Policy Perspectives is a series created by the Welfare Study Research Team Center for the Study of Women and Society intended for state policy makers about the effects of Welfare Reform in Oregon.

This Policy Perspective Summary Sheet presents data from “Oregon Families Who Left Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and Food Stamps: A Study of Economic and Family Well-Being, 1998-2000 with an emphasis on the Refundable Working Family Child Care Tax Credit, concluding with the following policy recommendation:

• Oregon should pass the Refundable Working Family Child Care Tax Credit to assist the lowest income families in paying the cost of child care.