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2002/03 Childcare and Early Years Workforce survey: Childminders
Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills, May, 2004
Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A comprehensive survey of England?s nanny workforce characteristics, 2002-2003

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2005-2009 strategic plan: First 5 Alameda County every child counts
Every Child Counts (Program) [First 5 Alameda County], June 2006
San Leandro, CA: Every Child Counts.

An outline of the principles and strategies used by Every Child Counts, an organization issuing program grants in Alameda County, California, to provide support services for young children in home, child care, and community settings

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2005 Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey: Childminders
Clemens, Sam, 2006
(Research Report No. 763). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A study of the characteristics of family child care providers in the United Kingdom, including average number of children served, income, qualifications, and training, based on provider surveys

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2005 Montana home child care workforce survey
Montana Child Care Resource & Referral Network, 2005
Missoula: Montana Child Care Resource and Referral Network.

Findings from a survey of characteristics and compensation of early child care providers working in family and group child care homes in Montana in 2005

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2005 Montana home child care workforce survey [Executive summary]
Montana Child Care Resource & Referral Network, 2005
Missoula: Montana Child Care Resource and Referral Network.

A summary of findings from a survey of characteristics and compensation of early child care providers working in family and group child care homes in Montana in 2005

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2008-09 family child care home survey results
Saskatchewan. Ministry of Education. Early Learning and Child Care Unit,
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada: Saskatchewan, Ministry of Education, Early Learning and Child Care Unit.

Findings from a survey of the characteristics of family child care providers in Saskatchewan, Canada

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2010 annual membership survey for the National Childminding Association (NCMA)
Qa Research, March, 2010
Bromley, United Kingdom: National Childminding Association.

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

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2011 impact of economic downturn on child care
Quality Care for Children,
Atlanta, GA: Quality Care for Children.

An examination of issues related to the number and quality of child care providers in Georgia, based on survey responses from 208 child care centers and 277 family child care providers

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2011 impact of economic downturn on child care [Executive summary]
Quality Care for Children,
Atlanta, GA: Quality Care for Children.

A summary of an examination of issues related to the number and quality of child care providers in Georgia, based on survey responses from 208 child care centers and 277 family child care providers

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''Adding two school age children'': (A family child care professional's response)
Eaton, Deborah, 1997
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 12(3), 343-345

A critique of a study of observed changes to provider quality and caregiver sensitivity after the addition of school-age children in 28 family child care programs

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Administrative costs in the Child and Adult Care Food Program: Results of an exploratory study of the reimbursement system for sponsors of family child care homes
Pettigrew, Iris, March 2006
(Contractor and Cooperator Report No. 16). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

A study of administrative cost reimbursement payment system for Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) sponsor organizations, which administer CACFP to participating family child care homes at the local level

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Administrative costs in the Child and Adult Care Food Program: Results of an exploratory study of the reimbursement system for sponsors of family child care homes [Executive summary]
Pettigrew, Iris, March 2006
(Contractor and Cooperator Report No. 16). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

A summary of a study of administrative cost reimbursement payment system for Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) sponsor organizations, which administer CACFP to participating family child care homes at the local level

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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

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Air Force/NACCRRA Quality Family Child Care (QFCC) project: Final report [Executive summary]
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, January, 2007
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.

A summary of 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

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Almost like family: Family child care
Harper Browne, Charlyn, October 2009
Washington, DC: Center for the Study of Social Policy.

An examination of family child care practices and efforts that promote factors associated with the prevention of child abuse and neglect, based on a literature review and surveys, focus groups, and site visits with family child care providers

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...And this helps me how?: Family child care providers discuss training
Taylor, Andrew R., 1999
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 14(3), 285-312

A discussion of the obstacles involved in establishing successful training programs for family child care providers

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Assessing the operation and impact of the Childminder Sustainability Grant
Tapp, Penelope, 2003
(Research Report No. 484). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

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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Assessing quality in childminding
Owen, Sue, 2000
Children & Society, 14(2), 147-153

A discussion of child care quality assessments for child care centers in Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom

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Attitudes and practices of ECE providers in Santa Clara County: An initial exploration of providers in high-need regions
Applied Survey Research, September, 2009
Watsonville, CA: Applied Survey Research.

A study of the beliefs, attitudes, and practices of early care and education providers in Santa Clara County, California, based on a survey of 45 child care centers and 34 family child care homes

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Australian family day care educators: A snapshot of their qualifications, training and perceived support
Williamson, Lara, December, 2011
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 36(4), 63-68

A description of characteristics of Australian family day care educators, including their qualifications, professional training, characteristics the children in their care, and connections to both their professional organization and to community organizations, based on cross sectional data from 207 family day care educators from Wave Two of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, Birth Cohort

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Australian home education and Vygotskian learning theory
Jackson, Glenda, 2008
Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood Education, 15(1), 39-48

A discussion of research and theories influencing early childhood home education in Australia

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Barriers to child care providers' professional development
Gable, Sara, 2003
Child & Youth Care Forum, 32(3), 175-193

A comparative study of 647 Missouri center-based and family child care providers to describe their beliefs about pre-service training, education and compensation, and the barriers to accessing professional development due to current regulations

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Beyond child care centers: The essential role of home-based child care in Connecticut's early care and education system
Oliveira, Peg, July 2006
New Haven: Connecticut Voices for Children.

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
Oliveira, Peg, June, 2007
(Rev. ed.). New Haven: Connecticut Voices for Children.

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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Beyond classroom-based measures for preschoolers: Addressing the gaps in measures for home-based care and care for infants and toddlers
Sandstrom, Heather, 2011
In M. Zaslow, I. Martinez-Beck, K. Tout, & T. Halle (Eds.), Quality measurement in early childhood settings (pp. 317-343). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes

A discussion of appropriateness of indicators in the assessment of quality in family child care settings, based on recommendations from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC)

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