Child Care Reports

State Fiscal Relief Funds Do Not Address The Need For Substantial Increases In Child Care Funding
Shawn Fremstad
Revised 7/28/03
24K-HTML, 29K-PDF, 4pp.

State-By-State Distribution Of A $5.5 Billion Increase In Child Care
Sharon Parrott
7/25/03
81K-HTML, 26K-PDF, 2pp.

        Myths About the Adequacy of Current Child Care Funding by Jennifer Mezey. As the Senate begins debate on welfare reauthorization and child care funding, this three-page analysis debunks six myths about the adequacy of federal funding for child care. It concludes that states need additional child care funding. (Publication No. 04-23).

[ Mar 2004  | 3 pages  |  HTML Version]

        Five Reasons Why the Senate Should Adopt the Snowe-Dodd Amendment to Increase Child Care Fundingby Jennifer Mezey. When welfare reauthorization is debated on the Senate floor this week, Senators Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Christopher Dodd (D-CT) will offer a bipartisan amendment to provide $6 billion over five years in additional child care funding. This two-pager offers five reasons to support the Snowe-Dodd Amendment. (Publication No. 04-22).

[ Mar 2004  | 2 pages  |  HTML Version]

        SSI and Child Support by Paula Roberts. In contrast to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program contains a mandatory child support disregard. However, at present, only 25 percent of those SSI children living with just one parent actually receive child support. Thus, a substantial number of SSI children might benefit from more aggressive pursuit of support on their behalf. This memorandum summarizes the options laid out in a recent Social Security Administration brief about how to increase child support, and overall income, for children receiving SSI. (Publication No. 04-21).

[ Mar 2004  | 3 pages  |  HTML Version]

        Paternity Disestablishment Case Updateby Paula Roberts. Since the publication of the CLASP series on paternity disestablishment, Truth and Consequences, (available in the 2003 section of the Child Support publications page) there have been a number of new reported paternity disestablishment cases. The newest cases are summarized in this memorandum.

[ Mar 2004  | 6 pages  |  HTML Version]

        OIG Studies on Potential Medicaid Savings Through Cost Contributions from Noncustodial Parents by Paula Roberts. This memorandum for state child support advocates summarizes recent reports from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on seven states’ potential for recouping some of their Medicaid costs for children in single-parent families through improved medical support enforcement. In particular, the OIG is interested in the capacity of noncustodial parents who did not provide private health care coverage to their children to contribute toward the cost of their children’s Medicaid coverage. The states for which OIG has released reports are Connecticut, Indiana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. (Publication No. 04-19).

[ Mar 2004  | 6 pages  |  HTML Version]

        No Minor Matter: Developing a Coherent Policy on Paternity Establishment for Children Born to Underage Parents by Paula Roberts. For the roughly 150,000 babies born each year to unwed minors, paternity establishment is a complicated issue. Paternity establishment provides children with crucial financial and emotional support and access to larger extended families. At the same time, it can cause problems for minor parents: immature youngsters might enter an ill-advised marriage; a young man might sign an acknowledgment for a child who is not his genetic offspring; or a young woman who is a victim of incest or statutory rape might be better off if paternity is not established. The potential rights, limitations, and obligations of the minor parents, their babies, and the grandparents all need to be considered in developing thoughtful approaches to this issue. This policy brief (which is based on a longer report) offers recommendations to states for developing consistent laws and policies to address paternity establishment among minor parents. (Publication No. 04-18)

Click here for the full 38-page report.  [ Mar 2004  | 8 pages ]

Who Cares? The Child Care Choices of Working Mothers by Heather Boushey, May 6, 2003  PDF -- Supplemental Tables  PDF

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