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2010 comprehensive community assessment: Head Start programs: Whom do we serve? A summary of an examination of the characteristics of children and families served by Head Start in Denver, Colorado |
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2010 comprehensive community assessment: Overview of children, families, and language groups: The Denver community context A summary of an examination of the characteristics of children and families in Denver, Colorado |
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2010 comprehensive community assessment: Reaching out to the low income families and children in the neighborhoods: Early Head Start and Head Start eligible populations A summary of an examination of the characteristics of the Head Start-eligible population in Denver, Colorado |
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3rd survey of parents of three and four year old children and their use of early years services: (Summer 1998 to spring 1999) A brief description of findings of a survey of parents of three and four year old British children to determine the rates of participation in preschool programs from the summer of 1998, fall of 1998, and spring of 1999 |
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Afterschool: A key to successful parent engagement A discussion of the role that after school programs can play in supporting parental engagement with their middle school-age children |
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Afterschool programs help working families An issue brief outlining how quality after school programs help working parents balance both work and family life |
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Approaches for promoting early literacy An overview of approaches to early literacy instruction and parental involvement in the literacy initiatives of center-based and home-based child care centers, based on data from 10 case studies on participating programs in the First 5 School Readiness Initiative in California |
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An approach to enhance kindergarten transition A descriptive summary of an approach to enhancing kindergarten transition through a series of activities connecting principals, teachers, parents, children and peers |
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Attitudes towards child support and knowledge of the Child Support Agency, 2004 Highlights from a study exploring public opinions and attitudes towards child support and the Child Support Agency in England |
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Babies and bosses: Balancing work and family life An exploration of challenges that families encounter in their attempts to achieve a work-life balance |
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Babies and bosses: Reconciling work and family life An examination of how tax/benefit policies, child care policy, and employment and workplace practices affect parents trying to balance work and family life in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries |
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Baby boomers and beyond: An untapped resource for volunteers in out-of-school time programs An examination of the possibility of using older adult volunteers in out-of-school time programs in order to save costs and encourage positive adult-child relationships |
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Barriers and opportunities: Helping smaller immigrant communities access the Illinois Preschool for All program: Summary findings from three studies A summary of two studies of the barriers to and opportunities for accessing Preschool for All (PFA), Illinois' universal preschool program, faced by lower-incidence immigrant groups in the Chicago area, based on 9 focus groups with Nigerian, Pakistani, Vietnamese, Polish, and Haitian parents, and on 19 interviews with PFA providers; and a summary of a study of strategies to support access to PFA for lower-incidence immigrant groups in the Chicago area, based on interviews and focus groups with organizations serving immigrant communities |
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Barriers to participation: The experiences of disadvantaged young children, their families and professionals in engaging with early childhood services A summary of a study in disadvantaged communities in New South Wales, Australia, of children's and parents' experiences of participation in early childhood settings and parents' and early childhood workers' perspectives on barriers to accessing early childhood services, based on questionnaires and in-depth interviews with 101 parents, interviews with 60 children, and focus groups with 40 early childhood workers |
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Beyond the head count: Evaluating family involvement in out-of-school time A brief on methods used in the evaluation of family involvement in out-of-school-time programs |
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Breaking down barriers: Immigrant families and early childhood education in New York City A discussion of the barriers to child care and early education services access facing immigrant families in New York City |
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Building, engaging, and supporting family and parental involvement in out-of-school time programs An examination of the importance of family involvement for out-of-school time programs |
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Building relationships between parents and carers in early childhood An overview of aspects of the parent-caregiver relationship where conflicts may arise, with recommendations for practices to reduce these conflicts |
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Caring about employability An outline of the potential effects of quality universal child care services on the employment status of parents and the healthy development of their children |
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Characteristics of an exit cohort of AFDC recipients that affect use of child care subsidies A report on characteristics of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) leavers in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, that predict child care subsidy use |
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Child Care and Development Block Grant participation in 2005 An overview of the characteristics of children and families who received child care assistance through the Child Care and Development Block Grant in 2005 |
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Child Care and Development Block Grant participation in 2006 An overview of the characteristics of children and families who received child care assistance through the Child Care and Development Block Grant in 2006 |
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Child Care and Development Fund: Undercover tests show five state programs that are vulnerable to fraud and abuse Highlights of findings from an undercover investigation of the vulnerabilities of states' fraud prevention controls for child care assistance eligibility and billing in 5 states, and an inquiry into the influence of a lack of child care on the ability of parents to maintain employment |
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Childcare and early years provision: A study of parents’ use, views and experiences Highlights from a study on parents’ utilization and experiences early childhood education and care services, based on data from almost 8,000 parents randomly selected from the Child Benefit records in England |
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Childcare and early years survey 2007: Parents' use, views and experiences A summary of a survey of the child care arrangements, child care costs, barriers to access, and feelings about child care of parents of preschool- and school-aged children in the United Kingdom in 2007 |
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