2005 report on child care in Cook County: Elements of child care supply and demand
An examination of the disconnect between child care supply and demand in Cook County, Illinois, with a focus on affordability and hours of care needed by parents
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The after-school needs and resources of a low-income urban community: Surveying youth and parents for community change
An assessment of after school programming needs, preferences, and barriers to both participation and enrollment, based on a survey of 416 pre- and young adolescents and 225 parents in a low-income urban community in a Midwestern city
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Assessing risk: Descriptive data related to risk factors experienced by young children and their families in Illinois
An examination of the geographic distribution in Illinois of child and family risk indicators and of early childhood program availability, based on analyses of secondary and administrative data
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Chicago early childhood care and education needs assessment [Abridged version]
An examination of the need for subsidized full-day, full-year child care for low-income, working families with children infants through five years of age in Chicago
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The child care challenge: What parents need and what is available in three metropolitan areas
Findings from an assessment of local child care supply and demand in three urban areas served by the Teenage Parent Demonstration program: Camden and Newark, New Jersey, and South Chicago, Illinois, based on surveys of 989 parents, 160 regulated family day care providers, 294 unregulated family day care providers, and 167 child care center providers
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Early care and education in Illinois: The top 10 counties, municipalities, and Chicago community areas in need of care
An assessment of early care and education supply and demand in Illinois counties and municipalities, in Chicago community areas, and by program type
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Head Start: Better data and processes needed to monitor underenrollment
A report addressing the extent to which Head Start grantees were underenrolled and identifying potential causes of underenrollment
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Head Start, TANF, and child care needs assessments
A description of efforts to assess family needs and provide support services to low-income families receiving Head Start, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) subsidies
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The impact of publicly funded preschool in Illinois: An analysis of data from the Illinois Early Childhood Asset Map
An analysis of the capacity of publicly funded preschool programs in Illinois to meet the enrollment of eligible children, based on a project to map demographic and early childhood program data in Illinois
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Moving towards a system: Tools, benchmarks, and standards
Early care and education needs assessment information from the neediest 10 municipalities and the neediest 10 counties in Illinois
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Perceptions of child care centre owners in Chicago: Implication for public policy
A study of the supply and demand for child care in Chicago and identification of child care center owners plans, perceptions and barriers of business expansion
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Pipelines and pools: Meeting the demand for early childhood teachers in Illinois
An examination of whether the current and future supply of qualified early childhood teachers in Illinois can meet the expected increase in demand from expanding the state-funded preschool program, based on data from a state reporting system of higher education and on a survey of currently certified teachers who are not working in public schools
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Scant increases after welfare reform: Regulated child care supply in Illinois and Maryland 1996-1998
A description of changes in the regulated child care supply in Illinois and Maryland between 1996 and 1998, with an emphasis on low income communities, based on data from statewide child care resource and referral databases and the 1990 United States census
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The state of STEM in out-of-school time in Chicago: Preliminary findings
A study of after school programs in Chicago, Illinois, that focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programming, including their geographic distribution, their characteristics, their participants' characteristics, and their funding and sustainability, based on city administrative data for 1,718 programs and on a survey of 314 programs
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A study of regulated child care supply in Illinois and Maryland
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
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Welfare reform: Implications of increased work participation for child care
A study measuring the extent to which the current child care supply will be sufficient to meet the anticipated demand for care under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, including identifying other challenges that low-income families face in accessing care
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