Access to child care for low-income working families
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 1999
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

An exploration of the magnitude of the gap between demand for, and actual acquisition of, child care subsidy assistance among low income, subsidy eligible families

Reports & Papers

Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) report to Congress: Submitted January 2003
United States. Child Care Bureau, 2003
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

A report providing various state and federal information regarding the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF)

Reports & Papers

Environment Checklist
United States. Administration for Children and Families, August 2006
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

Instruments

Establishing a research agenda for American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start programs
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Child Outcomes Research and Evaluation, 2004
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

An exploration of research on the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native children enrolled in Head Start programs, and background for culturally appropriate program and policy reevaluation for Head Start in the United States

Other

FACES 2003 research brief: Children's outcomes and program quality in Head Start
United States. Administration for Children and Families, December 2006
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

A summary of key findings related to children’s outcomes and program quality from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) 2003

Fact Sheets & Briefs

Family Child Care Home Observation: Information Sheet, Physical Description of Setting, Roster of Children Enrolled and Present
United States. Administration for Children and Families, August 2006
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

Instruments

A guide to market rate surveys for CCDF Tribal entities
Hardy, Sally, 1999
Retrieved April 30, 2002, from http://www.nccic.org/tribal/market/toc.html (no longer accessible as of June 8, 2009)

A guide to designing and implementing market rate surveys for American Indian and Alaskan Native Child Care and Development Fund grantees

Methods

Health and disabilities services in Early Head Start: Are families getting needed health care services?
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2004
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

A descriptive analysis of data collected for the national Early Head Start Research and Evaluation study on the health status, health insurance coverage, receipt of health services, and differences in health and health care among key subgroups of children and families enrolled in Early Head Start

Reports & Papers

Migrant Head Start: What does it mean to involve parents in program services?
Fuentes, Frank, 1996
Children Today, 24(1), 16-18

A discussion on the benefits to both adults and children of involving migrant parents in Head Start programs

Reports & Papers

National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Care in the home: A description of family child care and the experiences of the families and children that use it: Executive summary
United States. Administration for Children and Families, September 2007
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

A summary of findings from the two-and-a-half-year In-Depth Study of Family Child Care, a component of the National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families, focusing on parents and their employment and child care experience, family child care providers and their homes as child care environments, and children and their experiences in family child care

Executive Summary

National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Care in the home: A description of family child care and the experiences of the families and children who use it: Final report: Volume II: Measures used in the study
United States. Administration for Children and Families, August 2006
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

An exhaustive survey that assesses low-income families’ child care arrangements: includes interviews with parents followed by interviews with family child care providers and school-age children, criteria for family child care home observation and an environment checklist, an environment snapshot, and finally a provider rating system

Other

National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Care in the home: A description of family child care and the experiences of the families and children who use it: Wave 1 report [Executive summary]
United States. Administration for Children and Families, April 2006
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

A summary of findings from the first wave of data collection for the In-Depth Study of Family Child Care, a component of the National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families, focusing on parents and their employment and child care experience, family child care providers and their homes as child care environments, and children and their experiences in family child care

Executive Summary

National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Patterns of child care use among low-income families: 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 families' decisions regarding employment and child care arrangements, examining variations by child's age, mother's race, and other family characteristics, and assessing the impact of child care subsidies and other state policies on families' choices

Executive Summary