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Child Care Policy And The Welfare Reform Act, Peter R. Pitegoff
Child Care Policy And The Welfare Reform Act, Peter R. Pitegoff
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This article sketches the 1996 Welfare Reform Act's major changes with particular attention to federally subsidized child care for low-income families.
Child Care Enterprise, Community Development, And Work, Peter R. Pitegoff
Child Care Enterprise, Community Development, And Work, Peter R. Pitegoff
Faculty Publications
Child care enterprise can be a vehicle for community-based economic development. Beyond the critical goal of child care service, day care as an enterprise can help build capacity for job creation and entrepreneurship in the inner city and in disadvantaged communities. Stable child care institutions with quality jobs can sound a counterpoint to the feminization of poverty. The demand for child care services is substantial and growing. In single parent families and in households with two working parents, day care is essential to enable parents to work or go to school. Further, high quality early childhood programs can have a …