Early Care and Education

Estimates of Child Care Eligibility and Receipt for Fiscal Year 2009. Eligibility Under State Parameters

It should also be noted that about 237,000 children are defined as eligible in this Issue Brief under state parameters that are not considered eligible under the federal parameters used in this brief. This discrepancy occurs because states vary in their treatment of which family members are included when considering family size and family total in

Estimates of Child Care Eligibility and Receipt for Fiscal Year 2009. Family Income

Another methodological improvement was made starting with the 2009 eligibility estimates that affected the number of children eligible under federal parameters. This change included the treatment of income of assistance-unit members other than the spouse, head, and eligible children. Before 2009 older siblings of the children were included in the

Estimates of Child Care Eligibility and Receipt for Fiscal Year 2009. Noncitizen Children

Another set of methodological improvements were made starting with the 2009 estimates. One of these changes excluded children that were unlikely to be eligible based on citizenship status. In 2009 this affected about 484,000 children. Of these 484,000, about 154,000 would have otherwise been eligible for child care subsidies under federal paramete

Estimates of Child Care Eligibility and Receipt for Fiscal Year 2009. Endings of Employment Spells

Another methodological improvement addressed the modeling problem that some children incorrectly appear to be eligible because their families’ incomes drop below the eligibility thresholds solely due to the fact that their parents are ending a period of employment. A new method was added in 2007 which excludes those children with parents that ha

Estimates of Child Care Eligibility and Receipt for Fiscal Year 2009. Unmarried Cohabiting Parents

Several recent methodological improvements are particularly noteworthy. 13 One improvement was implemented in 2006. As a result of improvements made to the Current Population Survey (CPS), the estimates since 2006 are able to include all unmarried parents living with their children when determining the eligible population. In previous estimates b

Estimates of Child Care Eligibility and Receipt for Fiscal Year 2009. Improvements over Previous Estimates

ASPE has produced estimates of eligibility for and receipt of subsidized care through CCDF and related government funding streams for several years. During this time ASPE has sought to make continuous improvements to the estimation model and methodology. These improvements allow the most precise estimate to be shown at the time of their release bu

Estimates of Child Care Eligibility and Receipt for Fiscal Year 2009. Appendix I. Recent Changes to the Estimates of Child Care Subsidy Eligibility and Receipt

Estimates of Child Care Eligibility and Receipt for Fiscal Year 2009. IV. Conclusion

Based on federal parameters that determine permissible eligibility, an estimated 13.76 million children were potentially eligible to receive child care subsidies in 2009. Roughly 2.51 million children, or 18 percent of federally-eligible children, received subsidized care through CCDF or related government funding streams in an average month of fi

Estimates of Child Care Eligibility and Receipt for Fiscal Year 2009. III. Child Care Estimates Based on State Eligibility Rules

Within the federal eligibility parameters of CCDF, states have flexibility in setting income eligibility guidelines, parental co-payment fees, reimbursement rates to child care providers, target populations receiving priority for services, the number of work or education/training hours required, and the length of certification periods. 8 Based on

Estimates of Child Care Eligibility and Receipt for Fiscal Year 2009. II. Child Care Estimates Based on Federal Eligibility Parameters

Eighteen percent of federally-eligible children received subsidized care through CCDF or related government funding streams in fiscal year 2009. This number is based on estimates of the number of children eligible for child care under federal eligibility parameters and the number of children receiving subsidized care. An estimated 13.76 million

Estimates of Child Care Eligibility and Receipt for Fiscal Year 2009. I. Overview

This ASPE Issue Brief details estimates of federal child care assistance eligibility and receipt for 2009. In fiscal year 2009, federal and state spending totaled roughly $11 billion to support child care services to improve the affordability, and availability of child care for low-income working families through the Child Care and Development Fun

National Household Education Survey Data Tables

Trends in the Use of Early Care and Education, 1995-2011: Descriptive Analysis of Child Care Arrangements from National Survey Data. National Household Education Survey Data Tables

Child Care Arrangements of All Children Ages 0-4 Child Care Arrangements of Children Ages 0-4 with Working Mothers Child Care Arrangements of Children Ages 0-4 with Non-Working Mothers

Trends in the Use of Early Care and Education, 1995-2011: Descriptive Analysis of Child Care Arrangements from National Survey Data. Current Population Survey Data Tables

Public and Private Preschool Participation by Demographic Characteristics, Children Age 3 Public and Private Preschool Participation by Demographic Characteristics, Children Age 4 Public and Private Preschool Participation by Demographic Characteristics, Children Ages 3 & 4

Trends in the Use of Early Care and Education, 1995-2011: Descriptive Analysis of Child Care Arrangements from National Survey Data. References

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Trends in the Use of Early Care and Education, 1995-2011: Descriptive Analysis of Child Care Arrangements from National Survey Data. Appendices

Summary Table: Overall ECE Participation by

Trends in the Use of Early Care and Education, 1995-2011: Descriptive Analysis of Child Care Arrangements from National Survey Data. Summary Table: Overall ECE Participation by Demographic Subgroup

Demographic characteristics More likely in preschool/center care (comparison group is diametric subgroup, unless otherwise specified) More likely in private preschool/center care with a family payment (comparison group is diametric subgroup unless otherwise specified) Children from higher-income families (CPS & NHES)

Trends in the Use of Early Care and Education, 1995-2011: Descriptive Analysis of Child Care Arrangements from National Survey Data. Summary and Conclusion

The period from 1995 to 2011 was marked by much change in the ECE sector, both in the types of care arrangements that families used and in rates of participation in various ECE settings by subgroups of children and families. Two overall trends observed were the increases in the use of public preschool among three- and four-year olds, and the use

Trends in the Use of Early Care and Education, 1995-2011: Descriptive Analysis of Child Care Arrangements from National Survey Data. Maternal Employment

Full-day preschool enrollment increased among children with employed mothers from 26 to 31 percent though there was no change for children of non-employed mothers (Figure 31). Not surprisingly, children with employed mothers were consistently more likely to be enrolled in full-day preschool. However, children with non-employed mothers were jus

Trends in the Use of Early Care and Education, 1995-2011: Descriptive Analysis of Child Care Arrangements from National Survey Data. Family Income

As shown in Figure 30, higher-income children were consistently more likely to attend both full- and part-day preschool than lower-income children. Higher-income children’s full-day preschool enrollment increased from 25 to 29 percent from 1995 to 2011 while their part-day enrollment did not change. Conversely, there was increased enrollment

Trends in the Use of Early Care and Education, 1995-2011: Descriptive Analysis of Child Care Arrangements from National Survey Data. Child Age

Among three-year-olds, full-day preschool enrollment increased from 18 percent to 21 percent, and part-day preschool enrollment changed little from 18 to 17 percent (CPS Table 2.7). Four-year-old enrollment was consistently higher in part-day (33 percent in 1995 to 35 percent in 2011) than in full-day preschool (25 percent in 1995 to 28 percent

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