April 24-26, 2006
The Child Care Policy Research Consortium is a national alliance of research projects sponsored by the Child Care Bureau in the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Consortium's purpose is to help the Child Care Bureau increase the national capacity for sound child care research, identify and respond to critical issues, and link child care research with policy and practice.
The Child Care Policy Research Consortium Annual Meeting was held on April 24-26, 2006, in Silver Spring, MD. Materials from the conference, listed below, include a summary of each session along with powerpoint presentations and relevant handouts. For a summary of the learning objectives of this year's meeting, see the Overview (PDF 144K).
Notes
Summary (PDF 69K)
Summary (PDF 76K)
Pennsylvania STARS (ZIP 1.3MB)
Summary (PDF 181K)
Four Perspectives on Quality (PDF 62K)
Defining and Measuring Quality (ZIP 27K)
Children's Perceptions of their Child Care Experiences (ZIP 60K)
Summary (PDF 145K)
Defining and Measuring Subsidies (ZIP 10K)
Summary (PDF 136K)
Defining and Measuring Self Sufficiency: The role of Child Care Costs (ZIP 90K)
Summary (PDF 134K)
Employers & the Low-Wage Workforce (ZIP 134K)
Summary (PDF 127K)
Summary (PDF 220K)
Key Policies That Affect Access to Child Care Subsidies (ZIP 36K)
Factors Associated with Obtaining Child Care Subsidies: Census and Administrative Data (ZIP 59K)
Predictors of Child Care Subsidy Use (ZIP 10K)
Predictors of Child Care Subsidy Use (PDF 696K)
Predictors of Child Care Subsidy Use - Table of Methods and Findings (PDF 261K)
Summary (PDF 79K)
Supporting School Readiness through High-Quality Care (ZIP 9.7MB)
Summary (PDF 147K)
Research on Quality and School Readiness (ZIP 3.1MB)
Kentucky Kids Now, Short Version (PDF 314K)
Kentucky Kids Now (PDF 583K)
Louisiana Program for 4-year-olds (ZIP 70K)
North Carolina Draft Indicator Data (ZIP 57K)
North Carolina ECCS Program (ZIP 54K)
California DRDP Infant and Toddler Instruments (PDF 1.1MB)
California DRDP Preschool Instruments (PDF 1.2MB)
California DRDP School-age Instruments (PDF 1.1MB)
Summary (PDF 146K)
Supporting Family, Friend and Neighbor Care (ZIP 128K)
Overview of Policy and Research Context for FFN Projects (PDF 138K)
Summary (PDF 170K)
Summary (PDF 115K)
Coordination among CCDF, Head Start, and Pre-Kindergarten Programs (ZIP 661K)
Summary (PDF 79K)
Summary (PDF 127K)
Massachusetts School Readiness and Early Education Study (ZIP 126K)
Summary (PDF 71K)
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