Family-Friendly Eligibility and Enrollment Policies
Family-friendly policies offer parents financial stability and continuity in the care of children. They can also reduce the administrative burden for CCDF lead agencies. This brief addresses benefits to children and families when lead agencies adopt practices such as lengthening eligibility periods, supporting hours beyond parent work schedule to improve child outcomes, and simplifying the eligibility process so it reduces administrative workload.
Related Topics
Subsidy, Eligibility, and Equal Access
Subsidy and subsidy eligibility
Affordability and availability
Systems Building
Program Design and Management
Culturally Responsive Practice & Inclusion
Publisher
Office of Child Care (OCC)
Resource Type
Issue brief
Length
2 pages
Publication Date
Archive Status
Unarchived