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Early Childhood Profile

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Early Care and EducationParenting and Economic Supports 

State Choices to Promote Effective Parenting

Low-income young children with a parent employed full-time, 2010
Low-income young children with a parent employed full-time, 2010

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Low-income young children with a parent employed full-time, 20101

  • Provide option to extend Medicaid coverage for family planning to otherwise ineligible low-income women [2013]2
  • Exempt single parents on TANF from work requirements until the youngest child reaches age 1. [FY 2011]3
    The state does not consider these groups technically exempt; this is a one-time exemption and may be taken any time while the child is under 12 months.
  • Reduce the TANF work requirement to 20 hours or less for single parents with children under age 6 [FY 2011]3
    Required to work 20 hours.
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State Choices to Promote Family Economic Security

Education levels of mothers with young children, 2010
Education levels of mothers with young children, 2010

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Education levels of mothers with young children, 20101

Maximum annual TANF benefit for a family of 3, for year 2011
Maximum annual TANF benefit for a family of 3, for year 2011

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Maximum annual TANF benefit for a family of 3, for year 20113

  • Establish a state minimum wage that exceeds the federal minimum wage ($7.25/hr). [2013]4
    $7.25
  • Exempt single-parent families of three below the poverty level from personal income tax. [2012]5
    Up to 103% FPL
  • Offer a refundable state Earned Income Tax Credit. [2011]6
  • Offer a refundable state dependent care tax credit. [2011]7
    WV does not have a Child and Dependent Care Tax credit.
  • Keep copayments for child care subsidies below 10% of family income for families of three at 150% FPL [2012]8
  • Offer exemptions and/or extensions of the TANF benefit time limit for women who are pregnant or caring for a child under age 6. [FY 2011]3
    Extension available for: women pregnant for at least 7 months, or heads of household caring for a child under 6 months of age.
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Data Notes and Sources

Last Updated: February 21, 2013

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  1. National data were calculated from the 2010 American Community Survey, representing information from 2010. State data were calculated from the 2008-2010 American Community Survey, representing information from the years 2008 to 2010.
  2. Guttmacher Institute. 2013. State Policies in Brief: State Medicaid Family Planning Eligibility Expansions. New York, NY: Guttmacher Institute. http://www.guttmacher.org (accessed February 6, 2013).
  3. Kassabian, David; Whitesell, Anne and Huber, Erika. 2012. Welfare Rules Databook: State TANF Policies as of July 2011. The Urban Institute. http://www.urban.org (accessed February 1, 2013).
  4. U.S. Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration. 2013. Minimum Wage Laws in the States, January 2013. http://www.dol.gov (accessed February 4, 2013).
  5. Oliff, Phil; Mai, Chris and Johnson, Nicholas. 2012. The Impact of State Income Taxes on Low-Income Families in 2011. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. http://www.cbpp.org (accessed February 4, 2013).
  6. State EITC Programs, TaxCreditResources.org. Community Resources Information, Inc. website. Accessed May 22, 2012 from http://www.taxcreditresources.org
  7. National Women's Law Center. 2011. Making Care Less Taxing, Improving State Child and Dependent Care Tax Provisions. Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center. http://www.nwlc.org (accessed August 3, 2011)
  8. Schulman, Karen; Blank, Helen. 2012. Downward Slide: State Child Care Assistance Policies 2012. National Women's Law Center. http://www.nwlc.org (accessed February 1, 2013).