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			Access to the Illinois Preschool for All initiative: Insights from five lower-incidence immigrant groups in northern Cook County Adams, Gina, 2012 Washington, DC: Urban Institute. Findings from 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	Reports & Papers
			Child care and early childhood education: More information sharing and program review by HHS could enhance access for families with limited English proficiency United States. Government Accountability Office, 2006 (GAO-06-807). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Accountability Office. A study examining access to, participation in, and efforts to assist with child care for families with limited English proficiency, based on analysis of national data sets, focus groups with parents, state and county site visits, and interviews with officials and experts	Reports & Papers
			The child care and educational planning of African-American and Latina adolescent mothers Perry, Tamara, 1998 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL A study of the influence of cultural factors on the educational expectations and decisions of teenage Latina and African American mothers	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Child care under the Family Support Act: Early lessons from the states Children's Defense Fund (U.S.), 1992 Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund 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	Reports & Papers
			Children enrolled in public pre-K: The relation of family life, neighborhood quality, and socioeconomic resources to early competence Barbarin, Oscar, 2006 American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 76(2), 265-276 An examination of the relations of young children's sociodemographic characteristics, parental well-being, family functioning, and neighborhood quality to their early academic achievements and socioemotional competence	Reports & Papers
			Cultural differences and attitudes towards parental involvement: A case study of preschool parents de Silva, Suneetha S., 2001 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale An investigation of the attitudes toward minority (Native American, Hispanic, Mayan) parents' involvement in their children's early education, specifically looking at the parents' perceptions of their roles and the impact of cultural differences on effective parent involvement	Reports & Papers
			Custodial grandmothers' physical, mental, and economic well-being: Comparisons of primary caregivers from low-income neighborhoods Bachman, Heather J., 2005 Family Relations, 54(4), 475-487 A study of the implications of custodial grandparent care by comparing the material hardship, mental health, and physical well-being of custodial grandmothers and biological mothers using data from Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study	Reports & Papers
			Early impacts of the Teenage Parent Demonstration on child care needs and utilization United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 1990 Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. 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	Reports & Papers
			Early intervention and its effects on maternal and child development Slaughter-Defoe, Diana, 1983 Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 48(4), 1-91 A 2-year study of the social and cultural attitudes and behaviors of lower-income black mothers and its effects on the intellectual development of their children (18-44 months)	Reports & Papers
			An examination of family-school partnership initiatives in rural prekindergarten programs McBride, Brent A., 2002 Early Education and Development, 13(1), 107-127 An exploratory study examining effective family school partnerships and successful strategies for helping families become involved in state-funded rural prekindergarten programs designed for children who are identified as being at risk for future academic failure	Reports & Papers
			Fathers of U.S. children born in 2001: Findings from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) Avenilla, Frank, July 2006 (E.D. Tab, NCES 2006-002). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics. 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	Reports & Papers
			Fulfilling the promise of Preschool for All: Insights into issues affecting access for selected immigrant groups in Chicago Adams, Gina, 2009 Washington, DC: Urban Institute. A study of the barriers and opportunities to accessing Preschool for All, Illinois' universal preschool program, faced by lower-incidence immigrant groups in Chicago, based on two focus groups with Nigerian parents and two focus groups with Pakistani parents	Reports & Papers
			Identity, work, and welfare reform: A qualitative analysis Lewis, Dan A., 2001 (WP-02-01). Evanston, IL: Northwestern University, Institute for Policy Research. An examination of the variations of individual responses to the 1996 welfare reforms, based on a interviews with a sample of 58 welfare recipients in Chicago	Reports & Papers
			Intervening with teachers to encourage father/male involvement in early childhood programs McBride, Brent A., Spring 2001 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 16(1), 77-93 An empirical evaluation of a program designed to facilitate father/male involvement in prekindergarten programs for at-risk children	Reports & Papers
			Latino families and child care preferences in metropolitan Chicago: ''We need more day care centers'' Illinois Facilities Fund, 2003 Chicago: Illinois Facilities Fund. A survey of 117 Spanish-speaking Latina mothers' expectations of out-of-home care for their preschool children in the Chicago metro area	Reports & Papers
			Moving from welfare to work: A snapshot survey of Illinois families Smith, Elizabeth C., 1995 Child Welfare, 74(6), 1091-1106 An analysis of the difficulties facing families leaving the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program	Reports & Papers
			Parental conceptions of school readiness: Relation to ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and children�s skills Barbarin, Oscar, September 2008 Early Education and Development, 19(5), 671-701 A study of the family demographic characteristics and child skills associated with parental conceptions of school readiness, based on interviews with 452 parents of 4-year-olds enrolled public prekindergarten programs	Reports & Papers
			Parental involvement in children's schooling: Different meanings in different cultures Huntsinger, Carol S., Q4 2009 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 24(4), 398-410 A longitudinal comparison of the involvement of Chinese-American and European-American parents in the early education of their young children, with a focus on parent-child communication, parental opinions about curricula and school practices, and learning activities in the home, based on data collected from 40 children of European-American parents and 40 children of second-generation immigrants from Chinese-speaking countries all from middle-class Chicago area neighborhoods	Reports & Papers
			Predictors of paternal involvement for resident and nonresident low-income fathers Coley, Rebekah L., 2006 Developmental Psychology, 42(6), 1041-1056 An evaluation of a conceptual model assessing how child, father, and mother characteristics predict paternal involvement in low-income families	Reports & Papers
			Strengthening Latino parental involvement forming community-based organizations/school partnership Osterling, Jorge P, 2004 NABE Journal of Research and Practice, 2(1), 270-284 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	Reports & Papers
			A study of regulated child care supply in Illinois and Maryland Collins, Ann, 1997 New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty A comparison of the socioeconomic differences between communities in Illinois and Maryland, with an analysis of the relationship between community characteristics and child care supply, demand, and cost	Reports & Papers
			Transitions on the margins of work and family life for low-income African-American Fathers Roy, Kevin M., 2005 Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 26(1), 77-100 An examination of the relationship between patterns of work engagement and transitions in family residence and dynamics of family life among low-income African-American fathers in local Chicago communities	Reports & Papers
			Two worlds of welfare reform in Illinois: Fourth annual report from the Illinois Families Study University Consortium on Welfare Reform, 2004 Evanston, IL: Northwestern University, Institute for Policy Research. A fourth year report of the Illinois Families Study examining the overall effectiveness of welfare reform in Illinois and attempting to determine which are the most effective supports and services	Reports & Papers
			Untapped potential: Partnering with community-based organizations to support participation of lower-incidence immigrant communities in the Illinois Preschool for All initiative Adams, Gina, 2012 Washington, DC: Urban Institute. A study of strategies to support access to Preschool for All, Illinois' universal preschool program, for lower-incidence immigrant groups in the Chicago area, based on interviews and focus groups with organizations serving immigrant communities	Reports & Papers

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