Achieving high-quality child care: How ten programs deliver excellence parents can afford
Kinch, Amy,
Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.
A study of the characteristics and fundamentals of a high quality and affordable early childhood program by highlighting ten highly-rated child care programs
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
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
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
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
Natural helping networks in alleviating family stress
Watson, Eunice L., 1982
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 461, 102-112
Case studies and discussion of the role of natural helping networks, such as family members and friends, assisting working parents with young children to find family child care, and their influence on prevention and amelioration of child abuse and neglect
Reports & Papers
Promoting healthy practices in child care centers: The role of child care resource and referral agencies
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, August, 2011
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.
A study of child care center obesity prevention practices and child care resource and referral agency health-related training and technical assistance offerings, based on a survey of 113 agencies from 29 states
Reports & Papers
Unpackaging cultural effects on classroom learning: Native Hawaiian peer assistance and child-generated activity
Weisner, Thomas S., 1988
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 19(4), 327-353
A study of the relationships among sibling child care, culture, literacy and teacher and peer interactions among native Hawaiian children
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