2012 report: Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Supplement to the National Agricultural Worker Survey
Findings on the characteristics of families with children under 6 years old from the National Agricultural Worker Survey (NAWS), a national random sample survey of crop farmworkers, and findings on families' child care experiences from the NAWS Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Supplement, which is administered to NAWS respondents with children under the age of 6
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The child care industry: Supporting jobs and economic development in Minneapolis
An analysis of child care in Minneapolis as a service for working parents and their children and as an integral component of the local economy
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Child care subsidies and employment behavior among very-low-income populations in three states
An estimation of the effect of child care subsidies on single parent welfare recipients’ period of transition to substantial employment
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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 through the eyes of parents, children and child care providers: Significant male figures' perceptions of child care
Findings from a study of child care practices, needs, opinions, and beliefs among significant male figures in a sample of low- and middle-income families in Minnesota, based on interviews with 18 men, including biological fathers, stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, boyfriends, friends of mothers, and other male figures
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Child care use by low-income families in rural areas: A contemporary look at the influence of women's work and partner availability
A descriptive analysis of child care patterns of 323 low-income women living in rural counties, in relation to women's employment status, partner availability, and child age
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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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Employed rural, low-income, single mothers' family and work over time
A study of perceptions of difficulties and challenges of balancing family, child care, and work responsibilities, based on a secondary analysis of interview data with of 28 rural, low-income, continuously employed, and single mothers across 11 states over three waves of data collection between 1999 and 2003, who took part in the longitidunal Rural Families Speak Project
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Head Start-operated full-day services: Successes, challenges, and issues
A descriptive study using focus groups in three full-service Head Start programs to examine how these programs worked, their strengths and challenges, and they were described by low income working parents
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The impact of escalating family stress on the effectiveness of Head Start intervention
A longitudinal study, exploring the impact of family stress on the effectiveness of Head Start intervention programs among 190 single parent, female-headed families with 4-year-old children
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Mothers' views on child care under the JOBS program and implications for welfare reform
An account of a study on mother’s participating in the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Training Program, including program participation’s effects on their children and the factors that are creating substantive benefits for some children, based on two surveys of 357 JOBS participants in local sites in Minneapolis, New York, Oregon, and Texas
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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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The new faces of Head Start: Learning from culturally diverse families
A discussion of reasons for Head Start Programs to support culturally diverse families’ child-rearing beliefs, including social, emotional and cognitive development, based on data collected from two literacy projects: Project FIEL (Family Initiative for English Literacy) for Mexican and Mexican-American families in Texas, and Poj Niam Thiab Meyuam (Mother/Child Shool) for Hmong women and their children in Minnesota
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Stability and change in child care and employment: Evidence from three states
An examination of patterns of child care use and employment stability among welfare recipients in Connecticut, Florida, and Minnesota
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Stability and change in childcare and employment: Evidence from the United States
An examination of patterns of child care use and employment stability among current and former welfare recipients in Connecticut, Florida, and Minnesota
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Still working in Minnesota?: Follow-up study on parents' employment and earnings in the Child Care Assistance Program
A study of the employment patterns and wage growth, from 2001 through 2003, of families in four Minnesota counties who received child care assistance in the first quarter of 2001
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Working in Minnesota: Parents' employment and earnings in the Child Care Assistance Program
An analysis of data on industry employment patterns of parents receiving subsidized child care to increase understanding of the impact of child care subsidies on their labor force participation and on the local economies in which the parents are employed
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