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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

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Assessing Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) investments in child care quality
Porter, Toni, 2002
New York: Bank Street College of Education, Institute for a Child Care Continuum. (No longer accessible as of August 16, 2012)

A catalog, directory, and report on the evaluations of 104 local and state child care quality improvement initiatives funded through the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF)

Reports & Papers


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

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Coaching and quality assistance in quality rating improvement systems: Approaches used by TA providers to improve quality in early care and education programs and home-based settings
Smith, Sheila, January, 2012
New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty.

A study of the features of on-site technical assistance and coaching provided by state child care quality rating and improvement system technical assistance providers, based on interviews with 34 technical assistance providers in 17 states

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

A study of characteristics of child care subsidy use in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Texas from July 1997 to June 1999, including examinations of services received, continuity, duration, and stability, based on administrative data collected from state subsidy payment systems

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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

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Effective evaluation of quality rating and improvement systems for early care and education and school-age care
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, June, 2011
(Research-to-Policy, Research-to-Practice Brief OPRE 2011-11a). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

An overview of methodological design options for quality rating and improvement systems used to evaluate and improve the quality of early childhood education and school-aged care (ECE-SAC) systems

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Employment outcomes for low-income families receiving child care subsidies in Illinois, Maryland, and Texas
Goerge, Robert, August 18, 2009
Chicago: University of Chicago. Chapin Hall Center for Children

A study of the relationship between child care subsidy use and employment outcomes, and an identification of factors associated with child care subsidy use among eligible low income families, based on analysis of administrative and census data collected in Illinois, Maryland, and Texas

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Features of professional development and on-site assistance in child care quality rating improvement systems: A survey of state-wide systems
Smith, Sheila, October 2010
New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty.

A study of the professional development and on-site assistance available to center- and home-based child care providers who participate in state quality rating and improvement systems, based on interviews with key informants in 17 states

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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

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Infant and toddler child care arrangements
Kreader, J. Lee, August 2005
(Research-to-Policy Connections No. 1). New York: Child Care & Early Education Research Connections

An examination of employed parents’ child care arrangements for their infants and toddlers while working, at school, or otherwise unavailable to provide parental child care, and secondarily what factors influence the types of child care arrangements for children in the United States under the age of 3

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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

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Introduction to child care subsidy research
Kreader, J. Lee, October 2005
New York: Child Care & Early Education Research Connections

An overview of research on subsidized child care since 1996

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Linking home-based child care and state-funded preschool: The Community Connections preschool program (Illinois Action for Children): Evaluation phase 1: Implementation study
Forry, Nicole D., April, 2011
Chicago: Illinois Action for Children.

An implementation evaluation of Community Connections, an Illinois program in which children in home-based child care attend state-funded prekindergarten sessions and home-based providers receive educational materials and support as well as additional time to focus on the needs of infants and toddlers in their care

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National Center for Children in Poverty Child Care Research Partnership: Wave II
Kreader, J. Lee, 1997
Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty

A child care research partnership led by the National Center for Children in Poverty and consisting of 11 partners, including state-level partners in Illinois, Maryland and New Jersey, city-level partners from New York City, the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC), and Rutgers University. The partnership builds on the knowledge, research base, and practical experience of its many partners 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.

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

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

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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

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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: State and Community Substudy: Interim report
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2000
Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates.

A report on the local use of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) subsidies in 17 states and 25 counties, including discussions of local interpretations of legislation, studies of markets for subsidized care, and overviews of efforts to improve the supply and quality of child care

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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

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Parent employment and the use of child care subsidies [Research brief]
Lawrence, Sharmila, June 2006
New York: Child Care & Early Education Research Connections

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

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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

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Patterns and growth of child care voucher use by families connected to cash assistance in Illinois and Maryland
Piecyk, Jessica Brickman, May, 1999
(Child Care Research Partnership Report No. 2). New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty.

A study on the dynamics of child care voucher use by current and former cash assistance recipients between January 1997 and January 1998 in Illinois and Maryland

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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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Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes: Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas - Texas [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 Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas

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Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes: Alabama [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 Alabama

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