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Peer Reviewed JournalCurrent Filters: Pub Year:2001 [remove]; Classification:Provider Type/Setting [remove];
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Assessment of child care quality in four counties in Minnesota An investigation into the quality of child care provisions available in four counties in Minnesota, based on information gathered from focus groups with parents, a survey of child care directors, and the Child Care Resource and Referral Network |
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Child care in the era of welfare reform: Quality, choices, and preferences An examination of the child care experiences of low income families in Boston, Chicago and San Antonio, and a discussion of the types of child care settings used to meet needs and preferences of families |
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Child care is a labor issue A description of the Satellite Child Care Program, an initiative to train recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) to become family child care providers. |
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Child care within the family A summary of an ethnographic study of the child care choices and experiences of urban, working families in relative child care, with a discussion of quality in relative child care. |
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Childminding in the 1990s An overview of the childminding workforce in the 1990s in the United Kingdom |
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Continuity of caregiver for infants and toddlers in center-based child care: Report on a survey of center practices A study of child care centers' reported practices regarding continuity of care and class transition for infants and toddlers |
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Costs, output, and institutional differentiation in Danish childcare policy An analysis of the differing costs to attend a child care center or home child care program in Denmark |
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Early Childhood Education Programs A review of the evidence on the effects of center-based early childhood education programs for preschool children. |
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The effects of training on provider childrearing beliefs and family day care quality An examination of the effects of training for family day care providers on quality of care, child care setting, and providers’ beliefs about nurturing and restrictive childrearing practices |
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Family child care in the United States: A comparative analysis of 1981 and 1998 state regulations A survey of regulations for family child care homes in the 50 States and the District of Columbia in 1981 and 1998, with an analysis of the relationship between state regulations and compliance and major indicators of family child care quality |
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Family child care: What's in a name? A discussion of issues created by the state-to-state variations in the definition of family child care, with recommendations for solving such definitional problems |
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The habitat of licensed child care providers: The influences of caregiver, contextual and group characteristics on quality of care An exploration of unique factors in 65 licensed family child care providers’ lives that enhance or undermine quality of care, including education, training, psychological well-being, adult attachment style, commitment to care, social support, and perceptions of their current childcare group |
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Helpers, mothers, and preachers: The multiple roles and discourses of family child care providers in an African-American community An interview-based analysis of advice and information seven African American family child care providers offer to low income parents |
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Home alone: Maternal employment, child care and adolescent behavior An inquiry into the links between maternal employment and the outcomes of children without regular adequate adult supervision, and an exploration of the influence of child care subsidies on the adequate supervision of children |
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In-home care pilot project, 2000-2001: Final report A study of the implementation of a pilot in-home child care program targeted at parents working nonstandard hours at three sites in Australia |
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In-home care pilot project, 2000-2001: Final report [Executive summary] A summary of a study of the implementation of a pilot in-home child care program targeted at parents working nonstandard hours at three sites in Australia |
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Kith and kin: Informal child care: Highlights from recent research An overview of research on kith and kin child care, including: the proportion of children using informal child care, characteristics of families, reasons for families’ use of informal child care, costs of care, quality, provider characteristics and experiences, and child and parent experiences |
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A Longitudinal Study of Legal, Unregulated Family Child Care Providers Who Participate in the Child Care Subsidy Program A study following legal, unregulated family child care providers for three years, focusing only on providers who participate in the subsidy system, and assessing the quality of care, the continuity of care, and the effects of participating in quality improvement activities on quality of care over time. Providers are interviewed every three months in order to provide accurate information on variables such as continuity of service provision and continuity of care for children. |
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New book examines out-of-home care An overview of an examination of the characteristics, developmental appropriateness, and quality of out-of-home child care arrangements for children aged birth through 3 years old in the United States |
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Non-licensed forms of child care in homes: Issues and recommendations for state support An overview of non-licensed forms of child care, such as relative and kith care, care by friends and neighbors, and in-home care, plus recommendations for state support of informal care |
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Nonstandard work and child care choices of married mothers A presentation of two econometric models describing decision making processes of married working mothers: the type of care chosen by mothers working nonstandard work hours, and the choice to work non-standard hours when making employment and child care decisions simultaneously |
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Preschool and child-care quality in California neighborhoods: Policy success, remaining gaps An exploration of the variances in quality in child care centers in California, based on a survey of 170 center directors in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Santa Clara counties |
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Quality of care offered by providers with differential patterns of workshop participation An article relating frequency of family child care providers' training to child care quality |
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The quality of child care in Philadelphia neighborhoods A study of the effect of training program participation on the quality of child care for all children, particularly children with disabilities, of family home care or child care centers serving children in areas of poverty in Philadelphia neighborhoods |
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The risk of infectious diseases among child care providers A literature review of studies inquiring about the risk to center-based child care workers of contracting an infectious disease |
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