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ED413988 PS025550
Title: Financing Child Care in the United States: An Illustrative Catalog of Current Strategies.
Author(s): Mitchell, Anne; Stoney, Louise; Dichter, Harriet
Author Affiliation: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, MO.(BBB34196); Pew Charitable Trusts, Philadelphia, PA.(BBB28123)
Pages: 152
Publication Date: 1997
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC07 Plus Postage.
Language: English
Document Type: Reference materials--Directories/Catalogs (132); Reports--Descriptive (141)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Missouri
Journal Announcement: RIEAPR1998
This catalog
provides information on innovative financing strategies, primarily
state and community strategies, being used successfully to fund
child care in the United States. Five sections of the manual are
devoted to profiles of programs using the following categories of
strategies: (1) generating new public revenue for child care, including
tax strategies, tax credits, deductions, and exemptions, and fees
and lotteries; (2) allocating existing public general revenue for
child care; (3) financing child care in the private sector, such
as employer- and union-supported care and community child care initiatives;
(4) financing child care through public-private partnerships; and
(5) financing child care facilities, including using grants, bonds,
and loans. The catalog's introduction describes characteristics
of successful financing strategies for raising money for child care.
Each profile describes a specific financing strategy, when it was
initiated, the amount of funding it generates, how funds are distributed,
what services are funded, and who is eligible for them. Additional
locations using similar financing strategies are listed with contact
information. Also in each profile are opinions and analysis of the
pros and cons of each strategy plus lessons learned from the participants'
perspective. Historical, political, and economic factor contributing
to the success of an approach are included. Four appendices describe
revenue-generation methods, outline tax strategies and governmental
powers, and list key national organizations in child care and family
support, and members of the National Children's Facilities Network.
Contains 58 references. (KB)
Descriptors: Block Grants; Children; *Day Care; *Day Care Centers;
Early Childhood Education; Employer Supported Day Care; Federal
Aid; *Financial Support; Grants; Income; *Private Financial Support;
Program Descriptions; Public Policy; *Public Support; Tax Allocation;
Tax Credits; Tax Deductions
Identifiers: *Child Care Costs
