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			2008 omnibus appropriations bill cuts funding for Head Start: Bipartisan reauthorization bill enacted two weeks before omnibus was completed called for increased investment Parrott, Sharon, February 06, 2008 Washington, DC: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Retrived February 6, 2008, from http://www.cbpp.org/2-5-08bud.pdf A comparison of Head Start funding authorized by the Head Start reauthorization bill and Head Start funding included in the fiscal year 2008 omnibus appropriations bill	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			21st Century Community Learning Centers: Providing afterschool supports to communities nationwide Afterschool Alliance, February 2008 Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance. A description of the children and communities served by 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) after school programs	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Access to kindergarten: Age issues in state statutes Education Commission of the States, November 2008 Denver, CO: Education Commission of the States. An overview of state policies regarding kindergarten entrance age, early entrance, attendance, and skipping or exemption	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Afterschool and students with special needs Afterschool Alliance, October 2008 (Issue Brief No. 34). Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance. An exploration of the ways in which after school programs integrate children with special needs, including a discussion of benefits of program participation	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Afterschool fosters success in school Afterschool Alliance, February 2008 (Metlife Foundation Afterschool Alert Issue Brief No. 31). Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance. A discussion of the positive impact after school program participation has on school success, including academic achievement, social development, and risky behavior prevention	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			After school programs in the 21st century: Their potential and what it takes to achieve it Little, Priscilla, February 2008 (Issues and Opportunities in Out-of-School Time Evaluation No. 10). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Family Research Project. A review of 10 years of seminal research and evaluation studies of out-of-school time program impacts	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Afterschool programs: Making a difference in America�s communities by improving academic achievement, keeping kids safe and helping working families Afterschool Alliance, February 2008 Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance. Highlights of findings from studies of the influence of afterschool programs on children�s school attendance, academic achievement and abstinence from crime	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			After School Science and Engineering Clubs evaluation: Interim report Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families, February 2008 (Research Brief DCSF-RBX-04-08). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families. An interim summary of an evaluation of After School Science and Engineering Clubs, which were established by selected schools in England using government funding to promote middle-school-age children's interest and involvement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Afterschool: Supporting family involvement in schools Afterschool Alliance, March 2008 (Metlife Foundation Afterschool Alert Issue Brief No. 32). Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance. A discussion of the role that after school programs can play in increasing family involvement in schools	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Building community partnerships: Tips for out-of-school time programs Burkhauser, Mary, March, 2008 (Publication No. 2008-13). Washington, DC: Child Trends. An overview of research on how community involvement can support out-of-school time programs, with recommendations for identifying and accessing community resources	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Building on the promise: Profiles of state initiatives to build on Early Head Start: Illinois Child Care Collaboration Program DiLauro, Elizabeth, 2008 Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. A summary of efforts in Illinois to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on in-depth interviews with state program administrators	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Building on the promise: Profiles of state initiatives to build on Early Head Start: Iowa DiLauro, Elizabeth, 2008 Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. A summary of efforts in Iowa to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on an in-depth interview with a state program administrator	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Building on the promise: Profiles of state initiatives to build on Early Head Start: Kansas Schumacher, Rachel, 2008 Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. A summary of efforts in Kansas to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on an in-depth interview with a state program administrator	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Building on the promise: Profiles of state initiatives to build on Early Head Start: Maine Schumacher, Rachel, 2008 Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. A summary of efforts in Maine to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on an in-depth interview with a state program administrator	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Building on the promise: Profiles of state initiatives to build on Early Head Start: Maryland Schumacher, Rachel, 2008 Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. A summary of efforts in Maryland to expand and enhance Early Head Start (EHS) services, based on in-depth interviews with a state program administrator and local EHS grantees	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Building on the promise: Profiles of state initiatives to build on Early Head Start: Minnesota DiLauro, Elizabeth, 2008 Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. A summary of efforts in Minnesota to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on in-depth interviews with state program administrators	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Building on the promise: Profiles of state initiatives to build on Early Head Start: Missouri DiLauro, Elizabeth, 2008 Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. A summary of efforts in Missouri to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on in-depth interviews with state program administrators	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Building on the promise: Profiles of state initiatives to build on Early Head Start: Nebraska Schumacher, Rachel, 2008 Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. A summary of efforts in Nebraska to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on in-depth interviews with state program administrators	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Building on the promise: Profiles of state initiatives to build on Early Head Start: Oklahoma DiLauro, Elizabeth, 2008 Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. A summary of efforts in Oklahoma to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on in-depth interviews with state program administrators	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Building on the promise: Profiles of state initiatives to build on Early Head Start: Vermont DiLauro, Elizabeth, 2008 Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. A summary of efforts in Vermont to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on an in-depth interview with a state program administrator	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Child Development Education Pilot Program (CDEPP) summary report South Carolina Education Oversight Committee, January, 2008 Columbia: South Carolina Education Oversight Committee. A description of the Child Development Education Pilot Program (CDEPP), South Carolina's early childhood initiative to promote the school readiness of the state's children in poverty	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Do state pre-k programs improve children's pre-literacy and math learning? National Forum on Early Childhood Program Evaluation, 2008 Cambridge, MA: National Forum on Early Childhood Program Evaluation. A summary of a study of the impact of state prekindergarten programs in Michigan, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and West Virginia on children's vocabulary, math, and print awareness skills by comparing children who had completed a year of prekindergarten with nonparticipants who had missed the enrollment age cut-off and were about to start prekindergarten	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Early Head Start participants, programs, families, and staff in 2006 Center for Law and Social Policy, June 2008 Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. A description of the characteristics of Early Head Start programs, participants, families, and staff in 2006, based on Program Information Report data	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Effectively expanding California's after school system: Overcoming the workforce supply obstacle Children Now (Organization), March 2008 Oakland, CA: Children Now. A discussion of staffing challenges facing after school programs in California as a result of increased state after school funding	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			The effects of Oklahoma's universal pre-kindergarten program on Hispanic children Gormley, Jr., William T., June 2008 Washington, DC: Georgetown University, Center for Research on Children in the United States. A summary of a study of the impacts of Oklahoma's publicly-funded, universal prekindergarten program on the early reading, writing, and math skills of Hispanic students in Tulsa, Oklahoma	Fact Sheets & Briefs

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