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			The 2005 child care licensing study: Final report National Association for Regulatory Administration, December 2006 Conyers, GA: National Association for Regulatory Administration. 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 National Child Care Information Center (U.S.), February, 2009 Lexington, KY: National Association for Regulatory Administration. 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
			Achieving a state of healthy weight: A national assessment of obesity prevention terminology in child care regulations 2010 National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care (U.S.), January, 2011 Aurora, CO: National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care. A study of the extent to which state child care regulations meet standards related to obesity prevention in the areas of infant feeding, nutrition, and physical activity	Reports & Papers
			Acute care and antibiotic seeking for upper respiratory tract infections for children in day care: Parental knowledge and day care center policies Friedman, Jennifer F., April 2003 Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 157(4), 369-374 A study of predictors of the parental seeking of acute care and antibiotics for children with upper respiratory tract infections (URIs) who attend child care, based on surveys of 211 parents and staff from 36 child care centers	Reports & Papers
			All together now: State experiences in using community-based child care to provide pre-kindergarten Schumacher, Rachel, 2005 Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. A discussion of the findings from a survey of 29 states conducted by the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), which examined the policies, opportunities, and challenges associated with including community based child care providers as part of the states' prekindergarten programs	Reports & Papers
			All together now: State experiences in using community-based child care to provide pre-kindergarten Schumacher, Rachel, 2005 Paper presented at the the Brookings Institution-University of North Carolina conference on Creating a national plan for the education of 4-year-olds, Washington, DC. A discussion of the findings from a survey of 29 states that examines the policies, opportunities, and challenges associated with including community-based child care providers in states' prekindergarten programs	Reports & Papers
			Analysis of state K-3 reading standards and assessments: Final report United States. Department of Education. Policy and Program Studies Service, December 2005 Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Policy and Program Studies Service. An examination of the extent to which state kindergarten through third grade (K-3) reading standards and assessments address five components essential to effective reading instruction (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension), based on an analysis of a stratified, random sample of states' reading standards and on the content of reading assessments in states with statewide assessments	Reports & Papers
			Announced v. unannounced licensing inspections: Survey report National Association for Regulatory Administration, 1997 Conyers, GA: National Association for Regulatory Administration. Results from a survey about the requirements and practices of announced and unannounced licensing inspections by child care, child welfare, drug and alcohol, adult day care, and mental health licensing professionals in 40 different states/provinces/territories	Reports & Papers
			Apples, giraffes, and Martin Luther King: Curriculum policy in a kindergarten classroom Davila, Sarah S., 2006 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Tufts University, Somerville, MA An observational study of how a kindergarten teacher combined her knowledge and beliefs about early education with four state, local, and national curriculum initiatives, including No Child Left Behind and the National Association for the Education of Young Children's accreditation standards	Reports & Papers
			Are state child care regulations meeting national oral health and nutritional standards? Kim, Juhee, July/August 2012 Pediatric Dentistry, 34(4), 317-324 A study of state child care regulations in the United States in terms of their inclusion of selected oral health and nutrition standards related to early childhood dental cavities, based on a review of regulations in 50 states and the District of Columbia, from the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education	Reports & Papers
			Assessing the New Federalism Weil, Alan, Washington, DC: Urban Institute 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	Major Research Projects
			Bills and budgets, subsidies and quality: Early childhood care and education policy making in the Massachusetts Legislature from 1990 through 2000 Lippitt, John A., 2002 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA A dissertation using legislative records and interviews to analyze early childhood care and education policymaking in Massachusetts from 1990 to 2000	Reports & Papers
			Bills and budgets, subsidies and quality: Early childhood care and education policy making in the Massachusetts Legislature from 1990 through 2002: A report to the Schott Foundation Caroline and Sigmund Schott Foundation, 2003 Cambridge, MA: Caroline and Sigmund Schott Foundation. A study of changes in policy and policymaking in child care and early education in Massachusetts during the 1990s	Reports & Papers
			A case study of the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care Strategies for Children, April, 2008 Boston: Strategies for Children. A study of the creation, development, and impact of the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care during its first two and a half years, based on interviews with public and private educators and program providers, legislators, policymakers, business leaders, early education experts, and other stakeholders	Reports & Papers
			Championing success: Business organizations for early childhood investments ReadyNation, 2013 Washington, DC: ReadyNation. A study of the early childhood policy and advocacy efforts of formal business membership organizations, based on survey responses from 104 local chambers of commerce and from 121 state business roundtables, state chambers of commerce, and city chambers of commerce	Reports & Papers
			Changes in Massachusetts welfare and work, child care, and child welfare systems Kaye, Laura, 2001 (State Update No. 5). Washington DC: Urban Institute. An overview of the changes in Massachusetts welfare policy as the focus shifts from families on welfare to those leaving welfare	Reports & Papers
			Child care and the welfare to work transition Lemke, Robert, 2000 (NBER Working Paper Series No. 7583). Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research. A report on child care-related factors affecting welfare recipients' decisions to work or participate in training under Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) regulations	Reports & Papers
			Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) report to Congress: Submitted January 2003 United States. Child Care Bureau, 2003 Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families. A report providing various state and federal information regarding the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF)	Reports & Papers
			Child care meets health care: What other states can teach us about insuring the child care workforce in Illinois Day Care Action Council of Illinois, July, 2003 Chicago: Day Care Action Council of Illinois. An exploration of program models for the provision of health insurance to early childhood workers, and recommendations for the development of a framework to provide health care coverage to early childhood workers in Illinois, based on case studies of programs currently implemented in California, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and North Carolina	Reports & Papers
			Child care providers' experiences caring for sick children: Implications for public policy Heymann, Jody, 2002 Early Child Development and Care, 172(1), 1-8 An examination of the experiences of preschool and school age child care providers with the care of sick children, based on interviews with public, private, and home-based providers in Cambridge, an urban area in the northeastern United States	Reports & Papers
			Child care: Recent state policy changes affecting the availability of assistance for low-income families United States. General Accounting Office, 2003 (GAO-03-588). Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office. An examination of state policy developments affecting the availability of child care assistance for low-income families	Reports & Papers
			Child care: State efforts to enforce safety and health requirements United States. Government Accountability Office, 2004 (GAO-04-786). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Accountability Office. A report by the Government Accountability Office to House Representative Sander M Levin regarding the regulation of child care health and safety requirements in states supported by the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)	Reports & Papers
			Child care subsidies and leaving welfare: Policy issues and strategies Adams, Gina, 2006 Washington, DC: Urban Institute. The second part of a three-part study of the interaction between state and local welfare-to-work programs and child care assistance programs, focusing on child care subsidy use by parents in transition from TANF to employment	Reports & Papers
			Child care subsidies for TANF families: The nexus of systems and policies Adams, Gina, 2006 Washington, DC: Urban Institute. First of a three-part study of the interaction between state and local welfare-to-work programs and child care assistance programs, focusing on administrative structures, protocols and interagency coordination as they affect TANF parents	Reports & Papers
			Child care subsidy use and employment outcomes of TANF mothers during the early years of welfare reform: A three-state study Lee, Bong Joo, 2004 (Chapin Hall Working Paper). Chicago: University of Chicago, Chapin Hall Center for Children. An analysis of the child care subsidy take-up rate, type of child care chosen, and relation between child care subsidy use and employment outcomes for single working mothers receiving TANF in Illinois, Maryland and Massachusetts	Reports & Papers

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