Child Care Subsidies: Opportunities for Prevention of Child Maltreatment

Rochford, Hannah; Zeiger, Kalen D.; Peek‐Asa, Corinne

doi:10.1007/s10560-022-00887-9

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“…The current study expands on prior work by Rochford and colleagues [ 9 ] in several key ways. First, the current study includes the cost-of-living index to account for the variation in childcare costs across states.…”

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“…Although a few studies have examined the relationship between childcare subsidy receipt and child maltreatment in population-based samples of families [ 7 , 8 ], only one study to date [ 9 ] has examined the macro-level relationship between childcare subsidy policies and official indicators of child maltreatment. This study leverages macro-level variation built into the policy.…”

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“…One recent study examined various enrollment policies related to childcare subsidy and found that counting more benefits as income in determining eligibility was related to higher rates of overall maltreatment and abuse reports, that asset tests were related to higher rates of abuse reports, and that exemptions from copayments for families living in poverty were related to lower overall maltreatment rates [ 9 ]. These findings are promising and suggest that more generous childcare subsidy policies may be protective against child maltreatment.…”

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Childcare Subsidy Enrollment Income Generosity and Child Maltreatment

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In the United States, childcare subsidies are available to low-income working parents to assist with the cost of childcare. The subsidies are provided as block grants to states, which allows for a great deal of flexibility in the specific policies guiding their distribution. Prior research has found a protective link between childcare subsidies and child maltreatment, but the variations in policies have been much less explored. The current study used longitudinal administrative child welfare data from 10 years (2009–2019) linked with state policies regarding the income eligibility requirements of states to examine the impact of these policies on child abuse and neglect among young children (0–5); early school-age children (6–12), and older children (13–17). Using multiple regression and controlling for state demographic characteristics, the study found that more generous policies surrounding income eligibility were related to lower rates of child abuse and neglect investigations at the state level.

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Childcare Subsidy Enrollment Income Generosity and Child Maltreatment

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“…Quasi-experimental EITC studies reveal that the program is associated with reduced child maltreatment (particularly neglect) and foster care entries, but only in states with comparatively more generous and refundable tax credits (Kovski et al, 2022;Rostad et al, 2020). Large, nationally representative, cross-sectional and prospective, longitudinal birth cohort studies reveal that, excepting one study, childcare subsidies reduce child maltreatment rates, particularly in states that have comparatively accessible programs and generous eligibility requirements (Maguire-Jack et al, 2019;Rochford et al, 2022). Large-scale, TANF studies using causal techniques have revealed that compared to less generous states, states with more generous TANF benefits and less stringent requirements witness lower rates of child maltreatment (Spencer et al, 2021).…”

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The Social Determinants of Resilience: A Conceptual Framework to Integrate Psychological and Policy Research

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The psychological study of resilience has increasingly highlighted the need for individuals to access material and psychosocial resources to adapt to significant stress and to avoid re-traumatization. Concomitantly, policy researchers have demonstrated the effectiveness of socioeconomically redistributive policies—policies that downwardly redistribute society’s resources—in preventing and mitigating the negative impact of traumatic and adverse events. The current paper develops a unifying model, which we call the Social Determinants of Resilience, to bridge the gap between psychological and policy research on resilience. First, we review findings on U.S. socioeconomically redistributive policies and child traumatic and adverse experience prevention given the importance of early intervention to preempt the negative cycle of trauma accumulation throughout development. We examine four U.S. policies as case studies: 1) Medicaid expansion; 2) the Earned Income Tax Credit; 3) the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program; and 4) childcare subsidies. We find that these socioeconomically redistributive policies effectively prevent childhood traumatic and adverse experiences, particularly child maltreatment. Second, we propose that these policies promote resilience through three mechanisms: 1) increasing families’ resource and service access; 2) reducing the stress of financial instability; and 3) enhancing cognitions, affects, and behaviors that promote resilience. Altogether, we integrate two streams of research that have developed in parallel to arrive at a shared aim: understanding the conditions that support resilience.

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