2005-2009 strategic plan: First 5 Alameda County every child counts
An outline of the principles and strategies used by Every Child Counts, an organization issuing program grants in Alameda County, California, to provide support services for young children in home, child care, and community settings
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2005 workforce study: Ohio early childhood centers: A profession divided
An overview of findings from an exploration of the characteristics and demographics of early childhood educators and program directors in various early education programs and settings in Ohio in 2005
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Academic achievement programs and youth development: A synthesis
A study evaluating the impact of after-school, community-based academic oriented youth programs as it relates to improving child development and educational outcomes
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''Adding two school age children'': (A family child care professional's response)
A critique of a study of observed changes to provider quality and caregiver sensitivity after the addition of school-age children in 28 family child care programs
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After Katrina: Rebuilding Mississippi's early childhood infrastructure: The first six months
An account of the Early Childhood Institute's work in reopening Mississippi child care facilities damaged by Hurricane Katrina, and expanding training and technical assistance to family child care providers
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After-school care: Child outcomes and recommendations for research and policy
A review of research on the outcomes of afterschool child care arrangements including self care, relative care, and afterschool programs.
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Air Force Manual 34-251: Air Force school-age programs
A guide for the implementation of educational programs sponsored by the Air Force
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The Americans with Disabilities Act and child care programs
A discussion of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the actions that can and cannot be taken by child care facilities when dealing with children with disabilities, such as discrimination against children with disabilities, admittance of children with disabilities to a child care facility, and what constitutes reasonable accommodation
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Applying the military model to improve child care in every state, for every child care
A review of the steps taken by the military to improve its child care system after the enactment of the Military Child Care Act of 1989.
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The Arizona Kith and Kin Project
A discussion of Arizona’s Kith and Kin Project, a non-profit aimed at providing services and training for low-income, family, friend, and neighbor childcare providers
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Assessing quality in childminding
A discussion of child care quality assessments for child care centers in Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
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Assessing the quality of child care using longitudinal, administrative data: What can it tell us and how can it be used?: Part II: Figures and appendix
A figure-based appendix to a report that evaluated child care quality through various program characteristics, including subsidies, religion, and education level
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Assessing the quality of family, friend, and neighbor care: The state of research
An overview of several city-wide and multi-city studies of quality in informal family, friend, and neighbor care (FFN) settings, including a discussion of the instruments used to measure FFN quality and an overview of FFN quality studies conducted in low income neighborhoods
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Australian home education and Vygotskian learning theory
A discussion of research and theories influencing early childhood home education in Australia
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Be all that we can be: Lessons from the military for improving our nation's child care system
An examination of ways in which the military made significant improvements in its child care system, including the military?s approach to improving quality, keeping care affordable for parents, and expanding availability, with lessons on how similar improvements might be made in civilian child care
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Beyond classroom-based measures for preschoolers: Addressing the gaps in measures for home-based care and care for infants and toddlers
A discussion of appropriateness of indicators in the assessment of quality in family child care settings, based on recommendations from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC)
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Beyond the school yard: Pre-k collaborations with community-based partners
A discussion of the benefits of and promising practices in collaborations between public prekindergarten programs and community-based child care and early education providers, with policy recommendations to promote collaborations
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Building and evaluating out-of-school time connections
A newsletter on out-of-school time program linkages with other educational and extracurricular programs and institutions
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Building leadership capacity of family home childcare providers
A summary of the conceptual model, program, strategies, and findings from the evaluation of the Family Home Child Care Capacity Building Project (FHCCBP), designed to develop leadership among child care providers in Washington State
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Building success: Sustaining results: 2003-2004 annual report
An overview of the After-School for All Partnership in Boston, Massachusetts, with a focus on funded initiatives and strategies to expand supported programs
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The business case for work-family programs
Highlights of the cost benefits of employer-supported child care services
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California program focuses on school readiness
A description of the Readiness and Early Activities for Children from the Heart (REACH), a program designed to encourage the development and retention of center-based child care professionals in Long Beach, California.
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Care and education in the Danish creche
A description of the early childhood creche system for children ages one- through three-years-old in Denmark, including information on the educational curriculum and available research on practices used within creches
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Career development and universal prekindergarten: What now? What next?
A study of the career development of the child care workforce
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Caring for other people's children: A complete guide to family day care
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