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			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
			Building partnerships between Early Head Start grantees and family child care providers: Lessons from the Early Head Start for Family Child Care project: Final report United States. Office of Head Start, 12 December, 2011 Washington, DC: U.S. Office of Head Start. An evaluation of Early Head Start (EHS) for Family Child Care, a project to support partnerships between EHS grantees and family child care providers, that examines the characteristics of participating grantees and providers, the implementation, types, and sustainability of the partnerships, and lessons learned, based on project administrative data, interviews with 13 partnership teams, descriptive quality indicators and Head Start Program Information Report (PIR) data, and project documents	Reports & Papers
			Characteristics and quality of child care for toddlers and preschoolers [Abridged] NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005 In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 91-104). New York: Guilford Press The relationship between structural and caregiver characteristics and observed caregiver behavior in producing positive caregiving, as well as levels of positive caregiving associated with types of child care at 15, 24, and 36 months of age	Reports & Papers
			Characteristics of infant child care: Factors contributing to positive caregiving NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1996 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 11(3), 269-306 An analysis of the structural and caregiver characteristics that predict high caregiving quality for infants using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care	Reports & Papers
			Child care and common communicable illnesses [Abridged] NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005 In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 175-183). New York: Guilford Press A study of the relationship between children�s experience in nonmaternal care and rates of respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, and ear infections during the first 3 years of life	Reports & Papers
			Child care and common communicable illnesses in children ages 37-54 months [Abridged] NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005 In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 184-190). New York: Guilford Press A study of the relationship between children�s experience in nonmaternal care and rates of respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, and ear infections from 3 to 41/2 years old in a sample of approximately 1,100 children	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
			The Child Care HOME Inventories: Assessing the quality of family child care homes Bradley, Robert H., 2003 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 18(3), 294-309 An overview of the different versions of the HOME Inventory for use in assessing quality of family child care homes	Reports & Papers
			Child care in the first year of life [Abridged] NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005 In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 39-49). New York: Guilford Press A description of child care during the first 12 months of life, including initiation and amount of infant child care, child care history patterns during the first year, and the types, multiplicity, and stability of care used by parents of infants over the course of the first year, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care	Reports & Papers
			Child-care selection from birth to age three: The influence of family economy, demographics, and parenting attitudes Wolf, Anne, 2004 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Two studies using data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development examined family variations in timing and type of children's initial child care arrangements and then variations in amount of hours spent in child care per week from birth to age three	Reports & Papers
			Childcare teachers as mentors of parents: Exploration of mentoring practices, teacher competencies and structural supports Karuskina-Drivdale, Svetlana, 2006 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA An exploration of how child care teachers could informally mentor low-income parents to foster parenting skills and knowledge of at-home learning activities, and provide emotional support and motivation for behavior changes, based on interviews with center-based, infant and preschool teachers in low-income communities in District of Columbia area	Reports & Papers
			Children caring for themselves and child neglect: When do they overlap? Zielewski, Erica H., 2006 (Discussion Paper No. 06-03). Washington, DC: Urban Institute. A study of how child welfare agencies distinguish between cases of self care and child neglect based on interviews and focus groups with child protective services staff and a review of administrative forms	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
			Do regulable features of child-care homes affect children's development? Clarke-Stewart, K. Alison, 2002 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 17(1), 52-86 An analysis of the links between regulable and nonregulable features of family child care homes and infants' and toddlers' cognitive development using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care	Reports & Papers
			Early child care and children's development prior to school entry [Abridged] NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005 In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 376-391). New York: Guilford Press An abridged reprint of a study of the impact of early child care experiences, and the quality and types of child care, on children's functioning prior to school entry, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care	Reports & Papers
			Early child care and children's development prior to school entry: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2002 American Educational Research Journal, 39(1), 133-164 A longitudinal study of the effects of quantity, quality, and type of early child care on pre-academic skills, language performance, and behavior problems in a sample of over 1,000 children followed from birth to 4 � years of age	Reports & Papers
			The effects of training on the quality of family child care for those associated with and not associated with professional child care organizations DeBord, Karen, 1996 Child & Youth Care Forum, 25(1), 7-15 The longitudinal comparison of different training impacts on independent family child care providers and family child care providers who are members of professional child care associations	Reports & Papers
			Familial factors associated with the characteristics of nonmaternal care for infants [Abridged] NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005 In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 109-126). New York: Guilford Press An examination of the associations between four aspects of nonmaternal infant child care, age of entry, amount, type, and quality, and preexisting family characteristics, economics, and psychosocial factors	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
			Grandmothers providing care for grandchildren: Consequences of various levels of caregiving Bowers, Bonita, 1999 Family Relations, 48(3), 303-311 An examination of the differences between grandmothers who provide various levels of caregiving responsibilities for their grandchildren	Reports & Papers
			Membership in a professional association influence the quality of family child care? DeBord, Karen, 1995 Journal of Extension, 33(1) An investigation into the influence of family child care providers� membership in a professional association on the quality of child care, based on a study of 36 family child care providers, assessed using the Family Day Care Rating Scale (FDCRS)	Reports & Papers
			Nonmaternal care and family factors in early development: An overview of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005 In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Care and Youth Development (pp. 3-36). New York: Guilford Press A study of the relationships between types of nonmaternal care and children�s social and emotional adjustment, cognitive and linguistic development, and physical growth and health	Reports & Papers
			Nonstandard work schedules and child care decisions: Evidence from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care Han, Wen-Jui, 2004 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 19(2), 231-256 A study of the relationship between parents' work schedules and child care arrangements, using longitudinal data collected by the National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Early Child Care Research Network	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
			Supporting family, friend and neighbor caregivers: Findings from a survey of state policies Porter, Toni, 2005 New York: Bank Street College of Education, Institute for a Child Care Continuum. (No longer accessible as of August 16, 2012) An examination of state regulatory policies for kith and kin child care providers receiving government subsidies	Reports & Papers

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