FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND STABILITY RESEARCH SCHOLARS NETWORK

The main purpose of this project is to examine how state policy changes in child care subsidy affect child care subsidy receipt and child care stability among young children in Illinois. Specific aims are to examine:1. How policy changes (increases in family income eligibility; increases in provider payment rates; and unionization of home-based providers) affect continuity of child care subsidy receipt.2. How such policy changes affect stability in child care arrangements.3. How such policy changes affect families with a history of TANF receipt.