Making a difference in the lives of infants and toddlers and their families: The impacts of Early Head Start: Executive summary

Author(s): United States. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families;
Date Issued: 2002
Publisher(s): United States. Department of Health and Human Services
Description: A summary of findings from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project, a large-scale, random-assignment evaluation of the impact of Early Head Start programs on the development of infants and toddlers, and the parenting and family development of low-income families in 17 diverse sites across the US. Findings when children were 36 months of age, showed a pattern of positive, modest impacts across a wide range of child, parent-child and parent outcomes.
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Preparer(s): Love, John M.; Kisker, Ellen Eliason; Ross, Christine; Schochet, Peter; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Paulsell, Diane; Boller, Kimberley; Constantine, Jill; Vogel, Cheri; Fuligni, Allison Sidle; Brady-Smith, Christy
Funder(s): United States. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families
Source: Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Retrieved September 26, 2005, from http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/ehs/ehs_resrch/reports/impacts_exesum/impacts_execsum.pdf
Note: The Federal project officers are Rachel Chazan-Cohen, Helen Raikes, and Louisa B. Tarullo. The Federal contractor is Mathematica Policy Research
Topics: Children & Child Development > Child Development & School Readiness

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Programs, Interventions & Curricula > Programs > Early Head Start/Head Start
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