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America's homeless children A summary of a study of homeless families with children, focusing on the causes of homelessness and its influence on children’s health, education, and the delivery of services |
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Building momentum--taking action: Southern states collaborate on child care financial aid and quality initiatives A summary of efforts to implement the Southern Regional Task Force on Child Care Action plan to improve access to child care assistance for low income families in the South, based on a survey of Task Force members and summaries of a regional child care forum and state site visits |
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Child Care and Special Needs Children: Challenges for Low-income Families A study of child care for children with special needs that also examines related issues of welfare reform and coordination with early intervention services at the community level. The research is based on focus groups and in-depth interviews with low income parents of children with special needs in six communities in Maine and Connecticut, as well as interviews with welfare caseworkers, early intervention case managers, child care providers, and low-wage employees, to provide a context for parents' perspectives. Surveys of 189 child care providers and 441 parents of children with special needs in Maine was conducted as well as a secondary analysis of data from a sample of families with children with special needs drawn from the National Survey of America's Families. |
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Child Care Arrangements Among Low-Income Families: A Qualitative Approach An analysis of child care arrangements among urban low-income families, using qualitative research methods--including interviews with mothers over a twelve month period, and observations in child care settings--to explore the following questions: (1) What are the strategies working families in low income urban communities adopt for their young children's care and development?; (2) How do different strategies affect the way children spend their time during early childhood?; and (3) What comparisons, if any, can be made in the care offered families with young children in American inner-city communities that differ by racial and ethnic composition, and/or the types of services available in those neighborhoods? The goal is to better understand individual family decisions within the context of the choices available at the community level. |
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Child care fiscal policy analysis: Analyzing options to focus the state's existing resources to serve the state's neediest families An analysis of how hypothetical changes to child care eligibility, fee, and subsidy policies in California would affect the state's ability to provide child care for children from low-income families |
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Child care for families leaving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families An article discussing challenges faced by low income families in accessing affordable, high quality child care after they leave the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program |
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Child care in the postwelfare reform era: Analysis and strategies for advocates An overview of changes to welfare reform under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996, with recommendations of strategies for advocates working with families receiving welfare |
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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 Subsidy Use and Self-Sufficiency Pathways of Low-Income Mothers: A Three-State Study An exploration of factors related to subsidy take-up rates, child care use for those on subsidies, and the effects of child care subsidies on welfare and employment, based on an analysis of linked individual-level administrative data on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) receipt, use of child care subsidies, and wage reports from Illinois, Massachusetts, and Maryland. |
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Child care under the Family Support Act: Early lessons from the states 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 |
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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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Child care use by low-income families: Variations across states A state-by-state and national analysis of features of the child care arrangements of low-income families, including child care type and parents' experiences with child care problems, based on the state and nationally representative 2003 National Survey of Children's Health |
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Child day care in welfare reform: Are we targeting too narrowly? A study of whether California participants in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program are encountering reduced access to public child care subsidies because of public policy decisions to narrow and restrict eligibility; the data was collected through analysis of survey results from subsamples drawn from a random sample of 15,000 cases stratified over four counties |
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Children and welfare reform: Issues and ideas: A guide for policymakers and journalists A summarization of the difficulties facing low income families in respect to education of parents and children, wages, child care availability and quality, and the availability of state and federal financial assistance |
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Choice of Care Among Low-Income Working Families: A Study of Latino Families in the New South The purpose of this study is to increase knowledge about child care needs and utilization among Latino low-income working families living in North Carolina, one of the states in the South with the fastest Latino population growth in the last two decades. The majority of Latinos in the South are recent immigrants from Mexico and Central America, whose child care needs and preferences may be somewhat different from those of Latinos in states with long-standing Latino populations. Furthermore, the rapid growth of the Latino population in this part of the country is posing challenges to a child care system that is trying to meet the needs of a group that may not only have different cultural and linguistic characteristics, but also may be unfamiliar with child care options available. The research questions are: (1) How are family characteristics associated with Latino low-income parents' choice of care for their preschool age children?; (2) How are program characteristics associated with Latino low-income parents' choice of non-parental care?; and (3) What are Latino parents' views about the characteristics of quality care? And to what extent do the type and quality of child care used by Latino families meet their child care needs? |
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Cognitive stimulation: Does it mediate or moderate the relationship between income and school readiness? A study of the moderating or mediating influence of cognitive stimulation activities such as educational outings and home literacy activities on the relationship between school readiness and socioeconomic status based on data from primary caregiver interviews of children 4- through 6-years-old before kindergarten entry |
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Creating family support systems: In Head Start and beyond A discussion of the public policy interest in creating adequate family support systems through early childhood programs funded by state and federal initiative, such as the Family Services Center funded by the Head Start and Even Start programs and projects funded by the Child Care and Development Care Block Grant |
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The crisis of care A discussion based on qualitative case studies of how American families from diverse backgrounds cope with limited access to high quality child care. |
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Distance matters: Proximity to social service agencies and the utilization of child care subsidies An examination of the correlation between families' proximity to social service agencies and their likelihood to receive child care subsidies, based on data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K) |
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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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Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project This project involves both a cross-site national study and local longitudinal studies of low-income families with young children in Early Head Start sites in 17 communities in the United States. The project was funded in two waves: Birth to Three (1996-2001) and Pre-Kindergarten Follow-Up (2001-2004). The five major components of the project are: an implementation study, an impact evaluation, local research studies, policy studies, and efforts toward continuous program improvement. The implementation study assessed the level and quality of implementation of EHS at each site, as well as variations across sites, with regard to five program areas: child development and health care; family partnerships; community involvement and partnerships; staff development; and program management. Results include a profile of each of the 17 research programs, their services and expected outcomes. The information gathered was critical for the development of the impact evaluation analyses and the identification of pathways to full implementation. The impact evaluation followed a random assignment, longitudinal design to examine how child, parent and family outcomes were influenced by EHS programs, as well as by variations in program approaches and community contexts, program implementation and services, and the characteristics of children and their families. The third component involves 16 local research projects conducted by 15 university-based researchers who partnered with Early Head Start research programs. Designed to investigate the unique outcomes and program functions of each Early Head Start program, these longitudinal studies continue through the second phase of the project, Pre-Kindergarten Follow-up (2001-2004). The policy studies component focuses on issues related to welfare reform, health and disabilities, child-care and fatherhood. The component of continuous program improvement consists of reports and presentations disseminating new information that can help all Early Head Start programs to increase their ability to meet the needs of families. |
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The effectiveness of child-care subsidies in encouraging the welfare-to-work transition of low-income single mothers An analysis of the effectiveness of child care subsidies in encouraging the welfare-to-work transition of low-income single mothers from the 1987 and 1988 panels of the national Survey Income and Program Participation |
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The Effect of Child Care Subsidies on Mothers’ Work Schedules An investigation of the effect of child care subsidies on the career success of poor working mothers, addressing the issues of child care subsidy receipt, work-hour related problems, and the risks associated with employment termination, based on a survey of 215 mothers |
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The effect of increasing welfare mothers' education on their young children's academic problems and school readiness A study on the effects of the educational level of a low-income mother on a child’s academic and behavioral school readiness using a sample of families eligible for the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Training, from Atlanta, Georgia, Grand Rapids, Michigan and Riverside, California, along with data from the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies Child Outcomes Study (NEWWS-COS) |
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The effects of on-site child care arrangements on associate degree attainment among poor urban women in the Bronx, New York A dissertation concerning the effects of structured, on-site child care arrangements within a higher education setting on associate degree attainment among poor urban minority women in the Bronx, New York |
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