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Access to the Illinois Preschool for All initiative: Insights from five lower-incidence immigrant groups in northern Cook County [Executive summary] A summary of 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 |
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Addressing the needs of Latino children: A national survey of state administrators of early childhood programs [Executive summary] A summary of a report on strategies to address the needs of Latino children in early childhood education programs |
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Child Care and Development Fund: Report of state plans FY 2004-2005 [Executive summary] A discussion of the Child Care and Development Fund, which provides $4.8 billion in block grants throughout the U.S. to subsidize child care costs for low-income families, describing, for instance, the fund’s administration, its service coordination and planning component, the certificates, grants, and contracts used in the fund’s operation, and other aspects of the program |
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Child care and early childhood education: More information sharing and program review by HHS could enhance access for families with limited English proficiency [Highlights] Highlights of 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 |
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Child care for working poor families: Child development and parent employment outcome [Executive Summary] The summary of a research report on the types and quality of child care used by low income working families in four Indiana cities and their relation to child development and parent employment outcomes |
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Child care subsidies and leaving welfare: Policy issues and strategies [Executive Summary] Summary of the second part of a three-part study of the interaction between state and local welfare-to-work programs and child care assistance programs, focusing on child care subsidy use by parents in transition from TANF to employment |
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Child care under the Family Support Act: Early lessons from the states [Executive summary] A summary of a study into the risks and inadequacies that welfare and Family Support Act social policies pose on child care arrangements and access |
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Determinants of household participation in Florida's Voluntary Prekindergarten program [Executive summary] A summary of a study of the relationship of child and family characteristics, including program awareness, to participation in Florida's publicly funded Voluntary Prekindergarten program, based on a survey of 1,305 randomly selected parents or legal guardians with children aged 4 and 5 |
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Does child care assistance matter?: The effects of welfare and employment programs on child care use: Executive summary A summary of an inquiry into the effects of child care assistance offered through welfare programs on the child care decisions made by parents, based on data gathered from low-income parents participating in 21 employment programs |
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Employment and earnings of child-care subsidy recipients in Harris County, Texas [Executive summary] A summary of an identification of the economic, personal, and policy variables influencing employment and earnings among recipients of subsidized child care in Harris County, Texas, during a period of welfare reform |
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The evaluation of welfare reform in Iowa: Final impact report [Executive summary] A summary of an evaluation of changes in welfare reform policies encouraging employment-oriented participation in Iowa |
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An examination of the child care choices of low-income families receiving child care subsidies: Executive summary A summary of findings from a study of the impact of household characteristics, the number of children in the household receiving subsidies, and policy and administrative changes to the child care subsidy program on the child care choices of subsidized families in Rhode Island. |
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An examination of the duration of child care subsidies in Rhode Island: Impacts of policy changes and cross state comparisons [Executive summary] A summary of an examination of child care subsidies in Rhode Island over a seven year period; the study tracked cycling patterns of the subsidies usage, the correlation between administration of the subsidy program and the exiting of participating families, and the characteristics that influenced the duration a family will take advantage of child care subsidies |
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Executive summary: Early childhood care and education preferences among Latino families in Los Angeles A summary of a study of the child care and early education decisions of Latino families in Los Angeles, including perceptions of the availability of and barriers to child care and early education and family factors associated with these perceptions, based on open-ended, in-depth interviews with parents |
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Executive summary: Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Research Design Development Project 2002-2004 A summary of an effort to develop methods for assessing Migrant and Seasonal Head Start programs and participants |
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Experiences of lone parents from minority ethnic communities [Executive summary] A summary of a survey of the reluctance of ethnic minority lone parents to join the New Deal for Lone Parents (NDLP) job program |
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Exploratory study of the effects of early childbearing for Even Start participants: Executive summary A summary of a study of teenage mothers participating in Even Start, exploring the characteristics of Even Start programs that enroll teenage mothers and the differences in education and employment outcomes between teenage and older mothers |
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Families and children 2001: Living standards and the children [Executive summary] A summary of a 2001 survey of the living standards of families with dependent children in the United Kingdom |
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Families and children 2001: Work and childcare [Executive summary] A summary of a 2001 survey of balancing work and child care among families with dependent children in the United Kingdom |
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Families and children in Britain: Findings from the 2002 Families and Children Survey (FACS) [Executive summary] A summary of a 2002 study concerning overall standards and lifestyles for families with children living in the United Kingdom |
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Families and Children Strategic Analysis Programme (FACSAP): Reviewing approaches to understanding the links between childcare use and mothers' employment A study on reducing the number of unemployed households with children and the effect of gender on employment status in the United Kingdom |
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Families and Children Strategic Analysis Programme: Low-moderate income couples and the labour market [Executive summary] A summary of a study on reducing the number of unemployed households with children and the effect of gender on employment status in the United Kingdom |
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Families experiencing multiple disadvantage: Their use of and views on childcare provision [Executive summary] A summary of an exploration of parents' use of child care services and perspectives on their quality and availability, and an examination of the influence of the availability of child care services on maternal employment decisions, based on data for more than 7,000 parents of children aged birth through fourteen years old in the United Kingdom who participated in the Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents 2008 |
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Family, friend and neighbor child care providers in recent immigrant and refugee communities [Executive summary] A summary of an examination of child care practices, needs, and access in recent immigrant and refugee communities in Minnesota, based on focus groups conducted with family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) child care providers in their home languages |
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The Family Transition Program: Final report on Florida's initial time-limited welfare program [Executive summary] A summary of findings from a long-term assessment of the Family Transition Program (FTP) in Escambia County, Florida comparing FTP program participants to those participating in Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) |
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