Description:
In response to the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 2014 regulations, MA Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) is implementing a 12-month authorization period for all subsidy recipient families, with minimal mid-authorization reporting requirements for temporary changes in families' work/education/training activities or income, as long as families' incomes do not exceed 85% of the state's median income. These changes went into effect on March 1, 2019. The mixed methods study is designed to: 1) document the design of the new subsidy authorization policies and the implementation of the new regulations and administrative practices across service delivery systems; 2) examine the impact of policy changes on the stability of subsidy receipt and care arrangements among families and the enrollment stability of subsidized children among providers; and 3) identify and test improvements to the policies through ongoing lessons learned during this evaluation.
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Administration for Children and Families/OPRE Projects
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