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The after-school needs and resources of a low-income urban community: Surveying youth and parents for community change
Sanderson, Rebecca Cornelli, June 2010
American Journal of Community Psychology, 45(3-4), 430-440

An assessment of after school programming needs, preferences, and barriers to both participation and enrollment, based on a survey of 416 pre- and young adolescents and 225 parents in a low-income urban community in a Midwestern city

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Child Care and Development Fund: Undercover tests show five state programs that are vulnerable to fraud and abuse
United States. Government Accountability Office, September 2010
(GAO-10-1062). Washington, DC: United States, Government Accountability Office.

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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Child care in rural areas: Top challenges
Smith, Linda K., 09 July, 2010
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.

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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The effect of child care subsidies for moderate-income families in Cook County, Illinois: Final report
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, September 2010
(OPRE 2011-3). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

A study of the impact on employment, earnings, and child care outcomes of expanding child care subsidy eligibility to moderate-income families and of extending the subsidy eligibility redetermination period from six months to a year, based on 1,884 Cook County, Illinois, child care subsidy applicants with incomes exceeding the state's eligibility limit who were randomly assigned to standard or expanded eligibility and, if assigned to expanded eligibility, to standard or extended redetermination

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In the eye of the beholder: Perspectives on quality in early childhood education and care
Kim, Kyoung Jin, 2010
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A study of teachers' and parents' perceptions of characteristics of good preschool programs and a comparison across auspice, based on a survey of 411 parents and teachers of children ages 3 through 5 at funded programs for students at-risk, Head Starts, private preschools, university-lab schools, and non-profits in central Illinois

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What counts in the development of young children's number knowledge?
Levine, Susan Cohen, September 2010
Developmental Psychology, 46(5), 1309-1319

A study of the relationship between the number talk infants and toddlers hear from their primary caregiver in the home environment and their understanding of the numeric meanings of number words at preschool age, based on video transcripts of home observations of 44 parent-infant dyads as well as tests administered to parents and children

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