 2001 the National Academies published Community Programs to Promote Youth Development (National Research Council and Institute of Medicine, 2002)
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It highlights various dimensions of work and family trends, including work schedules, parenting patterns, and family management. Chapter 3 describes the diverse patterns of child care use and details family expenditures on child care, the child care supply, and child care quality.
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SETTING THE STAGE 19 BOX 1-1 Acronym Full Title ACF Administration for Children and Families AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children CACFP Child and Adult Care Food Program CCDBG Child Care Development Block Grant CCDF Child Care and Development Fund CCLC 21st Century Community Learning Centers CDA Child Development Associate CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDCTC Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit CE Consumer Expenditure Survey CED Committeee for Economic Development CF The Children's Foundation CPC Chicago Child-Parent Centers CPS Current Population Survey CQO The Cost, Quality, and Outcomes Study CTC Child Tax Credit DCAP Dependent Care Assistance Program DHHS Department of Health and Human Services ECERS Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale EHS Early Head Start EITC Earned Income Tax Credit FDCH Family Day Care Home FDCRS Family Day Care Rating Scale FMLA The Family and Medical Leave Act GAO General Accounting Office GED Graduate Equivalency Degree ITERS Infant Toddler Envirnoment Rating Scale MDRC Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation MFIP Minnesota Family Investment Program MOE Maintenance of Effort NAEYC National Association for the Education of Young Children NASF National Survey of Families NCCS The National Child Care Survey NCCSS National Child Care Staffing Study NICHD National Institute of Child Health and Human Develop ment NLSY National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (continued)
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20 WORKING FAMILIES AND GROWING KIDS BOX 1-1 Continued Acronym Full Title NSFH National Survey of Families and Households NYCAP New York State's Child Assistance Program OBRA Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act ORCE Observational Record of the Caregiving Environment PCS Profile of Child Care Settings PDA Pregnancy Disability Act PLA Parental Leave Account PRWORA Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconcil iation Act SACERS School-Aged Environment Rating SECC Study of Early Child Care SEM Structural Equation Modeling SES Socioeconomic Status SFSP Summer Food Service Program SIPP Survey of Income and Program Participation SSBG Social Services Block Grant SSP Canada's Self Sufficiency Project TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families TASC The After-School Corporation TDI Temporary Disability Insurance UEP Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning UI Unemployment Insurance USDA United States Department of Agriculture WRP Vermont's Welfare Restructuring Project YAA Younger Americans Act
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