July 19, 2008  

Welfare Series: Child Care Promises Fall Through

Run Date: 08/13/04

By Jennifer Friedlin WeNews correspondent

When the federal welfare program was restructured in 1996, the government promised to provide child care to single parents required to take jobs outside the home. Often, however, that promise is not being kept and families pay the price.

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities-- Welfare Reform and TANF: http://www.cbpp.org/pubs/welfare.htm For a Full Version of Today's graphic: http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/1939 For other stories in the Welfare Series: Welfare Series: Block Grants Starve State Budgets Run Date: 09/03/04 http://www.womenenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/1974 Our Daily Lives Welfare Series: Belva Elliott, Mother of Five, Speaks Run Date: 09/02/04 http://www.womenenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/1976 Welfare Series: Services for Abused Women Scarce Run Date: 08/27/04 http://www.womenenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/1964 Welfare Series: Child Support Cash Kept by States Run Date: 08/22/04 http://www.womenenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/1956 Welfare Series: Law Drops Moms in Deeper Poverty Run Date: 08/06/04 http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/1940 Note: Women's eNews is not responsible for the content of external Internet sites and the contents of Web pages we link to may change without notice.

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