Growing evidence suggests that child care instability is associated with child behavior
problems, but existing studies confound different types of instability; use small, convenience …

Objective The authors examined associations between resident and nonresident fathers'
nonstandard work schedules, work hours, and their level of involvement with their young …

Flexibility in work schedules is key to helping parents with young children balance work and
caregiving responsibilities. Prior research shows that work schedule inflexibility is …

As linguistic diversity increases in the US, it is essential for pre-kindergarten (pre-k) programs
to expand their capacity to serve families whose home languages are not English. Family …

… Alejandra Ros Pilarz served as research associate on the project and contributed across
multiple tasks, including administrative data analyses, survey design, and qualitative data …

Despite strong evidence that stable, high-quality child care promotes young children's
development, low-income children are less likely to participate in formal and high-quality care …

Childcare instability can negatively affect family well-being. Yet not all childcare changes are
bad for families. This qualitative study (N = 85) examines work, family, provider, and subsidy…

Child-care assistance is a critical safety net program that directly benefits families and society.
But short spells and program churning raise concerns about the effectiveness of the child-…

Child‐care instability is associated with more behavior problems in young children, but the
mechanisms of this relationship are not well understood. Theoretically, this relationship is …

Given the prevalence of short child care subsidy spells and program churning documented
in prior studies, researchers and policymakers have been concerned about the implications …