R2LP Study Finds that Child Care Subsidy Cuts have had Ripple Effect on Small Businesses, Families, and Children

Between February and April 2008, R2LP conducted a survey of 482 licensed center- and home-based providers throughout Rhode Island to investigate the impact of the revised eligibility requirements for the state's Child Care Assistance Program. The 2007-2008 state budget restricted eligibility for child care subsidies to families falling below 180% of the federal poverty level - down from the previous threshold of 225%. The new requirements disqualified about 1,900 children statewide.

Download the Survey Summary of Findings

View a Powerpoint of Survey Findings presented to R2LP community members on June 2. The powerpoint includes quantitative and qualitative summary findings as well as detailed data tables.

Read the Press Release about Key Survey Findings - June 5, 2008

For more information please call Joyce Butler, Director of Ready to Learn Providence, at 490.9960.

Partial funding for the survey was provided through the School Readiness and Success Cross Site Initiative sponsored by the Urban Institute National Neighborhoods Indicator Partnership and Annie E. Casey Foundation.