Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Early childhood intervention attempts to maintain or improve the quality of life for young children.

2. The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) was created in the 1990s to insure children in working families with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid but too low to afford private family coverage.

3. While the average child support payment due is $12,000 per year, only $6,000 is actually received, shortchanging children out of $8,000 a year.

4. In France, families can offset some of the costs of childcare in two ways: one option is a childcare tax credit on the family’s income tax form, and a second option, available only if provided by an employer, is that a family can set aside up to $5,000 in pre-tax dollars in a flexible spending plan for childcare.

5. Cumulative advantage and disadvantage refer to pay that is high enough to allow a worker to meet basic needs in a given community, and one that will ultimately decrease the number of people dependent on social programs.


1. T
2. T
3. F
4. F
5. F

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