Child care subsidies post TANF: Child care subsidy use by African American, White and Hispanic TANF-leavers

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1711-1718

  Shlay, Anne B ^a   Weinraub, Marsha ^a   Harmon, Michelle ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Child care subsides; TANF; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957237557     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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