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DCYF evaluation: most subsidy recipients remain enrolled about three years; new analysis will probe instability and equity
Summary
DCYF’s evaluation team reported preliminary findings from its Fair Start for Kids Act analysis showing an average continuous subsidy span of about 12 months and roughly 37 total months of subsidy exposure for children in the analytic sample, and announced a new study of subsidy stability and equity for its fall 2025 report.
Adassa Bedraga Tryon, senior evaluator for the Fair Start for Kids Act (FSKA) at DCYF’s Office of Innovation, Alignment and Accountability (OIAA), presented preliminary findings and the agency’s next analytic steps on April 1.
FSKA evaluation findings and next steps
Tryon said the evaluation team’s analytical dataset follows children who received Working Connections Child Care subsidy payments from January 2018 through October 2024 and measures continuous participation as “spans” defined by uninterrupted monthly payments. Using that approach, the team found an average span length of about 12 months and an average total time in care for children in the sample of roughly 37 months.
“We did see that following FSKA in 2022 there was a lot of providers that were opening licenses and especially for homes,” Tryon said when summarizing earlier results; she added the new work will focus on subsidy stability after…
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