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Child care choices, consumer education, and low-income families A policy paper exploring issues surrounding child care choices, consumer advocacy and low-income families |
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Child care expenses of America's families A study of the child care expenses of working families with children under age 13, with particular attention to low-income families. |
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Child care in rural areas: Top challenges An examination of child care challenges facing child care providers and parents in rural areas, based on survey responses from child care resource and referral agencies in 42 states |
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Child care subsidies, wages, and employment of single mothers An analysis of the effects of the price of child care and the wage rate on employment and child care decisions among single mothers in the early post-welfare reform period, using data from the National Survey of America's Families |
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Child care, subsidy receipt and state of residence: Comparisons by age and parent work schedule A study of the differences in child care arrangements as it relates to costs of care and state of residence among children in families eligible for subsidies |
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Child care under the Family Support Act: Early lessons from the states A study of the Head Start program’s effects on disadvantaged rural students development compared with non-Head Start rural students, based on results from the analysis of variance studies in testing of 144 children in Mississippi enrolled in Head Start I and Head Start II programs, and a non-Head Start control group |
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Child care utilization by disadvantaged teenage mothers A study of employment related child care needs of welfare-dependent teenage mothers |
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Children's achievement at school-entry age as a function of mothers' and fathers' teaching sets A study of parents’ involvement, beliefs, and perceptions of their teaching roles as it relates to children’s achievement by kindergarten |
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The determinants and consequences of child care subsidies for single mothers in the USA A study of the effects of child care subsidies on the employment, school, and welfare participation of single mothers following the passage of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) |
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Early impacts of the Teenage Parent Demonstration on child care needs and utilization A study of the early impact of Teenage Parent Demonstration project studies designed increase the employment and economic self-sufficiency of teenage mothers and to increase the level of child support by absent fathers |
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Encouraging positive parenting in early childhood: Lessons from a community change initiative An evaluation of Children's Futures, an early childhood initiative to improve the health, well-being, and school readiness of infants and toddlers in Trenton, New Jersey, that examines efforts to improve parenting practices through parent-child development center-based programming, based on administrative data, surveys of community residents, and interviews with and observations of center staff |
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Family-school connectedness and children's early social development An examination of the relationship between the qualities of family-school interactions and teacher ratings of child social abilities, and an examination of the moderating influences of family characteristics, based on data collected from 2966 children, their parents, their preschool teachers, and some of their kindergarten teachers |
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Fathers of U.S. children born in 2001: Findings from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) Findings from a survey of biological fathers of sampled children in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B), including data on fathers' demographic characteristics, attitudes about fathering, and involvement in child care |
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Getting and retaining child care assistance: How policy and practice influence parents experiences A study of parents' interaction with the child care subsidy system and how state and local subsidy policies and practices affect parents' experiences. Particular attention is paid to the process of applying for and retaining subsidies. |
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The impact of child care subsidy use on child care quality A study of the relationship between government subsidization and both selection of child care and quality of arrangements, based on data from parents of 456 3-year-olds in 14 cities in the United States |
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Locked doors: States struggling to meet the child care needs of low-income working families A study on the demand for affordable quality childcare in the United States |
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National Household Education Surveys program of 2005: After-school programs and activities: 2005 An examination of data from the After-School Programs and Activities survey on the participation of kindergarteners through eighth graders in after school programs, with discussion of the survey’s design, the different types of after school care, their participation rates, and the expenses surrounding various types of after school care |
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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Patterns of child care use among low-income families: Draft A study of families' decisions regarding employment and child care arrangements, examining variations by child's age, mother's race, and other family characteristics, and assessing the impact of child care subsidies and other state policies on families' choices |
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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Patterns of child care use among low-income families: Final report A study of families' decisions regarding employment and child care arrangements, examining variations by child's age, mother's race, and other family characteristics, and assessing the impact of child care subsidies and other state and local policies on families' choices |
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The number of child care arrangements used by children under five: Variation across states A study of the consistent weekly use of multiple child care arrangements by employed mothers of preschool children, examining variations by state, child age, and family income level, and analyzing combinations of child care types, based on data from the 1997 National Survey of America's Families (NSAF) |
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The real cost of living in 2005: The self-sufficiency standard for New Jersey An account of the origin, calculation, and implementation of the New Jersey Self-Sufficiency Standard, a measure of the income needed for families to adequately meet their basic needs without public or private assistance, with an analysis of the ways that public work supports, public policies, child support, and other available resources can help families move toward self sufficiency |
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State child care profile for children with employed mothers: New Jersey A profile of child care in New Jersey that analyzed the types and number of child care arrangements used by families, the hours children spent in care, and the amount of money families spent on care, as well as variations by the child's age and family income status. |
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Strengthening Latino parental involvement forming community-based organizations/school partnership A discussion of the use of partnerships between schools and Latino community-based organizations to improve the involvement of Latino parents in children’s schooling |
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Student and faculty attitudes toward a program for teenage parents and their children An examination of the teen-parenting intervention program PTTP (Plainfield Teen Parenting Program) and the attitudes of faculty and students in regards to having the program at the facility and if the presence of the program affected teens attitudes toward early childbearing |
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A study of African American fathers' involvement with their preschool children An examination of the influence of Head Start parent initiatives on the involvement of African American fathers with their children, based on data from surveys and focus groups |
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