Appendix 4: A guide to understanding state child care subsidy programs through analysis of public and non-public use datasets
Zanoni Lopez, Wladimir, August 2009
New York: Child Care & Early Education Research Connections

A guide to using survey data from the Census Bureau and administrative data generated by state child care subsidy and other programs to study child care subsidy take-up rates and the relationship between parental employment and child care subsidy receipt

Other

Child care subsidy use and employment outcomes of TANF mothers during the early years of welfare reform: A three-state study
Lee, Bong Joo, 2004
(Chapin Hall Working Paper). Chicago: University of Chicago, Chapin Hall Center for Children.

An analysis of the child care subsidy take-up rate, type of child care chosen, and relation between child care subsidy use and employment outcomes for single working mothers receiving TANF in Illinois, Maryland and Massachusetts

Reports & Papers

The dynamics of child care subsidy use: A collaborative study of five states [Executive summary]
Meyers, Marcia K., August 2002
New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty.

A summary of findings from a multi-state study of child care subsidy dynamics from July 1997 to June 1999 in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Texas

Executive Summary

Impact of training and education for caregivers of infants and toddlers
Kreader, J. Lee, August 2005
(Research-to-Policy Connections No. 3). New York: Child Care & Early Education Research Connections

A policy examination of approaches to caregiver training and education touted to improve the quality of care for children under age 3 in family care homes and center-based programs, with data collected through examination of a small number of training initiatives targeting infant and toddler caregivers where quality was observed before and after training

Fact Sheets & Briefs

Infant and toddler child care quality
Kreader, J. Lee, August 2005
(Research-to-Policy Connections No. 2). New York: Child Care & Early Education Research Connections

A policy examination of the factors that tend to predict higher quality in child care arrangements- family child care, center-based child care, and relative care- and describes the range of quality found in each type

Fact Sheets & Briefs

National Center for Children in Poverty Child Care Research Partnership: Wave II
Kreader, J. Lee, 1998
Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty

A partnership designed to build on the knowledge, research base, and practical experience of its members, using analyses of state-level data on families receiving child care subsidies, Census data, and other data sources in order to answer questions in four general areas: (1) the nature of low-income child care markets; (2) the effects of welfare and child care policies on child care and children's development; (3) the dynamics and qualities of license-exempt child care; and (4) the relationships between communities’ effective demand for and supply of regulated child care.

Child Care Bureau/OPRE Projects

National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: State and Community Substudy: Final report: Executive summary
United States. Administration for Children and Families, September 2007
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

A summary of a study of ongoing changes in state and community policies for meeting the child care needs of low-income families as a result of welfare reform implementation, including child care subsidy use and expenditures from 1997 to 2001 and child care subsidy policies and their administration from 1999 to 2002, based on administrative records, policy manuals, and key informant interviews from 17 states and 25 communities

Executive Summary

Parent employment and the use of child care subsidies
Schaefer, Stephanie A., April 2006
New York: Child Care & Early Education Research Connections

A review of research studies examining parent employment outcomes associated with the use of child care subsidies

Literature Review

Parent employment and the use of child care subsidies: Table of methods and findings
Schaefer, Stephanie A., 2006
New York: Child Care & Early Education Research Connections

A table summarizing the research questions, groups studied, methods, validity and reliability issues, and findings of studies discussed in an accompanying literature review examining parent employment outcomes associated with the use of child care subsidies

Table Of Findings

Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes
Weber, Roberta B. (Bobbie), May 2007
Corvallis, OR: Oregon Child Care Research Partnership

Findings from a study examining current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, territories, and tribes, including descriptions of challenges faced by jurisdictions in conducting surveys, and methods of providing study data

Reports & Papers

Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes: Alaska [State profile]
Weber, Roberta B. (Bobbie), May 2007
Corvallis, OR: Oregon Child Care Research Partnership

A summary of current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in Alaska

Fact Sheets & Briefs

Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes: Arizona [State profile]
Weber, Roberta B. (Bobbie), May 2007
Corvallis, OR: Oregon Child Care Research Partnership

A summary of current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in Arizona

Fact Sheets & Briefs

Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes: Bishop Paiute Tribe - California [Tribe profile]
Weber, Roberta B. (Bobbie), May 2007
Corvallis, OR: Oregon Child Care Research Partnership

A summary of data related to current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies of the Bishop Paiute Tribe

Fact Sheets & Briefs