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Afterschool programs: Making a difference in America’s communities by improving academic achievement, keeping kids safe and helping working families
Afterschool Alliance, February 2008
Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance.

Highlights of findings from studies of the influence of afterschool programs on children’s school attendance, academic achievement and abstinence from crime

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Child care is essential to economic recovery
National Women's Law Center, December, 2008
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

A discussion of the effects of state budget pressures and the economic downturn on families and child care providers

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Cost savings associated with the early care and education industry in Georgia
Child Policy Partnership, 2008
Atlanta, GA: Bright From the Start.

An overview of the economic impact of the early childhood education and care industry on Georgia's economy

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The economic impact of the child care industry in North Carolina: 2008 update
Traill, Saskia, 2008
Raleigh: North Carolina Partnership for Children.

A 2008 update of an analysis of the economic impact of the North Carolina child care and early education industry in terms of children and parents served, its employment, and its gross receipts, as well as its role in supporting parental labor force participation

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The economic impact of the early care and education industry in Georgia
Child Policy Partnership, 2008
Atlanta, GA: Bright From the Start.

Highlights of an analysis of the economic impact of the Georgia child care and early education industry in terms of children and parents served, its employment, and its gross receipts, as well as its role in supporting parental labor force participation and positive child outcomes and the increased economic impact of high-quality child care and early education

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The economic importance of the child care sector
Warner, Mildred, September 2008
(Research & Policy Brief Series Issue Number 21). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Community and Rural Development Institute.

An overview of the role of the child care sector in regional economic development, based on data from the sector's economic impact in New York State

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Investing in early care and education is a powerful public health initiative for New York’s children
Docs For Tots, February, 2008
Washington, DC: Docs For Tots.

An identification of the long-term and immediate health outcomes of children’s participation in quality early learning programs, and a series of policy recommendations to increase the availability of quality early care and education in New York State

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Investing in infants and toddlers: The economics of early childhood
Lucas, Kimberley, 26 August, 2008
Washington, DC: Zero to Three, Policy Center.

An overview of current economic research, particularly cost-benefit analyses, that supports investment in early childhood education

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Long-term economic benefits of investing in early childhood programs: Proven programs boost economic development and benefit the nation's fiscal health
Partnership for America's Economic Success, 2008
(Issue Brief No. 5). Washington, DC: Partnership for America's Economic Success.

A summary of two analyses, one modeling the state- and nation-level job and earnings creation effects of three early childhood development programs targeted at disadvantaged children, and comparing these effects to those of a hypothetical half-day universal prekindergarten program and of traditional business subsidies for job growth promotion; the other modeling the long-term fiscal benefits of early childhood development programs--in terms of future increased income tax revenues from, fewer government transfers to, and lower education costs of program participants--to the fiscal costs, in terms of government funding for the programs

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What does economics tell us about early childhood policy?
Rand Corporation, 2008
(RB-9352-CFP). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.

A summary of a review and synthesis of research literature on the economic costs and benefits of early childhood programs

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Why Canada can't work without good child care: How early childhood education and care supports the economy
University of Toronto. Childcare Resource and Research Unit, 2008
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto, Childcare Resource and Research Unit.

A discussion of the short-, medium-, and long-term economic and social benefits that high-quality, accessible early childhood education and care can bring to Canada

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