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State investments in family support: Appendix D
Center for the Future of Children, Winter 1995
The Future of Children, 5(3), 218-221
A concise description of components of State family support services, with detailed references to family support initiatives of Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, and Missouri
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Children and welfare reform: Issues and ideas: A guide for policymakers and journalists
Center for the Future of Children, 2002
Los Altos, CA: David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
A summarization of the difficulties facing low income families in respect to education of parents and children, wages, child care availability and quality, and the availability of state and federal financial assistance
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Child care under the Family Support Act: Early lessons from the states
Children's Defense Fund (U.S.), 1992
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund
A study of the Head Start program’s effects on disadvantaged rural students development compared with non-Head Start rural students, based on results from the analysis of variance studies in testing of 144 children in Mississippi enrolled in Head Start I and Head Start II programs, and a non-Head Start control group
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Reports & Papers
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Kith and kin: Informal child care: Highlights from recent research
Brown-Lyons, Melanie, May 2001
New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty.
An overview of research on kith and kin child care, including: the proportion of children using informal child care, characteristics of families, reasons for families’ use of informal child care, costs of care, quality, provider characteristics and experiences, and child and parent experiences
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Child care under the Family Support Act: Early lessons from the states [Executive summary]
Children's Defense Fund (U.S.), 1992
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund
A summary of a study into the risks and inadequacies that welfare and Family Support Act social policies pose on child care arrangements and access
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Executive Summary
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Early childhood education: Building a strong foundation for the future
American Federation of Teachers, 2002
(Educational Issues Policy Brief No. 15). Washington, DC: American Federation of Teachers.
A comparison of universal, high quality early childhood education programs in the United States and other industrialized nations
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Fact Sheets & Briefs
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Cost-benefit of early childhood interventions
Rhode Island Kids Count (Organization), 1998
(Issue Brief No. 5). Providence: Rhode Island Kids Count.
A review of research on the long-term economic and societal benefits of quality early child care programs and interventions
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Fact Sheets & Briefs
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Child care as a relational context for early development research in neurobiology and emerging roles for social work
Shapiro, Janet, 2002
Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 19(2), 97-114
An examination of center based child care as an important relational and developmental context for infants and young children of economically vulnerable families
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Home visiting options within Head Start: Current practice and future decisions
Roberts, Richard N., 1994
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 9(3-4), 311-325
A discussion on the feasibility of the possible integration of the Home Start home visiting program with similar home visiting programs
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States' child care certificate systems: An early assessment of vulnerabilities and barriers
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General. Office of Evaluation and Inspections, 1998
(OEI-05-97-00320). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General.
A study identifying vulnerabilities and barriers to the successful implementation of states’ child care certificate systems under the Child Care and Development Fund, which is administered under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act, based on interviews with child care administrators in all fifty states and the District of Columbia and from a more intensive review of six states
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The economics of child care
Council of Economic Advisers (U.S.), 1997
Washington, DC: U.S. Council of Economic Advisers.
A study of the economic rationales for government intervention in the child care market, focusing on external benefits, information problems, and redistribution as motivational factors for government intervention
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Family policy and academic achievement
Armor, David J., 2003
In One percent for the kids: New policies, brighter futures for America's children (pp. 93-112). Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.
An endorsement of a national campaign that would improve low income children's academic achievement by enriching their home environment and reducing family risk factors
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Family support: A Key Topic Resource List
Child Care & Early Education Research Connections, April 2007
New York: Child Care & Early Education Research Connections
A compilation of selected Research Connections resources focused on family support, including a summary of issues addressed in the literature and a listing of resources in the areas of: overview of family support; child care, early education, and family support; and evaluation of family support programs
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Bibliographies
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Child indicators: School readiness
Lewit, Eugene M., 1995
The Future of Children, 5(2), 128-139
A discussion defining school readiness according to scholars, parents and teachers, and a proposal of indicators and benchmarks to be used to assess and measure school readiness
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Linking child care and support services with the school: Pilot evaluation of the School of the 21st Century
Finn-Stevenson, Matia, 1998
Children and Youth Services Review, 20(3), 177-205
Results from two pilot studies on the social and academic effects on families of Schools of the 21st Century, comprehensive school-based programs with social support for families and children birth to age 12
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Healthy Children Ready to Learn: An essential collaboration between health and education
Novello, Antonia C., January 1992
Public Health Reports, 107(1), 3-15
A summary of problems that affect the health of young children and preventive measures that can be taken ensure that children are sufficiently healthy to enter school, particularly within the context of the Healthy Children Ready to Learn initiative
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National impact evaluation of the Comprehensive Child Development Program: Final report
United States. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, 1997
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families.
The final report from the National Impact Evaluation of the Comprehensive Child Development Program (CCDP), which discusses the theoretical aims of the project, as well as the results of the project evaluation
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SREB states lead the way: Getting children ready for the first grade
Southern Regional Education Board, March 2000
(Educational Benchmarks 2000 Series). Atlanta, GA: Southern Regional Education Board.
A report on the school readiness goals of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Commission for Educational Quality in the areas of the availability and use of programs and the assessment of children entering 1st grade
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National impact evaluation of the Comprehensive Child Development Program: Executive summary
United States. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, 1997
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families.
The executive summary of the final report from the National Impact Evaluation of the Comprehensive Child Development Program (CCDP) which discusses the theoretical aims of the project as well as the results of the project evaluation.
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Executive Summary
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The effectiveness of comprehensive case management interventions: Findings from the national evaluation of the Comprehensive Child Development Program
St. Pierre, Robert G., 1997
Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates.
An evaluation of case management interventions, using as the case study the Comprehensive Child Development Program (CCDP)
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Why we must improve teacher-child conversations in preschools and the promise of professional development
Dickinson, David K., October 18, 2002
In L. Girolametto & E. Weitzman (Eds.), Enhancing caregiver language facilitation in child care settings: Proceedings from the Symposium (pp. 4.1-4.8). Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Hanen Centre.
An discussion of important classroom characteristics for helping improve young children's emergent literacy skills and language development
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State-funded prekindergarten programs
Kaplan, Jan, 1998
Welfare Information Network Issue Notes, 2(9).
A discussion of the need for states’ funding and legislative support for prekindergarten programs, using evidence from currently implemented state-funded prekindergarten programs
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Fact Sheets & Briefs
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Social and academic effects of varying types of early schooling experiences
Jones, Ithel, 1998
Early Child Development and Care, 146(1), 1-11
A study on the impact of prekindergarten on the academic achievement and social adjustment of children in four urban schools
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Early childhood initiatives in the States: Translating research into policy
Groginsky, Scott, 1998
State Legislative Report, 23(14).
An examination of several state legislative child care policies and initiatives either enacted, pending, or defeated in response to recent brain development findings, particularly the discovery that babies’ brains develop more rapidly and earlier than was before thought
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Creating dedicated local revenue sources for out-of-school time initiatives
Langford, Barbara, 1999
Strategy Brief, 1(1).
An informational brief discussing the advantages and disadvantages of financing strategies used to create dedicated revenue sources for after school programs; the strategies include: special taxing districts, special tax levies; guaranteed expenditure minimums; children's trust funds; fees and narrowly-based taxes, and income tax check-offs
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Fact Sheets & Briefs
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