CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND (CCDF) POLICIES DATABASE PROJECT

儿童保育和发展基金政策数据库是儿童保育和发展基金(儿童保育和发展基金)下用于实施儿童保育补贴计划的详细政策的信息来源。自2008年以来，城市研究所收集、编码和传播CCDF在50个州、哥伦比亚特区、美国领土和边远地区的有效政策，使用不同地点和时间的一致方法。CCDF政策数据库中的信息主要基于个案工作者在与家庭和提供者合作时使用的文件，以及各州/地区向ACF提交的两年一次的CCDF计划和修正案、州法律和运行该计划的工作人员使用的法规。该数据库收集了有关资格、家庭支付、申请程序和与提供者相关的政策的详细信息，包括颁布日期和州/地区内存在的一些政策变化。该项目收集的信息正以不同形式传播，以满足不同用户的需求--定量和定性研究人员、决策者和各级政府管理人员。其中一个产品是一套完整的数据文件，其中包含定期从数据库中提取的数据库的完整详细信息。通过查阅数据文件，研究人员和其他人可以解决有关替代托儿补贴政策和做法对所服务的儿童和家庭的影响的重要问题，特别是父母的就业和自给自足、护理的可获得性和质量以及儿童的发展。这些数据文件可在http://www.researchconnections.org/childcare/resources/17048.上公开获取第二种产品是一套报表，或“表格册”。每本表格都允许轻松访问所有州和地区的关键政策，重点是特定的时间点。每份报告中的表格也以各种适合分析的格式在http://www.researchconnections.org/.上提供这些表格也进行了更新，以反映在报告发布后在数据库中所作的任何更正。

The CCDF Policies Database is a source of information on the detailed policies used to operate child care subsidy programs under the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). Since 2008, The Urban Institute has collected, coded, and disseminated the CCDF policies in effect across the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories and outlying areas, using consistent methods across places and over time. The information in the CCDF Policies Database is based primarily on the documents that caseworkers use as they work with families and providers, as well as the biennial CCDF Plans and amendments submitted by States/Territories to ACF, state law, and regulations used by the staff operating the program. The Database captures detailed information on eligibility, family payments, application procedures, and provider-related policies, including dates of enactment and some of the policy variations that exist within states/territories. The information collected by the project is being disseminated in different forms to meet the needs of different users - quantitative and qualitative researchers, policymakers, and administrators at all levels of government. One product is a complete set of data files, containing the full detail of the database, periodically extracted from the database. Access to the data files allows researchers and others to address important questions concerning the effects of alternative child care subsidy policies and practices on the children and families served, specifically parental employment and self-sufficiency, the availability and quality of care, and children's development. The data files are publicly available at http://www.researchconnections.org/childcare/resources/17048. A second product is a set of reports, or "books of tables." Each book of tables allows easy access to key policies for all states and territories, focusing on a specific point in time. The tables from each report are also available, in various formats suitable for analysis, at http://www.researchconnections.org/. These tables are also updated to reflect any corrections made in the database after the release of the reports.