Evaluation of Child Care Subsidy Strategies: Washington Site Public Use Files, 2005

The Evaluation of Child Care Subsidy Strategies is a multi-site, multi-year effort to determine whether and how different child care subsidy policies and procedures and quality improvement efforts help low-income parents obtain and hold onto jobs and improve outcomes for children. Funding from the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) administered by the Child Care Bureau are divided into two purposes. The vast majority are aimed at assisting children of low-income working parents whose eligibility is determined by states within broad federal guidelines, while a much smaller portion (4 percent) work with state matching funds to improve the quality of child care for all children. For this study series, four experiments were conducted, two test alternative subsidy policies for low-income families and two test approaches to the use of set-aside funds for improving child care quality for all children. The four study sites and focus of evaluation include: (1) the effectiveness of three language and literacy curricula on teaching practices and children's language and literacy outcomes (Miami Dade County, Florida); (2) the impact of alternative eligibility and re-determination child care subsidy policies on parental employment outcomes (Illinois); (3) the impact of alternative child care co-payment structures on use of child care subsidies and employment outcomes (Washington) and (4) the effectiveness of training on Learning Games curriculum in changing care-giving practices in family child care homes and children's developmental outcomes (Massachusetts).

<b>Units of Response: </b>Washington state families receiving child care subsidies.

<b>Type of Data: </b>Administrative

<b>Tribal Data: </b>No

<b>Periodicity: </b>One-time

<b>Demographic Indicators: </b>Household Income;Household Size;Race

<b>SORN: </b>https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/09/19/2022-20139/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records

<b>Data Use Agreement: </b>Yes

<b>Data Use Agreement Location: </b>https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/studies/29002/datadocumentation

<b>Granularity: </b>Family;Household

<b>Spatial: </b>States

<b>Geocoding: </b>Unavailable