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Action plan to improve access to child care assistance for low-income families in the South: An analysis of legal issues
Greenberg, Mark H., 2001
Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families.

An exploration of the legal issues encountered in the Action Plan set forth by the Southern Regional Task Force on Families to increase assistance with child care for low-income families in the Southern United States

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America's child care crisis: A crime prevention tragedy
Newman, Sanford, January, 2000
Washington, DC: Fight Crime: Invest in Kids.

A review and analysis of research findings on the relationship between child care and reduced crime rates, with an emphasis on program quality and the need for public investment

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Assessing the feasibility of family loans for early care and education: Technical report
Davis, Jerry S., 2001
Indianapolis, IN: Lumina Foundation for Education.

An inquiry into the feasibility of adapting higher education loan programs for use by families to fund early childhood education and care

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The bottom line: Setting the real standard for Bay Area working families
United Way of the Bay Area (San Francisco, Calif.), 2004
San Francisco: United Way of the Bay Area.

A study of the amount of money required to meet the cost of living in the San Fransisco Bay Area, which takes into account basic essentials, such as food and transportation, as well as child care and health care

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Building a comprehensive early childhood system in Delaware: Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems (ECCS) Grant needs assessment
Delaware. Division of Public Health. Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Initiative, 2005
Dover, DE: Delaware Division of Public Health, Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Initiative.

An evaluation of the current strengths and needs of Delaware's early childhood system, based in part on surveys of family experiences with early childhood services

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Child care after welfare reform
Besharov, Douglas J., 2001
In R. Blank and R. Haskins, (Eds.), The new world of welfare (pp. 461-481). Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press

An investigation into the rates of access to child care funding among former welfare recipients

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Correction: Price and quality in child care choice: A revision
Chaplin, Duncan, 1996
Journal of Human Resources, 31(3), 703-706

A revised version of the original 1992 study examining the effects of child care price and quality on parents' choice of type of child care.

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Costs of early childhood care and education programs
Levin, Henry M., 2006
Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.

A presentation of factors that determine costs of early childhood care and education (ECCE) programs generally, data on ECCE costs of various countries, and an outline of a method for comprehensive and consistent measurement of program costs

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The demand for and supply of child care in the 1990s
Hofferth, Sandra L., 1992
In A. Booth (Ed.), Child care in the 1990s: Trends and consequences (pp. 3-25). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

An analysis of federal child care policy in the United States

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The financing of child care: Current and emerging trends
Stoney, Louise, 1996
The Future of Children, 6(2), 83-102

An analysis of the principal sources of funding for child care, examining the effects of welfare reform on federal funding of child care.

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The food stamp dependent care deduction: Help for families with child care costs
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, D.C.), March 2010
Washington, DC: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

An inquiry into the use of the dependent care deduction by Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) participants in the determination of food stamp eligibility and benefits

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Grandmothers raising grandchildren: Family well-being and economic assistance
Park, Hwa-Ok, 2005
Focus, 24(1), 19-27

A study of the economic well-being of families headed by grandmothers, including their sources and level of family income- for instance the role of targeted income transfers targeted to reduce poverty for low income families- and the correlation between the type of grandmother-headed family and the likelihood of receiving income support

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The high cost of child care puts quality care out of reach for many families
Schulman, Karen, 2000
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund.

An issue brief on the high cost of quality child care for families across the United States

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The importance of child care services to women's decision making
Connelly, Rachel, 1991
In D. Blau (Ed.), The economics of child care (pp. 87-117). New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

A study on the influence of child care costs on maternal employment and child care decisions, using data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), 1984-1985

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The parent trap: Illustrating the growing cost of childcare
Mulheirn, Ian, November, 2011
London: Social Market Foundation.

An examination of trends and projections in public funding for child care and families' child care expenses in the United Kingdom from 2006-2007 through 2015-2016

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Quality, cost, and parental choice of child care
Kisker, Ellen Eliason, 1991
In D.M. Blau (Ed.), The economics of child care (pp. 127-143). New York: Russell Sage Foundation

A discussion of parental choice in child care arrangements regarding the relationship between child care quality and child care cost to aid in the design of better public policy options aimed at improving access to and the utilization of high quality child care

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What does it cost to mind our preschoolers?
Casper, Lynne, 1995
(Current Population Reports, Household Economic Studies P70-52). Washington, DC: U.S. Bureau of the Census.

A compilation of statistics regarding the costs of child care arrangements to families of varied structures and characteristics, based on information from the 1993 U.S. Census

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