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Title: CCDF Eligibility in Wisconsin, Statewide and in Substate Areas A Microsimulation Analysis Acknowledgments iv
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Publication Year: 2020
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Abstract: The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) provides child care subsidies to families with low incomes, helping them access affordable child care so that parents can work or participate in education or other approved activities. In Wisconsin, we estimate 175,500 children in 100,300 families are eligible to participate in CCDF in the average month. When we compare the eligibility estimates to the number of families and children who participate in CCDF, we estimate 18 percent of eligible children participate and 19 percent of eligible families participate. The factors that affect CCDF participation—including knowledge of the CCDF program, the availability of other options for obtaining lower-cost care, and the cost of unsubsidized care—are likely not constant across a state. Therefore, a full understanding of the reach of a state’s CCDF program among eligible families and children requires estimates of eligibility at a substate level. We provide these estimates for Wisconsin. In Wisconsin, the majority of the eligible children live in one-parent families (126,500), have monthly family incomes between 100 and 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines (107,500), and have parents who work at least 35 hours a week (101,400). A little over a quarter of the eligible children (50,100) live in Milwaukee. Next, we describe the methods used to develop the estimates and provide detailed results.
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Authors: Minton, Sarah; Giannarelli, Linda; Taylor, Silke; Dwyer, Kelly; Dehry, Ilham
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Topics: Poverty and Welfare, Work, Family, and Time
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