{"id":66,"date":"2017-12-06T15:39:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T15:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/department-of-example\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=66"},"modified":"2024-06-11T17:55:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T17:55:12","slug":"roundtable1","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/first-1000-days-coalition\/event\/roundtable1\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Roundtable #1: New Jersey\u2019s Child Care Assistance Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Background:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Child care subsidies are provided through the Child Care Development Block Grant, a federal program. States are charged with administering the program to help support families with accessible, affordable, quality child care. States vary significantly in how they implement various aspects of the program: income eligibility, subsidy rates, cost burden to families, work requirements, etc. Policy makers and advocates often look to their state\u2019s Child Care Assistance Program as a pathway to improve access to child care for low- and moderate-income families. There is a fair amount of scholarly research and policy analysis on the role that child care subsidies play. In general, research evidence indicates that child care subsidies are associated with increasing maternal employment and improvements in parents\u2019 ability to work.<\/p>\n

Goals:<\/strong><\/p>\n