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Before Head Start: Income and ethnicity, family characteristics, child care experiences, and child development [Abridged] A description of demographic, family context, income, and developmental characteristics of Head Start children and their families at 3 years of age, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care |
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Building on the promise: State initiatives to expand access to Early Head Start for young children and their families A study of state efforts to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on in-depth interviews with state program administrators |
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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. |
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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 |
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Cross referrals between programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities: Perceptions of Part C and Early Head Start Providers A qualitative study of the views of Part C and Head Start administrators and healthcare providers about the complimentary roles of the programs, the collaboration between programs, and the identification and cross-referral of low income children with disabilities eligible for both programs, based on interviews with staff in 6 communities with both programs in 5 states |
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Enhanced Early Head Start with employment services: 42-month impacts from the Kansas and Missouri sites of the Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration and Evaluation Project A study of the impact of a program model that incorporates parental employment and educational services into Early Head Start on service receipt, child care and early education experiences, employment, earnings, household income, parenting practices, parental psychological well-being, and child outcomes, based on data collected from 610 families randomly assigned to treatment or control groups at two pilot sites in Kansas and Missouri |
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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 |
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An evaluation of the impact of anti-bias curriculum practices on prejudicial racial attitudes among children attending Head Start An analysis of the impact of a 36-week classroom intervention on Head Start children's racial attitudes |
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An examination of child care subsidies and their impact on families with infants and toddlers A qualitative investigation of the influence of child care subsidy policy on the lives of low-income parents and families, based on interviews with parents receiving Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF), Early Head Start and Head Start professionals, administrators, and social service professionals |
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Expanding access to Early Head Start: State initiatives for infants & toddlers at risk A study of state efforts to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on interviews with Head Start-state collaboration administrators in 23 states |
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The gap between beliefs and practices: early childhood practitioners' perceptions about inclusion A comparative study of Pre-K and Head Start teachers, examining the inclusive beliefs and corresponding skills necessary to provide effective services to young children with special needs in licensed early care and education (ECE) settings |
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Head Start programs: Participant characteristics, services, and funding A study of several factors of the Head Start program, including the number of participants, participants' characteristics, services provided, service delivery methods, federal and non-federal dollars received and spent, and other programs providing similar early childhood services |
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Kansas and Missouri Early Head Start programs: Kansas City, Kansas, and Sedalia, Missouri An overview of two Early Head Start programs, Project EAGLE, in Kansas City, Kansas and the Children’s Therapy Center, in Sedalia, Missouri, by reviewing the programs’ partnerships with community child care providers, implementation successes and challenges of these partnerships, and lessons learned |
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Kansas: Early Head Start initiative An examination of an effort in Kansas to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on interviews with state program administrators |
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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 |
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Making a difference in the lives of infants and toddlers and their families: The impacts of Early Head Start: Vol. I. Final technical report A report of the 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 across the US |
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National AIAN Head Start Collaboration needs assessment 2009 A study of the collaboration and professional development activities of American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start grantees, based on a survey of 153 grantees |
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Oral health promotion, prevention, & treatment strategies for Head Start families: Early findings from the Oral Health Initiative evaluation: Vol. II. Site profiles Interim findings from 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 1) interviews with program directors, 2) a web-based record-keeping system for grantees, and 3) site visits. This volume is based on data from the first source |
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Pathways to quality and full implementation in Early Head Start programs A report characterizing the development of Early Head Start programs over the first four years of the program's existence. |
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Policy and management supports for Early Head Start and Part C programs A qualitative study of the perceptions of state and local administrators, direct care providers, and parents of the process of service integration of Part C and Early Head Start programs in five states |
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Status of efforts to increase the qualifications of Head Start teachers A study assessing factors contributing to Head Start programs’ progress and experiences in increasing teachers’ qualifications |
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Strategies for promoting prevention and improving oral health care delivery in Head Start: Findings from the Oral Health Initiative evaluation: Vol I. Final technical report Final findings from 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 |
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Strategies for supporting quality in kith and kin child care: Findings from the Early Head Start Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot evaluation A descriptive evaluation of the Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot Project, an initiative supporting the quality of kith and kin child care provision for infants and toddlers in Early Head Start, based on site visits, staff telephone interviews, quality observations, caregiver interviews, and administrative records |
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Transition strategies: Continuity and change in the lives of infants and toddlers A study of the impact of school transition changes in the lives of infants and toddlers from early Head Start programs |
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A two-generational child-focused program enhanced with employment services: Eighteen-month impacts from the Kansas and Missouri sites of the Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration and Evaluation Project Interim findings on the impact of a program model that incorporates parental employment and educational services into Early Head Start on service receipt, child care and early education experiences, employment, earnings, household income, parenting practices, parental psychological well-being, and child outcomes, based on data collected from 610 families randomly assigned to treatment or control groups at two pilot sites in Kansas and Missouri |
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