Family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) providers occupy a unique and undervalued position in the child care landscape, caring for the youngest, most vulnerable children while facing some of the greatest financial instability of any caregiver type. The Los Angeles (LA) cohort experienced that instability in particularly acute form, navigating devastating wildfires and sustained immigration enforcement activity alongside the everyday economic precarity that characterizes FFN caregiving.
In this midpoint brief, we share what we’ve learned about FFN providers’ experiences with TPP and the impacts of direct cash transfers (DCTs) in LA. Our findings make clear that a $954 per month DCT alone cannot approximate the true value of the care work that these FFN providers offer nor resolve the structural challenges in the child care system that impact them.
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