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An Updated Measure of Poverty (Re)Drawing the Line (2023) / Chapter Skim
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... RECOMMENDATION 4.3: To accurately assess a household's ability to meet its needs, for households that have children and that use paid childcare, in the near future, the Census Bureau should research, develop, and implement a methodology for valuing assistance received by the household for childcare, so that it can enter into the calculation of the household's available resources. Childcare resources vary substantially across households.
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From page 63...
... Children in states with universal programs have access to benefits that presumably cover the majority of the childcare need that would be included in the PPM threshold. In addition, to implement Recommendation 4.3, the Census Bureau will need to revisit its approach to childcare tax credit receipt.
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  • poverty measure
  • ppm threshold
  • poverty measurement
  • childcare subsidies

  • data infrastructure
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  • consumer expenditure
  • household resources
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  • paid childcare
  • tax credits
  • assistance program
  • tax credit
  • child care

  • county level
  • family budget
  • geographic location


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