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		Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (3rd ed.) Dunn, Lloyd M., Dunn, Leota M. , 01/01/1997 The third edition of a listening comprehension measure for spoken words in standard English, as well as a screening test of verbal ability for individuals aged 2 years, 5 months through 90 years or older	Instruments
		Child care aid and quality for California families: Focusing on San Francisco and Santa Clara Counties Fuller, Bruce, Kagan, Sharon Lynn, Chang, Yueh-Wen, Suzuki, Sawako , 01/01/2001 A report on subsidy use and quality of child care selected by single mother welfare recipients in San Francisco and Santa Clara Counties, California	Reports & Papers
		Remember the children: Mothers balance work and child care under welfare reform: Growing Up in Poverty Project 2000: Wave 1 findings: California, Connecticut, Florida Fuller, Bruce, Kagan, Sharon Lynn, Caspary, Gretchen, Cohen, Nancy E., Gascue, Laura, Hands, Africa, Mensing, James, McCarthy, Jan, Kreicher, Gege, Carroll, Jude, Cool, Kristen, Sprachman, Susan, Hoerz, Greg, Kolovson, Jordan , 01/01/2000 A study of the employment, child care, and child outcomes of low-income single mothers, and their children, entering new welfare programs in California, Connecticut, and Florida in 1998	Reports & Papers
		How to pay for child care? Local innovations help working families Carroll, Jude , 01/01/2001 An exploration of strategies to increase use of child care subsidies by low-income families	Fact Sheets & Briefs
		How welfare reform affects young children: Experimental findings from Connecticut Loeb, Susanna, Fuller, Bruce, Kagan, Sharon Lynn, Carrol, Bidemi , 01/01/2003 A study of the effects of mothers’ rising employment levels and program participation on young children’s early learning and cognitive growth, comparing participant outcomes in Connecticut’s Jobs First program and a traditional welfare program	Reports & Papers
		Remember the children: Mothers balance work and child care under welfare reform: Growing Up in Poverty Project 2000: Wave 1 findings: California, Connecticut, Florida [Executive summary] Fuller, Bruce, Kagan, Sharon Lynn, Caspary, Gretchen, Cohen, Nancy E., French, Desiree, Gascue, Laura, Hands, Africa, Mensing, James, McCarthy, Jan, Kreicher, Gege, Carroll, Jude, Cool, Kristen, Sprachman, Susan, Hoerz, Greg, Kolovson, Jordan , 01/01/2000 A study of the impact of welfare reform on the upbringing and development job based on detailed information of 948 baseline families spread across three states	Executive Summary
		An unfair Head Start: California families face gaps in preschool and child care availability Fuller, Bruce, Connerty, Casey, Kipnis, Fran, Choong, Yvonne , 01/01/1997	Reports & Papers
		Who selects formal child care? The role of subsidies as low-income mothers negotiate welfare reform Fuller, Bruce, Kagan, Sharon Lynn, McCarthy, Jan, Caspary, Gretchen , 01/01/1999	Reports & Papers
		Assessing child-care quality with a telephone interview Holloway, Susan D., Kagan, Sharon Lynn, Fuller, Bruce, Tsou, Lynna, Carroll, Jude , 01/01/2001 A study examining telephone surveys as a viable alternative to direct observation methods to assess quality in child care sites	Reports & Papers
		Child care quality: Centers and home settings that serve poor families Fuller, Bruce, Kagan, Sharon Lynn, Loeb, Susanna, Chang, Yueh-Wen , 01/01/2004 A multi-site, longitudinal study examining the quality of child care settings chosen by low-income mothers enrolled in welfare-to-work programs	Reports & Papers
		Welfare reform and child care options for low-income families Fuller, Bruce, Kagan, Sharon Lynn, Caspary, Gretchen, Gauthier, Christiane , 01/01/2002 A discussion of child care against the backdrop of welfare reform, such as the role child care plays in promoting low-income children’s development and their life opportunities which in turn supports welfare reform’s ultimate goal of breaking the cycle of intergenerational poverty	Other
		Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (Rev. ed.) Harms, Thelma, Clifford, Richard M., Cryer, Debby , 01/01/1998 A revised version of the original ECERS, designed to assess the quality of environments in preschool, kindergarten, and child care programs for children ages 2.5 to 5 years	Instruments
		Waiting for child care: How do parents adjust to scarce options in Santa Clara county? Connerty, Casey, Levy, Tamsin , 01/01/1998	Reports & Papers
		Child care in poor communities: Early learning effects of type, quality, and stability Loeb, Susanna, Fuller, Bruce, Kagan, Sharon Lynn, Carrol, Bidemi , 01/01/2004 A longitudinal analysis of the effects of child care type, quality, and stability on the social and cognitive development of preschool children of low-income single mothers	Reports & Papers
		Child care selection under welfare reform: How mothers balance work requirements and parenting Mensing, James, French, Desiree, Fuller, Bruce, Kagan, Sharon Lynn , 01/01/2000 An examination of factors affecting the child care decisions of mothers participating in welfare to work programs	Reports & Papers
		New lives for poor families?: Mothers and young children move through welfare reform: The Growing Up in Poverty Project: Wave 2 findings: California, Connecticut, and Florida: Technical report Fuller, Bruce, Kagan, Sharon Lynn, Loeb, Susanna, Carroll, Jude, McCarthy, Jan, Kreicher, Gege, Carrol, Bidemi, Cook, Ginger, Chang, Yueh-Wen, Sprachman, Susan , 01/01/2002 A study of the long-term effects of welfare reform on mothers' employment, children's development, and family well-being among a sample of mothers and preschool-age children who entered new welfare programs in California, Connecticut, and Florida	Reports & Papers
		Child care in poor communities: Early learning effects of type, quality, and stability Loeb, Susanna, Fuller, Bruce, Kagan, Sharon Lynn, Carrol, Bidemi, Carroll, Jude, McCarthy, Jan , 01/01/2003 A study on the influence of child care type, quality, and stability on the social and cognitive development of the preschool children of low-income single mothers	Reports & Papers
		Caregiver Interaction Scale Arnett, Jeffrey , 01/01/1985 A scale for measurement of the quality of caregivers' interactions with children	Instruments
		How is Welfare Reform Influencing Child Care Supply and Parental Choices?: Monitoring Change in California, Connecticut and Florida Boots, Shelley Waters , 01/01/1995 A project carried out as a three-state consortium consisting of the California CCR&R Network, the University of California, Yale University, and the Florida Children's Forum, along with state- and community-level agencies and organizations. The project addresses five basic questions: (1) How is the availability of licensed child care changing as state governments in California and Florida seek to expand supply? (2) What is the impact of these changes on the overall quality of licensed child care? (3) How are welfare families in Connecticut selecting different types of care? (4) How are these decisions related to children's early learning and development? and (5) How do the contextual dynamics of child care supply within the community affect family decisions?	Child Care Bureau/OPRE Projects
		New lives for poor families?: Mothers and young children move through welfare reform: The Growing Up in Poverty Project: Wave 2 findings: California, Connecticut, and Florida: Executive summary Fuller, Bruce, Kagan, Sharon Lynn, Loeb, Susanna, Carroll, Jude, McCarthy, Jan, Kreicher, Gege, Carrol, Bidemi, Cook, Ginger, Chang, Yueh-Wen, Sprachman, Susan , 01/01/2002 A summary of a study of 948 mothers and their preschool-age children who entered new welfare-to-work programs in California, Connecticut, and Florida	Executive Summary
		Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 4-18 Achenbach, Thomas , 01/01/1991 A standardized questionnaire, administered to parents or surrogate parents, designed to gather information on competencies and problem behaviors of children aged 2 to 3 or 4 to 18 years	Instruments