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2008-09 family child care home survey results Findings from a survey of the characteristics of family child care providers in Saskatchewan, Canada |
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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 |
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Access to preschool in Illinois A discussion of the child care arrangements of families in Illinois, with a focus on the arrangements of at-risk children, based on data from the 2003-2004 National Survey of Children's Health |
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Addressing childhood obesity: Findings from a program to enhance nutrition and physical activity in NJ child care centers A summary of an evaluation of the New Jersey Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care (NAP SACC), a program to improve nutrition and increase physical activity in child care centers, that examines changes in center policies and practices as well as program implementation, based on pre- and post-program assessments for 99 centers, surveys from 29 center directors, and surveys from 10 NAP SACC trainers |
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America After 3PM: Key findings A summary of a 2009 update of and comparison to a 2004 study of the after school activities and child care arrangements of kindergarten through grade 12 students, based on a survey of nearly 30,000 households |
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Assessing initiatives for family, friend, and neighbor child care: An overview of models and evaluations A description of current efforts to support and enhance home-based, regulation-exempt child care provided by family, friends, and/or neighbors, and of the documentation and evaluation of these efforts |
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Assessing the operation and impact of the Childminder Sustainability Grant A summary of a study of an initiative in the United Kingdom to increase the retention of family child care providers by offering grants to providers when they have temporarily vacant child care slots, based on case studies of local grantmaking procedures and in-depth small group interviews with family child care providers |
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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 |
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Beyond child care centers: The essential role of home-based child care in Connecticut's early care and education system An overview of family child care homes in Connecticut, including identification of the role that they can play in the early care and education system and methods of regulation and strengthening quality of these family child care homes |
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Beyond child care centers: The essential role of home-based child care in Connecticut's early care and education system An overview of the role of family child care homes in the early care and education system in Connecticut, focusing on issues of regulation, cost, supply, and quality |
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Caring, credibility, and credentials: Advancing family child care in Massachusetts An examination of strategies for the improvement of the credentials of family child care service providers and the quality of services that they provide |
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The Caring for Quality Project: Supporting and connecting home-based child care providers Prelimary findings from an evaluation of the Caring for Quality Project, which supports and connects licensed and informal family child care providers through home visits and networking meetings |
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Center caregivers and family child care providers are different: Training profiles and preferences An exploration of the difference in the perceptions of and participation in professional development programs, based on a survey of 285 workers in child care centers and 74 family child care providers in a Midwestern state |
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Center ratios and group sizes: Charting Progress for Babies in Child Care research-based rationale An overview of research on the relationship of child-adult ratio and group size to child care center quality for infants and toddlers, with policy recommendations for ensuring that ratios and group sizes are small for infants and toddlers in child care centers |
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Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): Assessment of sponsor tiering determinations A summary of an analysis of improper payments made to family child care homes participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) as a result of having been assigned an incorrect 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 |
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Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): Assessment of sponsor tiering determinations 2006 A summary of an analysis of improper payments made in 2006 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 |
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Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): Assessment of sponsor tiering determinations 2007 A summary of an analysis of improper payments made in 2007 to family child care homes participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) as a result of having been assigned an incorrect 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 |
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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 |
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Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): Assessment of sponsor tiering determinations 2010 A summary of an estimate of improper payments made in 2010 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 |
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Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): Assessment of sponsor tiering determinations: Summary A summary of an estimate of improper payments made in 2011 to family child care homes in the Child and Adult Care Food Program 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 |
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Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): Improper payments data collection pilot project A summary of a comparison of the quality and costs of four methods for estimating the true number of meals served by family child care homes participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program in order to reduce improper payments to providers for submitting erroneous meal counts |
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Child care and early education programs An overview of the number of child care providers and slots, by provider characteristics, in Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois |
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Childcare and early years providers survey 2007 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 transition classes for four- and five-year-old children but not preschool classes, and primary schools with both preschool and transition classes--in the United Kingdom |
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Child care assistance and child care use: Fundamental facts from the 2004 Minnesota child care survey Results from a 2004 survey on child care assistance and center-based child care use among low-income families in Minnesota |
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Child care by kith and kin: Supporting family, friends and neighbors caring for children A summary of research on family, friend, and neighbor child care, including traditional policies, innovative program strategies, and outreach recommendations for states and local communities |
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