2009 childcare and early years provider survey
An overview of a comparison of characteristics--including characteristics of children served, provider income, and staff size, wages, recruitment, qualifications, and training--of child care and early education provider organizations in eight sectors--family child care providers, out-of-school time providers, full-day care providers, part-day providers, Sure Start children's centers, preschools, primary schools with only transition classes for four- and five-year-old children, and primary schools with both preschool and transition classes--in the United Kingdom
Fact Sheets & Briefs
2010 annual membership survey for the National Childminding Association (NCMA)
A study of English and Welsh family child care providers, including their business practices, pay and working conditions, participation in family child care networks and quality improvement initiatives, and qualifications and training, based on interviews with 1,001 randomly selected members of a national association of family child care providers
Reports & Papers
Assessing policy effects on enrollment in early childhood education and care
A study of the relationship between public spending for early childhood education and care and low-income children's enrollment in various types of early childhood education and care settings, based on secondary analyses of nationally representative household data collected between 1991 and 2005
Reports & Papers
Better beginnings: The Seeds to Success Modified Field Test: Impact evaluation findings
Findings from an impact evaluation of Seeds to Success, a quality rating and improvement system developed as part of the Early Learning Initiative in White Center and East Yakima, Washington
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Blurring boundaries, distant companions: Non-kin female caregivers for children in colonial India (nineteenth and twentieth centuries)
A historical account of servant and non-family child care in colonial Indian households, based on an analysis of selected writings primarily from Bengal
Reports & Papers
Boston Quality Inventory 2010: Community early care and education programs
A study of the quality of child care centers and family child care homes in Boston, based on surveys and observations of 68 child care centers and 51 family child care homes
Reports & Papers
Boston Quality Inventory 2010: Community early care and education programs: Executive summary
A summary of a study of the quality of child care centers and family child care homes in Boston, based on surveys and observations of 68 child care centers and 51 family child care homes
Executive Summary
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
Other
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): Assessment of sponsor tiering determinations 2009
A summary of an estimate of improper payments made in 2009 to family child care homes in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) as a result of misclassification in provider tiering status, which is determined by a provider's low-income status or operation in a low-income area and which determines the rate at which providers are reimbursed for the meals and snacks they provide
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): Assessment of sponsor tiering determinations 2009
An estimate of improper payments made in 2009 to family child care homes in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) as a result of misclassification in provider tiering status, which is determined by a provider's low-income status or operation in a low-income area and which determines the rate at which providers are reimbursed for the meals and snacks they provide
Reports & Papers
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): Assessment of sponsor tiering determinations 2009 [Executive summary]
A summary of an estimate of improper payments made in 2009 to family child care homes in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) as a result of misclassification in provider tiering status, which is determined by a provider's low-income status or operation in a low-income area and which determines the rate at which providers are reimbursed for the meals and snacks they provide
Executive Summary
Child Care and Development Fund Administrative Data, Federal Fiscal Year 2007 (CCDF) [United States]
This administrative dataset provides descriptive information about the families and children served through the federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). CCDF dollars are provided to states, territories, and tribes to provide assistance to low-income families receiving or transitioning from temporary public assistance, in obtaining quality child care so they can work, or depending on their state's policy, attend training or receive education.
Data Sets
Childcare and early years providers survey 2009
A comparison of characteristics--including characteristics of children served, provider income, and staff size, wages, recruitment, qualifications, and training--of child care and early education provider organizations in eight sectors--family child care providers, out-of-school time providers, full-day care providers, part-day providers, Sure Start children's centers, preschools, primary schools with only transition classes for four- and five-year-old children, and primary schools with both preschool and transition classes--in the United Kingdom
Reports & Papers
Childcare and early years providers survey 2009 [Executive summary]
A summary of a comparison of characteristics--including characteristics of children served, provider income, and staff size, wages, recruitment, qualifications, and training--of child care and early education provider organizations in eight sectors--family child care providers, out-of-school time providers, full-day care providers, part-day providers, Sure Start children's centers, preschools, primary schools with only transition classes for four- and five-year-old children, and primary schools with both preschool and transition classes--in the United Kingdom
Executive Summary
Childcare in the pre-school years
A summary of a study of the quality of center-based child care for children aged 3 to 5 in England, based on observations of 301 child care settings attended by children in the longitudinal Millennium Cohort Study
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Child care professional development provider surveys
A study of the characteristics of Idaho child care workers and facilities, including worker education, training, experience, income, and career decisions, and facility type, employment, and enrollment of children with disabilities or medical conditions, based on surveys from 656 workers
Reports & Papers
Child care professional development provider surveys [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of the characteristics of Idaho child care workers and facilities, including worker education, training, experience, income, and career decisions, and facility type, employment, and enrollment of children with disabilities or medical conditions, based on surveys from 656 workers
Executive Summary
Child-feeding practices and child overweight perceptions of family day care providers caring for preschool-aged children
A study of the relationship between demographic background and child feeding practices and a second study of the relationship between child feeding practices and child weight perceptions, based on data from 123 family child care providers in New York who care for children between 2- and 5-years-old
Reports & Papers
Children's wellbeing and cortisol levels in home-based and center-based childcare
A comparison of levels of children's cortisol and well being in either home- or center-based care, and at home, and associated care indices and child characteristics, based on data and video observations from 71 children from child care homes and 45 children from child care centers, ages 20 through 40 months
Reports & Papers
Child retention in Wisconsin child care settings: Understanding the attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that impact expulsion and retention in early care and education
A study of Wisconsin licensed child care provider practices, attitudes, and beliefs about expulsion and retention, based on a literature review, a survey of 387 providers, and guided interviews with 30 providers
Reports & Papers
Child retention in Wisconsin child care settings: Understanding the attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that impact expulsion and retention in early care and education [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of Wisconsin licensed child care provider practices, attitudes, and beliefs about expulsion and retention, based on a literature review, a survey of 387 providers, and guided interviews with 30 providers
Executive Summary
Closing the gap in academic readiness and achievement: The role of early childcare
A longitudinal comparison of school readiness and academic achievement of children who either did or did not participate in child care, for children with and without a social disadvantage, measured at kindergarten and in first grade, based on data collected from over 900 children from a Quebec birth cohort study
Reports & Papers
A compilation of initiatives to support home-based child care
A compilation of profiles of 96 initiatives that target and support home-based child care
Reports & Papers
Does universally accessible child care protect children from late talking?: Results from a Norwegian population-based prospective study
A study of the association between child care choices at ages 1, 1.5, and 3, and risk of late talking, based on data from 19,919 Norwegian children
Reports & Papers
Environmental scan of nutrition practices in child development centers in the District of Columbia and opportunities to promote wellness
A study of the nutrition practices and features of child care centers in Washington, DC, based on survey, interview, and observation data collected from 25 child care centers
Reports & Papers
