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			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
			Air Force/NACCRRA Quality Family Child Care (QFCC) project: Final report National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, January, 2007 Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. An evaluation of a joint Air Force-National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies initiative to increase the supply of high-quality family child care in civilian communities near Air Force bases by implementing the Air Force model of family child care among local providers	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
			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 use among welfare mothers: A dynamic analysis Wolf, Douglas A., 1991 Journal of Family Issues, 12(4), 519-536 A study of welfare mothers' child care arrangements and usage trends, particularly the durability of child care arrangements in relationship to child care type and cost, and mothers� subjective ratings of quality and their impact on the probability of changing or ending their current child care arrangements	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
			Does training make a difference to quality in family child care? Kontos, Susan, 1996 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 11(4), 427-445 An article on the characteristics of family child care providers who seek training and the effects of training on child care quality.	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: 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 effect of education on child care teachers' beliefs and classroom quality: Year one evaluation of the TEACH early childhood associate degree scholarship program Cassidy, Deborah J., 1995 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 10(2), 171-183 A study of the influence community college coursework in child development and in early childhood education has on center-based child care teachers� beliefs and the teaching practices they employ in the classroom	Reports & Papers
			The Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot Project: How Early Head Start programs are reaching out to kith and kin caregivers: Final interim report Paulsell, Diane, 2006 Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research. A preliminary descriptive evaluation of the Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot Project, analyzing participant characteristics and program design as they affect the extension of home visitation services to relatives and non-relatives caring for infants and toddlers enrolled in home-based Early Head Start programs	Reports & Papers
			Exposure to indoor allergens in day-care facilities: Results from 2 North Carolina counties Arbes, Samuel J., 2005 Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 116(1), 133-139 A study of the allergen levels in randomly selected child care facilities in two North Carolina counties as compared with allergen levels in southern homes that participated in the National Survey of Lead and Allergens in Housing	Reports & Papers
			Family child care finances and their effect on quality and incentives Helburn, Suzanne W., 2002 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 17(4), 512-538 A study of expenditures and revenues for paid family child care providers, and monetary incentives to enter the field, using financial data from telephone interviews with a subset of regulated and unregulated providers from the Family Child Care and Relative Care (FCCRC) data set	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
			Family child care in North Carolina Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S., 2000 Chapel Hill, NC: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center. A study of quality in family child care homes in North Carolina and the relationship between quality of care and involvement in Smart Start quality improvement efforts	Reports & Papers
			The impact of the recession on child care centers in North Carolina North Carolina Child Care Resource and Referral Council, September 2009 Charlotte, NC: North Carolina Child Care Resource and Referral Council. An investigation of the influence of the recession on child care programs and their enrollment, based on a survey of 424 child care centers in North Carolina	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
			The North Carolina Child Care Corps: The role of national service in child care Cassidy, Deborah J., 1998 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 13(4), 589-602 A study of North Carolina�s efforts to improve existing teacher-child ratios through a four-week intensive training program in child development and early childhood education for AmeriCorps volunteers and subsequent assignment as assistant teachers in child care classrooms in counties receiving Smart Start funding	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
			The relationship of maternal work characteristics to childcare type and quality in rural communities De Marco, Allison, November 2009 Community, Work & Family, 12(4), 369-387 An examination of the relationship between selection of child care type by parents and both quality of care and maternal workplace characteristics from a secondary analysis of selected Family Life Project longitudinal study data collected in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, from 441 employed mothers in rural communities	Reports & Papers
			Structural predictors of child care quality in child care homes Burchinal, Margaret, 2002 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 17(1), 87-105 An article examining whether structural features of family child care predict quality better than other features	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
			A three-sector model of day care center services Kushman, John E., 1979 Journal of Human Resources, 14(4), 543-562 An analysis of the political pressures of increased subsidization of child care and tax and welfare reform with market trends in three types of child care centers in North Carolina	Reports & Papers
			Variations in child care by grandparents during the first three years Vandell, Deborah L., 2003 Journal of Marriage and the Family, 65(2), 375-381 An investigation into the varying frequencies of grandparent child care and its relation to maternal employment, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Early Development Study of Early Child Care	Reports & Papers

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