Cuyahoga County Early Childhood Initiative evaluation: Phase I final report
Coulton, Claudia, 2003
Cleveland, OH: Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences (Case Western Reserve University), Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change.
An evaluation of Cuyahoga County, California's Early Childhood Initiative plan for universal comprehensive care access for children from birth to age 5
Reports & Papers
Discretion and the administrator: The case of child care reform in Ohio
Slone, Wendy Jay, May 2006
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
An examination of the role of directors at the Ohio County Department of Job and Family Services (CDJFS) and of factors which influence their managerial decisions and capacity to implement policy, with an analysis of a director’s authority to exercise “administrative discretion,” based on qualitative and quantitative data derived from interviews with and questionnaires completed by directors
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Downward slide: State child care assistance policies 2012
Schulman, Karen, 2012
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.
A study of changes to state child care assistance policies between February 2011 and February 2012 and between 2001 and February 2012, including changes to income eligibility limits, waiting lists, parent copayments, reimbursement rates, and assistance to parents searching for a job, based on a survey of child care administrators in each state and the District of Columbia
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Education for four-year-olds: State initiatives [Supplement to Technical Report No. 2 (California & Ohio)]
Gallagher, James J., 2001
Chapel Hill, NC: National Center for Early Development and Learning.
An inquiry into public policies regarding pre-kindergarten in Ohio and California, with a focus on facilitators and obstacles
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Emerging trends in child care regulation
Gazan, Harold S., 1997
Conyers, GA: National Association for Regulatory Administration.
A discussion of recent trends in the regulation of child care, focusing on the increase or decrease in the amount of child care centers regulated, licensing approval waiting time, welfare reform influences on regulation, among others, based on a survey completed by 26 states and the District of Columbia
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Estimates of child care eligibility and receipt for fiscal year 2009
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, December, 2012
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
An examination of children's eligibility for and receipt of federal child care subsidies under federal parameters and state-defined rules
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Examining cost fulfillment: Child care policy and strategies
Jordan, Lucy P., 2012
Journal of Social Service Research, 38(3), 313-329
A study of correlations among a variety of characteristics of child care subsidy eligibility policies in 20 cities across 15 states, and an identification of four categories of similar types of city-specific subsidy offerings, based on an examination of the local policies regarding the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) subsidies
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Families and children qualifying for non-assistance child care subsidies in Cuyahoga County
Pearlmutter, Sue, October 1997
Cleveland, OH: Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences (Case Western Reserve University), Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change.
A study of the number and characteristics of families and children eligible for non-assistance child care subsidies in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, focusing on family structure and industries of parental employment
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Family child care homes and the CACFP: Participation after reimbursement tiering: An interim report of the Family Child Care Homes Legislative Changes Study
Food Assistance & Nutrition Research (Program : U.S.), 1999
(Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Report No. 3). Washington, DC: U.S. Food Assistance & Nutrition Research Program.
An inquiry into the participation rates of family child care homes in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
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A fragile foundation: State child care assistance policies
Schulman, Karen, 2001
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund. (No longer accessible as of December 7, 2012).
A report on state-level child care assistance policies and changes that have occurred between 1995 and 2001, examining the impact of policies on families' access to care and child care choices.
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From planning to practice: State efforts to improve early childhood education
National Association of State Boards of Education, 2005
Alexandria, VA: National Association of State Boards of Education.
A description of six states' efforts to improve young children's school readiness by replanning their early childhood education programs
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Going to scale with high-quality early education: Choices and consequences in universal pre-kindergarten efforts
Christina, Rachel, 2005
(TR-237-EDU). Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.
An overview of policy implications for states attempting to provide high-quality prekindergarten access
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Infant-Toddler early learning guidelines: The content that states have addressed and implications for programs serving children with disabilities
Scott-Little, Catherine, April 2009
Infants and Young Children, 22(2), 87-99
A categorical analysis of the contents of the infant and toddler early learning guidelines (ELGs) published by 21 states, and a discussion of their implications for programs serving children with disabilities
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Inside the content: The breadth and depth of early learning standards
Scott-Little, Catherine, 2003
Greensboro, NC: SERVE.
A study of the content and development of state-level early learning standards for kindergarten through twelfth grade in 2004
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Inside the content of infant-toddler early learning guidelines: Results from analyses, issues to consider, and recommendations
Scott-Little, Catherine, February 2008
Greensboro: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Human Development and Family Studies.
An analysis of the organization and content of state early learning guidelines (ELGs) for infants and toddlers, based on coding ELG documents
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K-2 standards and assessments: A 50-state review
Kauerz, Kristie, June, 2006
Philadelphia: National Early Childhood Accountability Task Force.
A descriptive study of each state's kindergarten, first grade, and second grade content standards and mandatory assessments
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Labor force supply decisions of rural low-income mothers
Mammen, Sheila, March, 2009
Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 30(1), 67-79
A microeconomic study of the associations between both rural low income mothers' decision to work and number of hours worked and mother's individual characteristics, household characteristics, human capital, various household income sources including participation in child care assistance and the Earned Income Tax Credit, and local economic conditions, based on data from 412 families from 23 counties in 13 states
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Leaving children to chance: NACCRRA's ranking of state standards and oversight for small family child care homes: 2012 update
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, March, 2012
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.
A ranking of state regulation and oversight of family child care homes against 16 benchmarks, based on an analysis of state child care licensing regulations
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Locked doors: States struggling to meet the child care needs of low-income working families
Adams, Gina, 1998
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund
A study on the demand for affordable quality childcare in the United States
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Measuring improper payments in the child care program: A pilot project of the ACF Child Care Bureau: Final report
United States. Child Care Bureau, 2005
Washington, DC: U.S. Child Care Bureau.
A study conducted to find and reduce erroneous payments in specific Health and Human Services programs in California, Nebraska, Arizona, Kansas, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Ohio and New Hampshire
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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Patterns of child care use among low-income families: Final report
United States. Administration for Children and Families, September 2007
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.
A study of families' decisions regarding employment and child care arrangements, examining variations by child's age, mother's race, and other family characteristics, and assessing the impact of child care subsidies and other state and local policies on families' choices
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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: State and Community Substudy: Final report
United States. Administration for Children and Families, September 2007
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.
A study of ongoing changes in state and community policies for meeting the child care needs of low-income families as a result of welfare reform implementation, including child care subsidy use and expenditures from 1997 to 2001 and child care subsidy policies and their administration from 1999 to 2002, based on administrative records, policy manuals, and key informant interviews from 17 states and 25 communities
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NCSL technical report: State approaches to school readiness assessment
Stedron, Jennifer, August 2010
Denver, CO: National Conference of State Legislatures.
An examination of states' kindergarten assessment practices and use and reporting of school readiness information, based on data from the 25 states that perform kindergarten assessments
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NCSL technical report: State approaches to school readiness assessment
Stedron, Jennifer,
Denver, CO: National Conference of State Legislatures.
An examination of states’ definitions of children’s school readiness and states’ uses of information on school readiness, based on data from 23 states that require universal or near-universal assessment by stature
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Parent involvement and extended learning activities in school improvement plans in the Midwest Region
Kochanek, Julie Reed, April 2011
(Issues & Answers, REL 2011-No. 115). Washington, DC: Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest.
An analysis of parent involvement and extended learning activities, including before and after school programming, in school improvement plans mandated by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin
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