United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Health, Education, and Human Services Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-12-07 monographic deposited born digital 36 p. GA 1.13:HEHS-95-36 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-36 P0b002ee1803a2f9d f:he95036 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-36 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-36 HEHS-95-36 Child care programs Preschoolers Day care centers Aid to families with dependent children Disadvantaged persons Cost sharing (finance) Welfare recipients State-administered programs Consumer education Health care services Community Development Block Grant AFDC/JOBS Child Care Program AFDC Child Care and Development Block Grant USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Dependent Care Tax Credit Social Services Block Grant Transitional Child Care Program HHS At-Risk Child Care Program Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program JOBS Program USDA Cooperative Extension System Save the Children's Neighborhood Child Care Network Family-to-Family Project Oregon Child Development Fund California Child Care Initiative Letter Report HEHS Many initiatives nationwide seek to improve the quality of family child care. These initiatives are financed both from public and private sources, and many receive funding from more than one source. Most of the $8 billion in federal support available in fiscal year 1993 went to subsidies to help parents pay for child care, but GAO estimates that about $156 million was available for efforts to improve the quality of care. Among the 195 family child care quality initiatives GAO identified, two federal sources were used most often: the Child Care and Development Block Grant run by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Child and Adult Care Food Program run by the Agriculture Department. GAO's on-site visits found that the initiatives used the money from both private and public sources to fund a variety of programs to enhance the quality of family child care, including training providers; supplying them with equipment, educational materials, financial aid, and other support; and linking them to resources and professional associations. Many welfare reform proposals are being discussed, most of which would require large numbers of welfare mothers to participate in education, training, and work programs. This will likely increase the use of family child care, making the enhancement of the quality of care even more urgent. GAO summarized this report in testimony before Congress; see: Family Child Care: Innovative Programs Promote Quality, by Leslie G. Aronovitz, Associate Director for Income Security Issues, in a field office hearing in Portland, Oregon, before the Subcommittee on Regulation, Business Opportunities, and Technology, House Committee on Small Business. GAO/T-HEHS-95-43, Dec. 9, 1994 (eight pages). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-36/html/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-36.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-36/pdf/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-36.pdf GAO/HEHS-95-36 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-36 Letter Report GAO/HEHS-95-36; Child Care: Promoting Quality in Family Child Care; Child care programs Preschoolers Day care centers Aid to families with dependent children Disadvantaged persons Cost sharing (finance) Welfare recipients State-administered programs Consumer education Health care services Community Development Block Grant AFDC/JOBS Child Care Program AFDC Child Care and Development Block Grant USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Dependent Care Tax Credit Social Services Block Grant Transitional Child Care Program HHS At-Risk Child Care Program Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program JOBS Program USDA Cooperative Extension System Save the Children's Neighborhood Child Care Network Family-to-Family Project Oregon Child Development Fund California Child Care Initiative