Assessing the evidence of effectiveness of home visiting program models implemented in tribal communities: Final report
A review of research on the effectiveness of home visiting programs for pregnant women or families with children from birth to age 5 in tribal communities or with samples that included substantial proportions of American Indian and Alaska Native participants
Literature Review
The Atlantic Philanthropies' Disadvantaged Children and Youth program in Ireland and Northern Ireland: Overview of program evaluation findings: Final report
An evaluation of Disadvantaged Children and Youth, a program in Ireland and Northern Ireland to improve the lives of disadvantaged children by improving service delivery through evidence-based services and prevention and early intervention strategies, based on semistructured interviews with key informants and on a research and policy review
Reports & Papers
The Atlantic Philanthropies' Disadvantaged Children and Youth program in Ireland and Northern Ireland: Overview of program evaluation findings: Final report [Executive summary]
A summary of an evaluation of Disadvantaged Children and Youth, a program in Ireland and Northern Ireland to improve the lives of disadvantaged children by improving service delivery through evidence-based services and prevention and early intervention strategies, based on semistructured interviews with key informants and on a research and policy review
Executive Summary
Better beginnings: Developing home-based early learning systems in East Yakima and White Center
A summary of the development and implementation of home visiting program models in White City and East Yakima, Washington
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Better beginnings: Partnering with families for early learning home visit observations
A summary of a study of the content and quality of home visits conducted through Partnering with Families for Early Learning, a home visiting program developed as part of the Early Learning Initiative in White Center and East Yakima, Washington
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Building their futures: How Early Head Start programs are enhancing the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families
An interim report of the random assignment, impact evaluation of the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project, analyzing child and family outcomes through the first two years of children's lives.
Reports & Papers
Building their futures: How Early Head Start programs are enhancing the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families: Summary report
A summary of findings from the interim report of the random assignment, impact evaluation of the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project.
Executive Summary
Building their futures: How Early Head Start programs are enhancing the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families: Volume II. Technical report appendixes
A compendium of studies on the influence of participation in an Early Head Start program on children’s outcomes
Other
Building their futures: How Early Head Start programs are enhancing the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families: Volume I. Technical report
An evaluation of the effectiveness of Early Head Start programs in improving children's outcomes, based on a national assessment of 3,000 children at 17 sites
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
Design options for the assessment of Head Start quality enhancements: Final report. Volume I
A study of quality enhancement and assessment designs for Head Start programs
Other
The effectiveness of Early Head Start for 3-year-old children and their parents: Lessons for policy and programs
A summary of the evaluated impacts of Early Head Start on child and parent outcomes near the end of program participation
Reports & Papers
The Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot Project: How Early Head Start programs are reaching out to kith and kin caregivers: Appendixes
A supplement to the Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot Project report containing details on the agencies studied and protocols used
Other
The Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot Project: How Early Head Start programs are reaching out to kith and kin caregivers: Final interim report
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
The Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot Project: How Early Head Start programs are reaching out to kith and kin caregivers: Final interim report [Executive Summary]
A summary of a preliminary descriptive evaluation of the Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot Project, examining 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
Executive Summary
A guide to emerging strategies for promoting prevention and improving oral health care delivery in Head Start: Lessons from the Oral Health Initiative evaluation: Vol II. Final report
Emerging strategies and lessons learned from final findings of a two-year implementation evaluation of the Head Start Oral Health Initiative, which provided grants to Head Start programs to design and implement oral health promotion strategies, based on interviews with program directors, a web-based record-keeping system for grantees, and site visits
Other
Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness review: Executive summary
A summary of a review of research on the effectiveness of home visiting programs for pregnant women or families with children from birth to age 5
Executive Summary
Implementation of the Head Start National Reporting System: Spring 2005 update: Executive summary
A summary of a study providing updated findings from the Head Start Quality Assurance Study, which examined Head Start staff fidelity to protocol in administering the National Reporting System Child Assessment, based on site visits to Head Start programs
Executive Summary
Implementation of the National Reporting System in Migrant/Seasonal Head Start programs: Year two update: Final report
A study providing findings for Migrant/Seasonal Head Start programs in the second year of the Head Start Quality Assurance Study, which examined Head Start programs' experiences implementing the Head Start National Reporting System (NRS), including: the quality of their administration of the NRS Child Assessment; their approaches to training staff to conduct the NRS Child Assessment; their use of NRS results for program improvement; and program staff perspectives of the NRS, all based on site visits to a sample of eight Migrant/Seasonal Head Start programs
Reports & Papers
Leading the way: Characteristics and early experiences of selected Early Head Start programs: Executive summary: Volumes I, II, III
A summary of a three-volume report on the implementation of the 17 programs participating in the National Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, including overviews of cross-site features, program profiles, and program implementation
Executive Summary
Leading the way: Characteristics and early experiences of selected Early Head Start programs: Volume I: Cross-site perspectives
A description of the characteristics and early implementation experiences of the 17 research programs participating in the National Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project in fall 1997, with a focus on similarities and differences across programs in the characteristics of the families they serve, their goals and expected outcomes, the services they offer, and their early challenges and successes
Reports & Papers
Leading the Way: Characteristics and Early Experiences of Selected Early Head Start Programs: Volume III: Program Implementation
An analysis of the levels of implementation and child care quality achieved in the early stages of the evolution of 17 programs participating in the National Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project in fall 1997 in terms of the revised Head Start Program Performance Standards
Reports & Papers
Leading the way: Characteristics and early experiences of selected Early Head Start programs: Volume II: Program Profiles
A detailed overview of each of the 17 center-based, home-based, and mixed approach programs participating in the National Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project in fall 1997, with information about enrollment, services, program improvement efforts, and local research studies
Reports & Papers
Lessons learned from the Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness review
Lessons learned from a review of research on the effectiveness of home visiting programs for pregnant women or families with children from birth to age 5
Other
Making a difference in the lives of infants and toddlers and their families: The impacts of Early Head Start: Executive summary
A summary of findings from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project, a large-scale, random-assignment evaluation of the impact of Early Head Start programs on the development of infants and toddlers, and the parenting and family development of low-income families in 17 diverse sites across the US. Findings when children were 36 months of age, showed a pattern of positive, modest impacts across a wide range of child, parent-child and parent outcomes.
Executive Summary
