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Assessing the New Federalism A multi-year, multi-pronged project that analyzes state policy choices, including policy development and implementation, and family well-being in the context of the significant devolution of responsibility for social programs from the federal government to the states |
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Childcare for low-income families: Problems and promise A discussion of two major child care policy strands: provide funding to child care to facilitate maternal employment and provide funding to child care and early education to enhance children's cognitive and social development |
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Coaching for quality improvement: Lessons learned from quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) A summary of an examination of features of coaching and other on-site, individualized professional development strategies associated with positive outcomes for early childhood practitioners and children, based on a research review and a multi-case study of coaching in quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) |
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Coaching in early care and education programs and quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS): Identifying promising features An examination of features of coaching and other on-site, individualized professional development strategies associated with positive outcomes for early childhood practitioners and children, based on a research review and a multi-case study of coaching in quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) |
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Data-driven decision making in preparation for large-scale quality rating system implementation An account of the development and implementation of a quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) and its implementation procedures, based on information from Missouri's experiences with the development of a QRIS |
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Early care and education for children in low-income families: Patterns of use, quality, and potential policy implications A review of research in four areas: 1) child care and early education usage patterns among children from low-income families, 2) child care and early education quality and its relation to child development, 3) child care and early education quality for children from low-income families, and 4) the policy context shaping child care and early education quality |
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Early care and education for children in low-income families: Patterns of use, quality, and potential policy implications [Executive summary] A summary of a review of research in four areas: 1) child care and early education usage patterns among children from low-income families, 2) child care and early education quality and its relation to child development, 3) child care and early education quality for children from low-income families, and 4) the policy context shaping child care and early education quality |
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The Family Support Act and children: Potential pathways of influence A discussion of the economic and non-economic impacts that maternal participation in the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) training program may have on child outcomes. |
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How welfare reform might affect children: Updating the conceptual model A discussion of the ways in which welfare reform may affect children |
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Issues for the next decade of quality rating and improvement systems A discussion of issues related to quality rating and improvement systems (QRISs), including new challenges facing QRISs, QRIS research and evaluation, QRIS design and implementation, and tools for guiding QRIS evaluation efforts |
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Measuring and rating quality: A state perspective on the demands for quality measurement in a policy context An account of the implementation of a quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) for early childhood education and care programs in Minnesota, including information on quality goals, implementation challenges, and recommendations for improvement |
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On-site approaches to quality improvement in quality rating and improvement systems: Building on the research on coaching An examination of research on coaching, as well as other on-site quality improvement strategies, in child care quality rating and improvement systems |
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Review and synthesis of selected research reports submitted to the Child Care Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services An overview of key findings, methodological developments, and policy implications from selected research projects funded by the Child Care Bureau, focusing on projects that study the use and effects of child care subsidies, parental choice of child care, improving and documenting child care quality, child care and early education partnerships, and characteristics of the child care workforce |
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Review and synthesis of selected research reports submitted to the Child Care Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [Executive summary] A summary of an overview of key findings, methodological developments, and policy implications from selected research projects funded by the Child Care Bureau, focusing on projects that study the use and effects of child care subsidies, parental choice of child care, improving and documenting child care quality, child care and early education partnerships, and characteristics of the child care workforce |
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Tiered reimbursement in Minnesota child care settings An analysis of the child care subsidy system in Anoka, Becker, Brown, and Hennepin Counties, MN, to determine the impact of tiered reimbursement on the availability of and access to higher quality child care. |
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Welfare families' use of early childhood care and education programs, and implications for their children's development A study of the developmental implications of early childhood care and education programs for welfare families, and the predictors of early child care participation |
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Welfare reform and children: A synthesis of impacts in five states: The Project on State-Level Child Outcomes A compilation of findings from the Project on State-Level Child Outcome, a longitudinal evaluation of how welfare programs in Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, and Minnesota impacted participating children and adults |
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Welfare reform and children: A synthesis of impacts in five states: The Project on State-Level Child Outcomes [Executive summary] The executive summary of a report evaluating the impact of pilot welfare reform programs on children and families in Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, and Minnesota. |
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Welfare-to-work initiatives An overview of five studies examining the effects of welfare-to-work programs on school age, low income children and their families |
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