Child Care: Recipients Face Service Gaps and Supply Shortages (Testimony,
03/01/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-96).

Child care subsidies can have a dramatic effect on drawing low-income
mothers into the workforce.  Yet the current subsidy programs have
problems.  The fragmented nature of child care funding, with
entitlements to some client categories and time limits on others,
produces unintended gaps in services. These gaps limit the ability of
low-income families to become self-sufficient and can harm the
continuity of care for their children.  Consolidating federal child care
funds could yield some benefits.  States also have shortcomings in the
supply of child care, in particular infant care, part-time care, care
for handicapped children, and child care during late-night work shifts.
This suggests that expanding work requirements as part of welfare reform
needs to proceed with an eye toward the capacities of the child care
system as well.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-HEHS-95-96
     TITLE:  Child Care: Recipients Face Service Gaps and Supply 
             Shortages
      DATE:  03/01/95
   SUBJECT:  Aid to families with dependent children
             State-administered programs
             Public assistance programs
             Employment or training programs
             Welfare recipients
             Child care programs
             Block grants
             Welfare services
             Subsidies
             Disadvantaged persons
IDENTIFIER:  AFDC
             JOBS Program
             AFDC Transitional Child Care Program
             HHS At-Risk Child Care Program
             Child Care and Development Block Grant
             AFDC/JOBS Child Care Program
             California
             Illinois
             Massachusetts
             Michigan
             New York
             Texas
             Florida
             Minnesota
             Ohio
             Washington
             
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