Building futures: The Head Start Impact Study: Interim report
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2003
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A report describing the purpose and progress of the Head Start Impact Study
Reports & Papers
Building futures: The Head Start Impact Study: Interim report [Executive summary]
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2003
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A summary of the Head Start Impact Study progress report, a longitudinal study evaluating the impact of the Head Start intervention on children's developmental outcomes from the time of their enrollment in Head Start until their first grade year
Executive Summary
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
Blending early care and education funds: Issues, opportunities, and strategies
Kiron, Ellen, 2003
(Research Brief Vol. 1 No. 2). Newton, MA: Education Development Center, Center for Children and Families.
A qualitative study on the motivations, mechanisms, and strategies of the financial partnerships being developed between early education providers
Fact Sheets & Briefs
State strategies to support early care and education partnerships
Schilder, Diane, 2003
(Research Brief Vol. 1 No. 3). Newton, MA: Education Development Center, Center for Children and Families.
A summary of the actions states take to support early care and education partnerships.
Fact Sheets & Briefs
What can research contribute to child care consumer rating systems?
Adams, Diane B., 2003
(Brief and to the Point Issue Brief No. 13). Madison: University of Wisconsin--Extension.
An analysis of the information needed to create a statewide child care consumer rating system that could help parents choose quality child care
Fact Sheets & Briefs
What characteristics contribute to quality in family child care
Roach, Mary A., 2003
(Brief and to the Point Issue Brief No. 11). Madison: University of Wisconsin--Extension.
A description of factors that contribute to family child care quality
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Child care subsidy: Impact on providers and communities
Adams, Diane B., 2003
(Brief & to the Point Issue Brief No. 12). Madison: University of Wisconsin--Extension.
An issue brief on child care subsidy policy in Wisconsin Child care provider prices are compared with county reimbursement rates, and the effectiveness of the differential reimbursement policy as well as the impact of the new rate structure are evaluated
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Determinants of state child care utilization patterns for estimating the size of the child care workforce at the state level: Year 2 full report
Maher, Erin J., 2003
Washington, DC: Center for the Child Care Workforce.
A presentation of a method to calculate the size of a state's child care workforce based on its child care demand
Reports & Papers
Child care price dynamics in California
Marrufo, Grecia, 2003
San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California.
A summary of a report relating trends in the price of licensed child care to trends in child care supply and child care subsidy use from 1991 to 2000 in California
Reports & Papers
Trends over time: Wisconsin's child care workforce
Adams, Diane B., 2003
A report summarizing the data on the education, compensation and turnover of the child care workforce in Wisconsin between 1980 and 2001
Reports & Papers
An evaluation of the quality initiatives program final report to the Office of Child Care
Wisconsin. Department of Workforce Development, 2003
Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin--Extension.
An evaluation of a state program aimed at improving the education, training and compensation of child care providers and increasing accreditation rates of child care facilities
Reports & Papers
Alternative policy options for child care subsidy programs
Edie, David, 2003
(Public Policy Options for Early Care and Education Report No. 1). Madison: University of Wisconsin--Extension.
A description of Wisconsin's child care subsidy policies and an outline of the potential consequences of four options for funding-related policy change
Reports & Papers
Improving child care quality
Edie, David, 2003
(Public Policy Series on Alternative Policy Options Report No. 2). Madison: University of Wisconsin--Extension.
A study of improving child care quality policy and initiatives in Wisconsin
Reports & Papers
Family child care
Edie, David, 2003
(Public Policy Series on Alternative Policy Options Report No. 3). Madison: University of Wisconsin--Extension.
A report on the policy and practice of family child care in Wisconsin and alternative policy options
Reports & Papers
Impacts of eligibility expansions and provider reimbursement rate increases on child care subsidy take-up rates, welfare use and work
Witte, Ann D., 2003
(NBER Working Paper Series No. 9693). Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.
An assessment of the influence of expanded child care subsidy eligibility and increased provider reimbursement rates on demand for care, cash assistance receipt, and employment among current and former welfare recipients in Rhode Island
Reports & Papers
Counting the child care workforce: A catalog of state data sources to quantify and describe child caregivers in the fifty states and the District of Columbia
Breunig, Gretchen Stahr, 2003
Seattle: University of Washington, Human Services Policy Center.
A report on data sources suitable for use in calculating the size of the child care workforce for individual states
Reports & Papers
Proceedings from the Early Childhood Research Roundtable
Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut, 2003
Farmington, CT: Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut.
A summary of key ideas from a Connecticut conference on developing early childhood policy research partnerships between the research community and state agencies, with an emphasis on data quality and availability
Other
Alternative policy options for child care subsidy programs [Executive summary]
Edie, David, 2003
(Public Policy Options for Early Care and Education Executive Summary No. 1). Madison: University of Wisconsin--Extension.
The executive summary of a report on Wisconsin's child care subsidy program and possible policy alternatives
Executive Summary
Improving child care quality [Executive summary]
Edie, David, 2003
Madison: University of Wisconsin--Extension.
A summary of a study of improving child care quality policy and initiatives in Wisconsin
Executive Summary
Family child care [Executive summary]
Edie, David, 2003
Madison: University of Wisconsin--Extension.
A summary of a study on family child care in Wisconsin
Executive Summary
Child care price dynamics in California [Executive summary]
Marrufo, Grecia, 2003
San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California.
A report relating trends in the price of licensed child care to trends in child care supply and child care subsidy use from 1991 to 2000 in California
Executive Summary
Early care and education partnerships: State actions and local lessons
Schilder, Diane, 2003
Newton, MA: Education Development Center, Center for Children and Families.
An inquiry into the nature and durability of partnerships between early childhood education and care providers and community organizations that support parents’ child care needs
Reports & Papers
Early care and education partnerships: State actions and local lessons
Schilder, Diane, 2003
(Research Brief Vol. 1 No. 1). Newton, MA: Education Development Center, Center for Children and Families.
A summary of findings from the qualitative analysis of state and local early care and education partnerships.
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Early care and education partnerships: State actions and local lessons [Executive Summary]
Schilder, Diane, 2003
Newton, MA: Education Development Center, Center for Children and Families.
Results from a study on local and state-level funding partnerships for child care and education, and level of engagement in funding partnerships, state-by-state in the United States
Executive Summary