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
Reports & Papers
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
Reports & Papers
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
Reports & Papers
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
Reports & Papers
Practices for promoting young children's learning in QRIS standards
Smith, Sheila, September, 2012
New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty.
An analysis of child care quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) standards in 23 states to identify practices for supporting children's early learning in eight areas, based on coding of state QRIS standards and early learning guidelines
Reports & Papers