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Child Care and Early Education Policy and Research Analysis and Technical Expertise Project
Zaslow, Martha; Tout, Kathryn; Halle, Tamara; , 2005

The purpose of the competitive task order (TO) awarded to Child Trends is to support the provision of expert consultation, assessment and analysis in child care and early education policy and research to the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE), in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), including activities related to: providing expert advice, assistance and consultation in support of the agency's research priorities and goals; conducting studies to inform policy and practice and the development of new research priorities; identifying and refining measures and instruments to improve the collection of data related to program policies and practices, and to program outcomes for families and children, identifying sources of data and conducting statistical analyses on national and other original data-sets to answer questions of relevance to the Agency on child care utilization, child care supply, and the effects of child care and other early childhood policies on parental and child outcome; and, providing technical assistance and expertise in the preparation of written materials and convening of expert early childhood stakeholders. This task order also covers planning and facilitation of meetings of experts on child care research issues of relevance to the administration for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and other early childhood programs in States, Territories, and Tribes.

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Primary child care arrangements of U.S. infants: Patterns of utilization by poverty status, family structure, maternal work status, maternal work schedule, and child care assistance [Executive summary]
Halle, Tamara; Hair, Elizabeth C.; Nuenning, Mirjam; Weinstein, Debra; Vick, Jessica; Forry, Nicole D.; Kinukawa, Akemi; , May 2009

A summary of an analysis of the child care arrangements of infants in the United States and variations in child care use by demographic characteristics, socioeconomic status, maternal work status and schedule, and child care assistance receipt, based on an analysis of data from the nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort

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Early Childhood Longitudinal Study: Birth Cohort, 2001-2002, 9-Month Data [UNITED STATES]
National Center for Education Statistics; , 2005

The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study is designed to provide decision makers, researchers, child care providers, teachers, and parents with detailed information about children's early life experiences. The birth cohort of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS-B) looks at children's health, development, care, and education during the formative years from birth through first grade.

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Research Connections is supported by grant #90YE0104 from the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents are solely the responsibility of the National Center for Children in Poverty and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, the Administration for Children and Families, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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