Early Childhood Parenting and Economic Supports Variables

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  Provide paid medical/maternity leave. (2008)1 Have a Medicaid family planning waiver to extend coverage to low-income women to increase the interval between pregnancies. (2008)2 Exempt single parents on TANF from work requirements until the youngest child reaches age 1. (2009)3 Reduce the TANF work requirement for single parents with children under age 6. (2006)4 Allow parents in school to qualify for child care subsidies. (2005)5 Operate a statewide home visiting program. (2007)6 Formally link home visiting programs to supports for early childhood development (e.g. Medicaid/SCHIP, early intervention, and early childhood mental health). (2007)6
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National 7 26 23 24 46 32 18
Alabama No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Alaska No No Yes No Yes No No
Arizona No Yes No No Yes Yes No
Arkansas No Yes No No Yes Yes No
California Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No
Colorado No No No Yes No Yes No
Connecticut No No Yes No No Yes No
Delaware No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
District of Columbia No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Florida No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
Georgia No No No No Yes No Yes
Hawaii Yes No No No No Yes Yes
Idaho No No No No Yes No No
Illinois No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
Indiana No No No No Yes No No
Iowa No Yes No No Yes No No
Kansas No No No No Yes No No
Kentucky No No Yes No Yes Yes No
Louisiana No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Maine No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Maryland No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Massachusetts No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Michigan No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Minnesota No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mississippi No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Missouri No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Montana No No No No Yes No Yes
Nebraska No No No No Yes No No
Nevada No No No Yes Yes No No
New Hampshire No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
New Jersey Yes No No No Yes No Yes
New Mexico No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
New York Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No
North Carolina No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
North Dakota No No No No Yes No No
Ohio Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Oklahoma No Yes No No Yes Yes No
Oregon No Yes No No Yes Yes No
Pennsylvania No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rhode Island Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
South Carolina No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No
South Dakota No No No Yes Yes No No
Tennessee No No No No Yes Yes Yes
Texas No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Utah No No No No Yes Yes No
Vermont No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Virginia No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Washington Yes Yes No No Yes No No
West Virginia No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Wisconsin No Yes No No Yes No Yes
Wyoming No No No Yes Yes Yes No
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Data Notes & Sources

  1. National Partnership for Women and Families, Expecting Better: A State-by-State Analysis of Parental Leave Programs, 2005 http://paidsickdays.nationalpartnership.org (accessed March 2007). and National Conference of State Legislatures, State Family and Medical Leave Law the Differ from the Federal FMLA, 2008. Available at:http://www.ncsl.org (Accessed March 11, 2009)
  2. State Medicaid Family Planning Eligibility Expansions, State Policies in Brief, as of April 1, 2007, Guttmacher Institute. Available at: http://www.guttmacher.org (accessed through http://www.statehealthfacts.org on April 30, 2008).
  3. Rowe, Gretchen; Murphy, Mary. 2009. The Welfare Rules Databook: State Policies as of July 2008. The Urban Institute. http://anfdata.urban.org (accessed November 10, 2009).
  4. Gretchen Rowe and Mary Murphy, The Welfare Rules Databook: State Policies as of July 2006, Assessing the New Federalism, The Urban Institute, 2007, Table III.B.2, footnotes 3, 16, 19, 20, 21, and 27.
  5. Karen Schulman and Helen Blank, Child Care Assistance Policies 2005: States Fail to Make up Lost Ground, Families Continue to Lack Critical Supports, National Women's Law Center, September 2005.
  6. 2007 Survey conducted by Kay Johnson for the National Center for Children in Poverty (Publication forthcoming.) Indiana, Kanas, Vermont, Washington, and D.C. did not respond to the survey.