The 101st Congress: An emerging agenda for children in poverty
A review of the legislative issues surrounding Project Head Start's reauthorization, the expansion of Medicare, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the Child Care and Development Block Grant by the 101st United States Congress
Other
10 new ideas for early education in the 111th Congress
A discussion of 10 policy proposals to improve early education access, quality, and alignment from preschool through early elementary school
Fact Sheets & Briefs
10 new ideas for early education in the NCLB reauthorization
A series of recommendations for strengthening provisions in the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act to better support high-quality early education
Fact Sheets & Briefs
12 ideas for early education in the 112th Congress
A discussion of 12 policy proposals to improve early education access, quality, and alignment from preschool through early elementary school
Fact Sheets & Briefs
13 indicators of quality child care: Research update
An annotated bibliography of research conducted since 1992 on thirteen key child care quality indicators used in developing child care licensing regulations.
Methods
15 by 15: A comprehensive policy framework for early human capital investment in BC
An argument for reducing the percentage of developmentally vulnerable children in British Columbia, Canada, to 15 by 2015, including a policy framework to achieve the goal
Other
15 by 15: A comprehensive policy framework for early human capital investment in BC [Executive summary]
A summary of an argument for reducing the percentage of developmentally vulnerable children in British Columbia, Canada, to 15 by 2015, including a policy framework to achieve the goal
Executive Summary
The 2003 California child care portfolio
A report providing statewide and county-by-county statistics regarding child care supply and demand, costs, and current policy trends in the state of California
Other
2004 supplement to Making care less taxing
A chart supplementing Appendix A of the 2002 report, ''Making Care Less Taxing: Improving State Child and Dependent Care Tax Provisions,'' which describes state child and dependent care for tax year 2003
Other
The 2005 Child Care Licensing Study: Executive summary
Summary of a compilation of survey data on state child care licensing programs and policies, including staffing, monitoring, and enforcement, and child care center licensing regulations, for all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2005
Executive Summary
The 2005 child care licensing study: Final report
A compilation of survey data on state child care licensing programs and policies, including staffing, monitoring, and enforcement, and child care center licensing regulations, for all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2005
Reports & Papers
The 2007 Child Care Licensing Study: Final report
A compilation of survey data on state licensing programs and policies for child care centers and small and large family child care homes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2007
Reports & Papers
2007 EFA Global Monitoring Report: Strong foundations: Early childhood care and education
An assessment of the progress made by countries and national organizations toward meeting the goals of equitable provision of learning opportunities to all citizens from infancy to adulthood, expressed at the Jomtien World Conference on Education for All, based on cross-national education statistics, household surveys, consultations, literature reviews and commissioned papers, with a focus on national strategies for creating programs and improving services devoted to early childhood care and education
Reports & Papers
2007 EFA Global Monitoring Report: Strong foundations: Early childhood care and education [Summary]
A summary of an assessment of the progress made by countries and national organizations toward meeting the goals of equitable provision of learning opportunities to all citizens from infancy to adulthood, expressed at the Jomtien World Conference on Education for All, based on cross-national education statistics, household surveys, consultations, literature reviews and commissioned papers, with a focus on national strategies for creating programs and improving services devoted to early childhood care and education
Executive Summary
The 2008 child care licensing study
A compilation of survey data on state licensing programs and policies for child care centers and small and large family child care homes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2007
Reports & Papers
2008 supplement to Making care less taxing
An update listing changes to state child and dependent care income tax provisions since December 2005 that are in effect for the 2007 tax year
Other
2009 child nutrition reauthorization: Child and Adult Care Food Program preschool recommendations
A discussion of policy recommendations for legislation reauthorizing the Child and Adult Care Food Program
Fact Sheets & Briefs
2009 supplement to Making care less taxing
An update listing changes to state child and dependent care income tax provisions since December 2005 that are in effect for the 2008 tax year
Other
2010 strategic report to the governor on the status of early childhood: Executive summary
A summary of an overview of early childhood services in Nebraska related to parent education and family support, socioemotional development and mental health, early care and education, and medical and dental homes, with an examination of the system of public supports for early care and education in the state
Executive Summary
21st Century Community Learning Centers: A foundation for progress
A description of the programs implemented through the use of federal funds supplied through the 21st Century Community Learning Center (CCLC) initiative
Fact Sheets & Briefs
28 million poor and lower-middle income children would not qualify for Dole child tax credit
A policy brief on the ramifications of proposed changes to the child tax credit by then-Presidential candidate Bob Dole.
Fact Sheets & Briefs
5 ideas for children five years and younger
An overview of five types of policies to support children's development and early learning, with examples from individual states
Fact Sheets & Briefs
The ABC of child care politics
A study of the growth of private and for-profit child care services, the adequacy of regulations and standards, the cost of care, and the implications for both politics and public policy, with an argument for a more robust approach to regulation and quality control due to the emergence of ABC Learning as the dominant corporate provider of child care services in Australia
Other
Access to child care for low-income working families
An exploration of the magnitude of the gap between demand for, and actual acquisition of, child care subsidy assistance among low income, subsidy eligible families
Reports & Papers
Access to child care for low-income working families [Executive summary]
The executive summary of a research report that explores the gap between the demand for child care subsidy assistance and the actual receipt by low-income, subsidy eligible families.
Executive Summary
