Title Child care for low-income families : summary of two workshops / Deborah A. Phillips, editor ; Steering Committee on Child Care Workshops, Board on Children and Families, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine.

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Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995.

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Summary	Child care has become a fact of life for American families. Most children now enter child care during the first year of life and spend a substantial amount of time prior to school entry in the care of adults other than their parents. The implications of this profound shift in childrearing for children's health and safety, emotional security, and preparation for school are far-reaching. Child care also lies at the core of current debates about welfare reform and school readiness, and so it has moved to center stage in the larger arena of discussion about federal policy for children and families. What does research now tell us about patterns of child care use among low-income families and the factors that affect these patterns? What is the range of quality that characterizes today's child care arrangements, with what effects on children? What is known about the role of child care in families' efforts to prepare for and maintain paid employment? What are the local impacts of federal child care subsidies? What role are they playing in families' efforts to find affordable child care that also safeguards the security and well-being of their children?
Funding	Support for this project was provided by the Administration for Children and Families of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Ford Foundation.
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Subject	Child care -- Congresses.
	Child care.
	Child care services -- Congresses.
	Child care services.
	Child Care -- economics.
	Poverty.
	Child Welfare.
	Public Policy.
	Public Assistance -- economics.
	United States.
Genre/Form	Congress.
	Electronic books.
	Conference papers and proceedings.
	Technical reports.
	Technical reports.
	Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author	Phillips, Deborah A., editor.
	National Research Council (U.S.). Steering Committee on Child Care Workshops, issuing body.
	Workshop on Child Care for Low-Income Families (1995 February 21 : Washington, D.C.)
	Workshop on Child Care for Low-Income Families (1995 April 10 : Washington, D.C.)
Other Form:	Print version: Child care for low-income families. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995 (OCoLC)33195190
ISBN	0309574579
	9780309574570

Title Child care for low-income families : summary of two workshops / Deborah A. Phillips, editor ; Steering Committee on Child Care Workshops, Board on Children and Families, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine.

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