Research and Policy Briefs from Progressive Partners
CPA is a hub for developing and sharing policies that improve the quality of people’s lives with leaders in the states. Across the various progressive communities there are enormous resources that are made available to our network and featured prominently on stateaction.org. Following is a list of key national organizations that CPA partners with to lead the progressive movement.
Child care has become an increasingly important social policy concern because of the role it plays in helping parents work and its impact on the development of children. CPA’s child care policy briefs present solutions to the child care problem in the states. Please contact Sheri Brady at (202) 387-6030 x. 125 for more information.
- Improving the Quality of Child Care by Investing in Childcare Workers
- Caring for Our Next Generation
- Reinvesting in Child Care
Urban Institute, Assessing the New Federalism
http://newfederalism.urban.org/
(202) 261-5619
Assessing the New Federalism is a multi-year Urban Institute research project to analyze the devolution of responsibility for social programs from the federal government to the states, focusing primarily on health care, income security, job training, and social services.
The Urban Institute recently released a series of policy briefs that paint an interesting portrait of child care in this country. Using data from the 1997 National Survey of American Families the briefs focus on child care arrangements and hours spent in care of children under age five whose mothers are employed. The importance of this data is that it looks at differences among states especially as compared to the national numbers. In-depth analyses of data were conducted in 12 states: Alabama, California, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Findings reveal noteworthy variation across states in terms of child care arrangements. Highlights from the report are:
- High state variation in rates of nonparental child care;
- Infants and toddlers or low-income children most likely in relative or parent care;
- Three-and four-year-olds in child care more hours per week than infants and toddlers;
- Multiple child care arrangements common;
- Combinations of "formal" and "informal" multiple arrangements common.
Center for Law and Social Policy
http://www.clasp.org/
(202) 328-5140
CLASP is a national non-profit organization with expertise in both law and policy affecting the poor. Through education, policy research and advocacy, CLASP seeks to improve the economic security of low-income families with children and secure access for low-income persons to our civil justice system.
- Tapping TANF for Youth: When and How Welfare Funds Can Support Youth Development, Education and Employment Initiatives
- TANF Policies in Nine States: Implications for Microenterprise Initiatives
The National Association of Child Advocates
http://www.childadvocacy.org/
202-289-0777
NACA is an association of independent, multi-issue, state- and community-based child advocacy organizations working for the safety, security, health, and education of America’s children.
- Low-Income Noncustodial Fathers: A Child Advocate’s Guide to Helping Them Contribute to the Support of Their Children
- What a Child Advocate Needs to Know About the New TANF Regulations
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
http://www.cbpp.org
(202) 408-1080
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is a nonpartisan research organization and policy institute that conducts research and analysis on a range of government policies and programs, with an emphasis on those affecting low- and moderate-income people.
- Earned Income Tax Credit Kit 2000
- State-by-State Income Trends
Economic Policy Institute
http://www.epinet.org
(202) 775-8810
EPI is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that seeks to broaden the public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and fair economy.
- Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends, co-produced by EPI and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
The Children’s Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org/
(202) 628-8787
CDF was created in 1973 to provide a strong and effective voice for all the children of America, who cannot vote, lobby, or speak for themselves.
- Children and Guns, A Children’s Defense Fund Report on Children Dying from Gunfire in America
- Community Monitoring — When welfare policies change, when employers drop health coverage for families, or when parents cannot afford quality child care, what happens to children? These are questions the Community Monitoring Project seeks to answer. CDF staff is working with service providers and child advocates at the state and local levels to help them collect information about the well-being of children and families.
Families USA
http://www.familiesusa.org/
(202) 628-3030
Families USA Foundation is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health and long-term care for all Americans.
- Disparities in Eligibility for Public Health Insurance Between Children and Adults in 2000
- Update on Patients’ Rights and Medicare
