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 1995-01-31 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:T-HEHS-95-69 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-95-69 P0b002ee18037a539 f:the95069 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-95-69 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-95-69 T-HEHS-95-69 Child care programs Disadvantaged persons Welfare benefits Aid to families with dependent children State-administered programs Block grants Eligibility criteria Women Employment or training programs Subsidies AFDC California Illinois Massachusetts Michigan New York Texas Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program JOBS Program AFDC Transitional Child Care Program HHS At-Risk Child Care Program Child Care and Development Block Grant Testimony HEHS The categorical nature of child care subsidy programs creates service gaps that diminish the likelihood that low-income mothers will work. The fragmented nature of the child care funding, with entitlements to some client categories, time limits on others, and activity limits on still others, produces unintended gaps in services, which limit the ability of low-income families to become self-sufficient. Moreover, as states deplete funds for welfare recipients, they turn to funds originally targeted for the child care needs of the working poor, putting them at greater risk of welfare dependency. In considering consolidation of these programs as a remedy for the service gaps that trouble mothers, child care providers, and program administrators alike, some important issues need to be considered. For example, trade-offs must be weighed between state flexibility to determine whom to serve with subsidies and congressional interest in accountability for how federal money is spent and for positive program outcomes. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-95-69/html/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-95-69.htm GAO/T-HEHS-95-69 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-95-69 Testimony GAO/T-HEHS-95-69; Child Care: Narrow Subsidy Programs Create Problems for Mothers Trying to Work; Child care programs Disadvantaged persons Welfare benefits Aid to families with dependent children State-administered programs Block grants Eligibility criteria Women Employment or training programs Subsidies AFDC California Illinois Massachusetts Michigan New York Texas Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program JOBS Program AFDC Transitional Child Care Program HHS At-Risk Child Care Program Child Care and Development Block Grant