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			All together now: State experiences in using community-based child care to provide pre-kindergarten Schumacher, Rachel, 2005 Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. A discussion of the findings from a survey of 29 states conducted by the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), which examined the policies, opportunities, and challenges associated with including community based child care providers as part of the states' prekindergarten programs	Reports & Papers
			All together now: State experiences in using community-based child care to provide pre-kindergarten Schumacher, Rachel, 2005 Paper presented at the the Brookings Institution-University of North Carolina conference on Creating a national plan for the education of 4-year-olds, Washington, DC. A discussion of the findings from a survey of 29 states that examines the policies, opportunities, and challenges associated with including community-based child care providers in states' prekindergarten programs	Reports & Papers
			Almost like family: Family child care Harper Browne, Charlyn, October 2009 Washington, DC: Center for the Study of Social Policy. An examination of family child care practices and efforts that promote factors associated with the prevention of child abuse and neglect, based on a literature review and surveys, focus groups, and site visits with family child care providers	Reports & Papers
			America After 3PM Afterschool Alliance, October 2009 Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance. A 2009 update of and comparison to a 2004 study of the after school child care arrangements of kindergarten through grade 12 students, based on a survey of nearly 30,000 households	Reports & Papers
			Assessing quality in family, friend and neighbor care: The Child Care Assessment Tool for Relatives Porter, Toni, 2006 New York: Bank Street College of Education, Institute for a Child Care Continuum. (No longer accessible as of October 10, 2012). A paper describing the Child Care Assessment Tool for Relatives, an instrument designed to measure quality of child care provided by relatives, in terms of its development and the results of a field test where it was used with low income relative caregivers	Reports & Papers
			Caregivers, workers, professionals: Challenges and strategies of family day care providers Armenia, Amy B., February 2006 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst An examination of workplace challenges faced by family day care providers, and their strategic responses to these, based on data derived from a survey sent to a random sample licensed providers in Illinois	Reports & Papers
			The child care arrangements of preschool-age children in immigrant families in the United States Brandon, Peter D., 2004 International Migration, 42(2), 65-87 A comparison of the use of child care arrangements among immigrant families to non-immigrant families	Reports & Papers
			Child care & early education in Illinois: The choices parents make Illinois Action for Children, February, 2008 Chicago: Illinois Action for Children. A study of the child care arrangements of families in Illinois, including the association of arrangement type with family characteristics and parent-child reading practices, based on data from the 2003-2004 National Survey of Children's Health	Reports & Papers
			Choices in the real world: The use of family, friend and neighbor child care by single Chicago mothers working nontraditional schedules Illinois Action for Children, 2012 Chicago: Illinois Action for Children. A study of the family, friend, and neighbor child care arrangements and quality of family life of employed single mothers using nontraditional hours child care in Chicago, Illinois, based on interviews with 50 single mothers	Reports & Papers
			A compilation of initiatives to support home-based child care United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, March 31, 2010 Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. A compilation of profiles of 96 initiatives that target and support home-based child care	Reports & Papers
			The context of infant attachment in family child care Elicker, James, 1999 Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 20(2), 319-336 A study of family child care provider-infant attachment security and interactive involvement	Reports & Papers
			Family child care, family support, and community development in low-income neighborhoods Bromer, Juliet, November 2002 Zero to Three, 23(2), 33-37 A study of the formal and informal support offered to families, children, and communities by a selection of family child care providers from low income neighborhoods, based on interviews with 7 African American providers and 14 parents from 2 neighboring Chicago communities	Reports & Papers
			Family child care homes and the CACFP: Participation after reimbursement tiering: An interim report of the Family Child Care Homes Legislative Changes Study Food Assistance & Nutrition Research (Program : U.S.), 1999 (Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Report No. 3). Washington, DC: U.S. Food Assistance & Nutrition Research Program. An inquiry into the participation rates of family child care homes in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)	Reports & Papers
			FY 2002 market rate survey of licensed child care programs in Illinois Illinois. Department of Human Services, 2002 Springfield, IL: Illinois, Department of Human Services. A study of child care market rates and their geographic distribution across the State of Illinois in 2002, including information on services, licensing, capacity by age, average rates, nonstandard hour care, and additional fees	Reports & Papers
			Getting organized: Unionizing home-based child care providers Chalfie, Deborah, 2007 Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center. An examination of statewide efforts to allow home-based child care workers, including licensed family child care providers and regulation-exempt family, friend, and neighbor caregivers receiving subsidies, to join unions	Reports & Papers
			Getting organized: Unionizing home-based child care providers: 2010 update Blank, Helen, June 2010 Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center. An examination of statewide efforts between February 2007 and March 2010 to allow home-based child care workers, including licensed family child care providers and regulation-exempt family, friend, and neighbor caregivers receiving subsidies, to join unions	Reports & Papers
			A home is not a school: The effects of child care on children's development Clarke-Stewart, K. Alison, 1991 Journal of Social Issues, 47(2), 105-123 An article presenting possible causes of the higher level of intellectual and social development of children in center based child care over those in home care.	Reports & Papers
			Illinois salary and staffing survey of licensed child care facilities: FY 2005 Garnier, Philip C., May, 2006 Springfield: Illinois, Department of Human Services. An inquiry into the compensation, recruitment, and retention of early childhood workers in child care centers and family child care settings, based on responses to a statewide survey of 301 child care centers and 356 family child care homes in Illinois	Reports & Papers
			Illinois salary and staffing survey of licensed child care facilities: FY 2009 Wiley, Angela R. (Angela Renee), March, 2010 Springfield: Illinois, Department of Human Services. A study of the characteristics of the workforce in licensed child care settings in Illinois, including staff professional development, turnover, education and credentials, experience, and compensation and benefits, based on a survey of 602 child care centers and 1,251 family child care homes	Reports & Papers
			Illinois Salary and Staffing Survey of licensed child care facilities: FY 2011 Wiley, Angela R. (Angela Renee), Springfield: Illinois, Department of Human Services. A study of the characteristics of the workforce in licensed child care settings in Illinois, including professional development, turnover, education, credentials, experience, compensation, and benefits, based on survey responses from 745 child care centers and 1,392 family child care providers	Reports & Papers
			Illinois salary & staffing survey of licensed child care facilities: FY 2007 Garnier, Philip C., May 2008 Springfield: Illinois, Department of Human Services. An inquiry into the compensation, recruitment, and retention of early childhood workers in licensed child care centers and family child care settings, based on responses to a statewide survey of 496 child care centers and 1,390 family child care homes in Illinois	Reports & Papers
			Illinois study of license-exempt child care: Final report Illinois. Department of Human Services, March 2005 Springfield: Illinois Department of Human Services A study of subsidized license-exempt child care providers through the Illinois Child Care Assistance program (CCAP) in home care settings for 3 or fewer children, with a focus on the perspectives of subsidized caregivers and parents	Reports & Papers
			Illinois study of license-exempt child care: Interim report Illinois. Department of Human Services, 2003 Springfield: Illinois Department of Human Services. (No longer accessible as of December 7, 2012). A presentation of first-year findings from a study on the provision and use of license-exempt child care in Illinois through the Illinois Child Care Program (ICCP)	Reports & Papers
			In the eye of the beholder: Perspectives on quality in early childhood education and care Kim, Kyoung Jin, 2010 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign A study of teachers' and parents' perceptions of characteristics of good preschool programs and a comparison across auspice, based on a survey of 411 parents and teachers of children ages 3 through 5 at funded programs for students at-risk, Head Starts, private preschools, university-lab schools, and non-profits in central Illinois	Reports & Papers
			Influential factors of caregiver behavior at mealtime: A study of 24 child-care programs Nahikian-Nelms, Marcia, 1997 Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 97(5), 505-509 A study of caregivers� nutrition knowledge and their attitudes towards nutrition in child care programs measured through survey and observation of the interactions of 113 caregivers with children at mealtime in 24 licensed child care programs throughout Illinois	Reports & Papers

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