About half of all countries in the European Union have minimum tenure or work history requirements for payouts from their paid parental leave programs.10 The 13 programs operating in American states likewise require new parents to meet an income thresh- old, work a certain number of hours, or a combination of the two during a relevant base period. [...] Estimating the potential impact of work-related eligibility requirements Matt Bruenig of the People’s Policy Project has developed a simple way to estimate the percentage of women who would be ineligible for their state’s contributory parental leave program because they do not meet work requirements (both women and men are eligible but women are much more likely to 11. [...] In Australia, for example, new parents who do not meet the eligibility requirements for the more generous Parental Leave program are eligible for the less generous Newborn Supplement.18 In the United States, there have been several federal baby bonus proposals building on the changes to the federal Child Tax Credit in 2017 and 2021. [...] Similar proposals using this design but providing more generous benefits that phase in quicker include the Providing for Life Act and the Family Security Act 2.0.20 A recent House version of the American Family Act adds a baby bonus program to the child tax credit reforms already proposed in previous iterations.21 Like earlier bills, the latest American Family Act increases the value of the curren. [...] For example, the proposed Choices in Child Care Act of 2006 would have awarded grants to five to seven states to conduct AHIC pilot programs using CCDBG funds.23 Most recently, the Protecting Worker Paychecks and Family Choice Act would allow states to use Child Care Entitlement to States (CCES) funding to create the sort of AHIC programs described above.24 The amount would be equal to or greater.
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