Center-based child care in the pioneer Smart Start partnerships of North Carolina

Description:

An exploration of North Carolina?s Smart Start program, a partnership between state government and local leaders, service providers, and families, concerned with improving the quality of the state?s center-based child care institutions

Resource Type:

Reports & Papers

Author(s):

Maxwell Kelly; Bryant Donna M.; Peisner-Feinberg Ellen S.; Buysse Virginia

Publisher(s):

Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center

Country:

United States

State(s)/Territories/Tribal Nation(s):

North Carolina

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Reports & Papers

Child Care and Early Education Research Connections

Center-based child care in the pioneer Smart Start partnerships of North Carolina

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