Source Sector(s)
Academic
Benefits Program
CCDF: Child Care and Development Fund
Level of Government
State/Provincial
Location
United States
Format
Academic Article
This article theorizes the wait list as an underexamined vehicle of administrative burden. Focusing on the example of subsidized chidl care, the article's findings suggest wait lists as understudied but consequential sites of opaque policymaking that shape access to critical social services and the legibility of unmet need.