July 31-August 2, 2007
This was a joint meeting of the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) State administrators and members of the Child Care Policy Research Consortium (CCPRC), a national alliance of research projects sponsored by the Child Care Bureau and the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation in the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to exchange new ideas and build partnerships across research and practice.
Materials from the conference, available below, include summaries of all plenary and breakout sessions for days 1 and 2, along with PowerPoint presentations and relevant handouts. Materials for Researchers' Day, the third day, include summaries of all presentations and discussions.
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Child Care Decisions: What We Know About How Parents Make Child Care Decisions (PDF 223 KB)
The Role of Vouchers in Supporting Parent Choice in the Child Care Subsidy System (PDF 104 KB)
Making Child Care Subsidy Systems Work: State Strategies to Support Subsidy Access and Retention (PDF 234 KB)
Key Steps Child Care Subsidy Agencies Can Take to Improve Subsidy Access and Retention (PDF 30 KB)
Parental Choice and Provider's Access (PDF 468 KB)
Summary (PDF 44 KB)
Measures of Quality: At the Intersection of Research, Practice, and Policy (PDF 232 KB)
Measures of Quality: At the Intersection of Research, Practice and Policy-Take Away Message (PDF 144 KB)
Predictors and Outcomes of Early Childhood Classroom Quality (PDF 152 KB)
Linking Quality Measures and Outcomes: The Case of Family Child Care (PDF 120 KB)
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Child Care Research Strategies (PDF 72 KB)
EEC Supportive Childcare Expansion (PDF 424 KB)
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What About Quality Matters for Children's School Readiness (PDF 928 KB)
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Balancing Access and Quality in Payment Policies (PDF 76 KB)
Quality-Based Rates: Concepts, Challenges, Opportunities (PDF 92 KB)
Market-Based and Publicly Managed Child Care Assistance: Role of Market Rate Surveys (PDF 226 KB)
Rates in Massachusetts (PDF 121 KB)
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State Initiatives Regarding Inclusion of Children With Special Needs in Child Care (PDF 90 KB)
Quality Rating System Standards About the Inclusion of Children With Special Needs (PDF 79 KB)
Pediatricians in Partnerships Quality Early Care and Education (PDF 899 KB)
Virgin Islands Department of Human Services Office of Child Care and Regulatory Services (PDF 2.04 MB)
The Pyramid Model: Promoting Social Emotional Competence for ALL Young Children (PDF 786 KB)
Supporting Inclusive Placements Through Individualized Services and Rate Setting (PDF 218 KB)
Research Synthesis Points on Early Childhood Inclusion: What Do We Know? (PDF 166 KB)
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Public Assistance Reporting Information System: Paris Is Now for Kids! (PDF 242 KB)
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Early Childhood Educators as E-Learners (PDF 4.2 MB)
Professional Development, Staff Qualifications, and/or Training Quality Criteria in Quality Rating Systems (PDF 236 KB)
Professional Development Systems: A Simplified Framework With State Examples (PDF 558 KB)
Quick Facts: Quality Rating Systems (PDF 1.25 MB)
Summary (PDF 36 KB)
Supporting Family Choices in Home-Based Care: The Kansas Approach (PDF 77 KB)
Supporting Family Choices in Home-Based Care: Approaches for Improving Child Care Quality (PDF 70 KB)
Supporting Family Choices in Home-Based Care: The California Approach (PDF 36 KB)
Care in the Home: Family Child Care Providers and the Families That Use Them (PDF 101 KB)
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Strengthening Vulnerable Families Through Early Care and Education (PDF 43 KB)
The Strengthening Families Initiative (PDF 185 KB)
Strengthening Families Through Early Care and Education in New Hampshire (PDF 93 KB)
State Partnerships for Prevention (SPP) Project-Strengthening Families Arkansas (PDF 139 KB)
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Using Data to Track and Promote Outcomes for Young Children With Disabilities (PDF 422 KB)
Kids Integrated Data System (KIDS): Who, What, and How (PDF 945 KB)
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Meeting Mental Health Needs of Children: SAMI and CCPRC Institute (PDF 1.76 MB)
Meeting Mental Health Needs of Children: Maryland's Early Childhood Mental Health Project (PDF 430 KB)
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The Early Education/Child Care Model (PDF 539 KB)
Modeling Eligibility for CCDF-Funded Subsidies With TRIM3 (PDF 30 KB)
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Parental Choice: A Review of Research (PDF 61 KB)
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Changing Practice Through Professional Development (PDF 1.4 MB)
National Child Care Information Center Resource List (PDF 709 KB)
Elements of a Professional Development System for Early Care and Education: A Simplified Framework (PDF 180 KB)
Early Childhood Professional Development: What We Know and Don't Know (PDF 67 KB)
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Pennsylvania: Early Learning Keys to Quality (PDF 475 KB)
The Tennessee Report Card and Star-Quality Child Care Program (PDF 169 KB)
Step Up To Quality Info Session (PDF 170 KB)
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Access to Child Care for Children With Emotional or Behavioral Challenges: An Essential Element of Family Support (PDF 209 KB)
Great Child Care Includes Everyone (PDF 485 KB)
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Maine After School Network (PDF 17 KB)
Connecticut After School Collaborations (PDF 28 KB)
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