Authors: Brenda Ball Cuthbertson
Date: June 14, 1999
Project: Implementing CalWORKs Support Services: Child Care in Los Angeles County
The welfare system in the United States is embarking on a major transition. Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), an entitlement program enabling low-income parents to stay home with their children, has been replaced with Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), a time-limited benefit that requires parents to work or participate in work-related activities as a condition of aid receipt. If parents are to meet work requirements, they must have access to child care services. Yet the cost of care or an insufficient
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