CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND (CCDF) POLICIES DATABASE PROJECT

儿童保育及发展基金政策资料库提供有关儿童保育及发展基金资助计划的详细政策资料。自2008年以来，城市研究所已经收集、编码并传播了在50个州、哥伦比亚特区、美国领土和边远地区有效的CCDF政策，使用了不同地点和不同时间的一致方法。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，以及两年一次的CCDF计划和各州/地区向ACF提交的修正案、州法律和项目工作人员使用的法规。该数据库收集了有关资格、家庭支付、申请程序和提供者相关政策的详细信息，包括颁布日期和各州/地区存在的一些政策变化。项目收集的资料正以不同的形式散发，以满足不同用户的需要- -数量和质量的研究人员、决策者和各级政府的行政人员。一个产品是一组完整的数据文件，包含数据库的全部详细信息，定期从数据库中提取。通过查阅数据文件，研究人员和其他人员可以解决有关替代性儿童保育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。第二个产品是一组报告，或“表格集”。每本表格都可以方便地访问所有州和地区的关键政策，重点关注特定的时间点。每个报告中的表格也可以在http://www.researchconnections.org/上以各种适合分析的格式获得。这些表格也作了更新，以反映报告印发后数据库所作的任何更正。

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.