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Child Care Consultation Pilot Project: Evaluation report
Fung, Jennifer, June 2010
Olympia: Washington State, Department of Early Learning.

An investigation into the relationship between providers' access to children's mental health professionals and improvements in providers' knowledge and children's behavior, based on information gathered from 61 child care providers who received classroom consultation services and 6 mental health classroom consultants in King, Thurston, and Yakima Counties in Washington

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The effects of a data dissemination strategy on the letter naming and object counting skills of preschoolers attending Head Start
Strand, Paul S., December 2010
Journal of Behavioral Education, 19(4), 289-305

A study of the effects of teacher participation in Repeated Assessment Focused Teaching (RAFT) on the letter naming and object counting skills of Head Start preschoolers, based on data from 652 4-year-old children in south-central Washington State during four program years, with a comparison among treatment, control and phonics classes

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Evaluating the Quality Child-Care Initiative: Child-care worker apprenticeships in the Western states: Final report
United States. Employment and Training Administration. Office of Apprenticeship, Training, Employer and Labor Services, 30 April, 2003
Oakland, CA: Social Policy Research Associates.

A process evaluation of the first two rounds of the Quality Child-Care Initiative, federally funded grants for states to address child care quality and labor issues by applying the apprenticeship training method to the child care workforce, in Western states, based on site visits

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Pathway to Excellence professional development model: Outcome evaluation report
Organizational Research Services, February 2010
Seattle, WA: School's Out Washington.

A quasi-experimental evaluation of the impact of Pathway to Excellence, a year-long professional development model for after school program staff, on after school programs, program staff knowledge and skills, and student engagement, based on data collected from 36 experimental and 35 control programs

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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

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A qualitative evaluation of a program to support family, friend, and neighbor caregivers
Maher, Erin J., April 2008
NHSA Dialog, 11(2), 69-89

A qualitative investigation of the perceived quality benefits of grandmother participation in the Promoting First Relationships home visiting program, a quality intervention for family, friend, and neighbor caregivers, based on interviews with 19 English- and Spanish-speaking grandmothers who provide regular care for their grandchildren

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Training makes a difference: The experience of unionized family, friend, and neighbor child care providers in Washington State
Burris, Gary, February, 2012
Seattle, WA: Economic Opportunity Institute.

A study of the relationship of training experiences to the knowledge and skill levels, professional and union connections, and job satisfaction of unionized, license-exempt child care providers in Washington State, based on surveys from 82 providers

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Understanding family, friend, and neighbor care in Washington state: Developing appropriate training and support
Brandon, Richard N., 2002
Seattle: University of Washington, Human Services Policy Center.

A study of the demand and supply of family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) child care in Washington State, with a discussion of state attention and involvement in FFN arrangements

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