Project Description
Subject Summary, March 2010
Author: Anita Larson
Generally viewed as a non-critical work support program, funding for Child Care Assistance has been buffeted about due to economic upswings and downturns and the variable attention quality child care and early learning has received from policy-makers, the media and advocates. This variability has been evident in Minnesota as well as other states where child care funding is sometimes seen as a critical work support (as in the case of the passage of federal Welfare Reform) and other times as non-critical when lean budgetary times arise and states must balance budgets. This review of the literature on family investment and family stress theories has offered an overview of how CCAP might be viewed as just one of the complex set of factors that can influence family functioning and child well-being when young children require care. CCAP is best viewed as part of this dynamic whole rather than examined in isolation.
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CASCW’s subject summaries were developed by affiliated faculty within the School of Social Work from 2004–2010. Child welfare-relevant evaluation findings, which include current policies and practices affecting Title IV-E eligible families and children, are incorporated into these supplemental training materials.
Each Subject Summary contains features such as discussion questions, selected references, additional resources, suggested guest speakers and a PowerPoint presentation.
