State Child Care Assistance Policies 2007: Some Steps Forward, More Progress Needed (PDF; 728 KB)
Source: National Women’s Law Center
From press release:

An annual review and analysis by the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) of state child care policies reveals that despite modest progress in some areas, states continue to fall far short of providing low-income parents the support they need to access good quality child care.

The analysis, State Child Care Assistance Policies 2007: Some Steps Forward, More Progress Needed, compares child care assistance policies in 2007 to 2006 and 2001 in four policy areas: reimbursement rates for providers, income eligibility, waiting lists for assistance and co-payment requirements. NWLC used 2001 as a basis for comparison because it was just after the peak of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funding for child care in 2001 and just prior to the peak of Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) funding in 2002. The analysis closely examines these policy areas because they determine the quantity and caliber of choices parents have for child care, how many low-income families who need child care assistance qualify, and how affordable child care is for families receiving assistance.