Reports:
Child Care in Colorado: Making Care More Affordable for Working Families
Kinsey Alden Dinan; Nancy K. Cauthen
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- Title:
- Child Care in Colorado: Making Care More Affordable for Working Families
- Author(s):
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Dinan, Kinsey Alden
Cauthen, Nancy K. - Date:
- 2007
- Type:
- Reports
- Department:
- National Center for Children in Poverty
- Permanent URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:8934
- Publisher:
- National Center for Children in Poverty
- Publisher Location:
- New York
- Abstract:
- In Colorado, as in other states across the country, the high cost of child care puts reliable, high-quality care out of reach for many families. Child care subsidies can help, but current policies reach only a fraction of those in need of assistance. Moreover, families who do receive subsidies can find themselves penalized for working and earning more as just a small raise can trigger a substantial loss in benefits. Using results from NCCP's Family Resource Simulator, this report illustrates these policy challenges and discusses possible solutions that would better help Colorado's low- to moderate-income workers meet their child care needs.
- Subject(s):
- Public health
- Item views:
- 74