Affordability Funding Models for Early Childhood Services

Autor/inn/en	Purcal, Christiane; Fisher, Karen
Titel	Affordability Funding Models for Early Childhood Services
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 31 (2006) 4, S.49-58 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0312-5033
Schlagwörter	Tax Credits; Government Role; Young Children; Foreign Countries; Child Care; Educational Quality; Early Childhood Education; Models; Access to Education; Educational Finance; Operating Expenses; Fees; Student Participation; Australia; Belgium; Canada; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Italy; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Portugal; Sweden; United Kingdom; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Steuerermäßigung; Frühe Kindheit; Ausland; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Analogiemodell; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Bildungsfonds; Betriebskosten; Gebühren; Studiengebühren; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Australien; Belgien; Kanada; Dänemark; Finnland; Frankreich; Deutschland; Italien; Niederlande; Neuseeland; Norwegen; Schweden; Großbritannien; USA
Abstract	This paper presents a model of the approaches open to government to ensure that early childhood services are affordable to families. We derived the model from a comparative literature review of affordability approaches taken by government, both in Australia and internationally. The model adds significantly to the literature by proposing a means to understand and assess the numerous options for affordability funding. The model suggests that the options fall into only three basic approaches: operational funding, fee subsidies and tax relief. Application of this simple model helps clarify the costs and benefits of particular choices within these approaches. We predict that the choices affect cost to government, affordability to families, and participation by children in early childhood services. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10