2012 report: Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Supplement to the National Agricultural Worker Survey
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, March, 2012
(OPRE Report No. 2012-13). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
Findings on the characteristics of families with children under 6 years old from the National Agricultural Worker Survey (NAWS), a national random sample survey of crop farmworkers, and findings on families' child care experiences from the NAWS Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Supplement, which is administered to NAWS respondents with children under the age of 6
Reports & Papers
A compilation of initiatives to support home-based child care
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, March 31, 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A compilation of profiles of 96 initiatives that target and support home-based child care
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State survey analysis report
United States. Child Care Bureau, 07 February, 2007
Washington, DC: U.S. Child Care Bureau.
A study of states' policies and procedures used to identify, measure, and reduce improper payments in the administration of the Child Care and Development Fund
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State assessment of internal controls: Final report
United States. Child Care Bureau, May, 2007
Washington, DC: U.S. Child Care Bureau.
A description of the development and pilot of the State Internal Control Self-Assessment Instrument, an instrument for assessing states' internal controls for preventing improper payments in their administration of the Child Care and Development Fund
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Effects of reducing child care subsidy copayments in Washington State: Final report
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, June 2010
(OPRE 2011-2). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A study of the impact on subsidy duration, employment, and income of reduced child care subsidy copayments, based on 5,106 Washington State child care subsidy applicants randomly assigned to standard or reduced copayment schedules
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Strategies for promoting prevention and improving oral health care delivery in Head Start: Findings from the Oral Health Initiative evaluation: Vol I. Final technical report
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, October 01, 2008
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
Final findings from a two-year implementation evaluation of the Head Start Oral Health Initiative, which provided grants to Head Start programs to design and implement oral health promotion strategies, based on interviews with program directors, a web-based record-keeping system for grantees, and site visits
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Oral health promotion, prevention, & treatment strategies for Head Start families: Early findings from the Oral Health Initiative evaluation: Vol. II. Site profiles
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, September 05, 2007
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
Interim findings from a two-year implementation evaluation of the Head Start Oral Health Initiative, which provided grants to Head Start programs to design and implement oral health promotion strategies, based on 1) interviews with program directors, 2) a web-based record-keeping system for grantees, and 3) site visits. This volume is based on data from the first source
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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)
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Making a difference in the lives of infants and toddlers and their families: The impacts of Early Head Start: Vol. I. Final technical report
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2002
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
A report of the findings from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project, a
large-scale, random-assignment evaluation of the impact of Early Head Start programs on the development of infants and toddlers, and the parenting and family development of low-income
families across the US
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'You have to choose your childcare to fit your work': Childcare decision-making among low-income working families
Sandstrom, Heather, September, 2012
Journal of Children & Poverty, 18(2), 89-119
Findings from a three-year study of child care preferences among low income working families and the factors that can influence their child care decisions, including parental employment contexts, early care and education supply, and related program policies, based on data from 86 families in Providence, Rhode Island, and White Center/Seattle, Washington
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From a parent's point of view: Measuring the quality of child care
Emlen, Arthur, 1999
Portland, OR: Portland State University, Regional Research Institute for Human Services.
A study of parent?s views on the quality of child care, examining measurement tools for parent assessment of the quality of their child care, family social and economic factors that may account for parent?s views of child care, and the influence of parent data, interests, and voices on quality of care policies
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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
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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
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Map to Inclusive Child Care: Outcomes for year two
University of Connecticut. Health Center. Division of Child and Family Studies,
Farmington, CT: University of Connecticut, Health Center, Division of Child and Family Studies.
A presentation of outcomes of the second year of the Map to Inclusive Child Care, an initiative to promote inclusive early childhood education and care in 10 states, including information on educator training, parent awareness, and legislation and policy
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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
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The importance of child care in economic development: A comparative analysis of regional economic linkage
Warner, Mildred, 2006
Economic Development Quarterly, 20(1), 97-103
An analysis of the regional economic impact of the child care sector, as compared to the agriculture, manufacturing, and services sectors, using state-level input-output models
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Child care subsidies for TANF families: The nexus of systems and policies
Adams, Gina, 2006
Washington, DC: Urban Institute.
First of a three-part study of the interaction between state and local welfare-to-work programs and child care assistance programs, focusing on administrative structures, protocols and interagency coordination as they affect TANF parents
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Child care subsidies and leaving welfare: Policy issues and strategies
Adams, Gina, 2006
Washington, DC: Urban Institute.
The second part of a three-part study of the interaction between state and local welfare-to-work programs and child care assistance programs, focusing on child care subsidy use by parents in transition from TANF to employment
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