Number: RL31274
Title: Child Care: Funding and Spending under Federal Block Grants
Authors: Melinda Gish, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: This report focuses on the financing structure of the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), actual expenditures made from it, and the role of TANF and the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) in child care funding and spending. Congress is expected to confront child care financing issues this year as part of both the child care and welfare reauthorizations.
Pages: 33
Date: Updated March 19, 2002