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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 |
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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 |
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Achieving a state of healthy weight: A national assessment of obesity prevention terminology in child care regulations 2010 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 |
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All together now: State experiences in using community-based child care to provide pre-kindergarten 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 |
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All together now: State experiences in using community-based child care to provide pre-kindergarten 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 |
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Analysis of state K-3 reading standards and assessments: Final report 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 |
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Announced v. unannounced licensing inspections: Survey report 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 |
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Are state child care regulations meeting national oral health and nutritional standards? 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 |
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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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The Build Initiative: Building early learning systems in the states: A report on the fourth year An examination of the contributions of the Build Initiative in its fourth year of fostering of state partnerships to develop comprehensive systems of early learning and care |
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The Build Initiative: Building early learning systems in the states: A report on the third year A report on the contributions of the Build Initiative in efforts to build statewide systems of early learning and care |
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Can child care assistance in welfare and employment programs support the employment of low-income families? An investigation of different welfare and employment programs with child care assistance policies and their effects on employment rates and child care decisions of low income families |
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Championing success: Business organizations for early childhood investments 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 |
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Child Care and Development Fund: Undercover tests show five state programs that are vulnerable to fraud and abuse Findings from an undercover investigation of the vulnerabilities of states' fraud prevention controls for child care assistance eligibility and billing in 5 states, and an inquiry into the influence of a lack of child care on the ability of parents to maintain employment |
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Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) report to Congress: Submitted January 2003 A report providing various state and federal information regarding the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) |
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Child care: Recent state policy changes affecting the availability of assistance for low-income families An examination of state policy developments affecting the availability of child care assistance for low-income families |
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Child care services in the JOBS program A study on the implementation of child care services under the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program from 1990 to 1992 in 10 states. |
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Child care: State efforts to enforce safety and health requirements 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) |
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Child care: States increased spending on low-income families A study of how states spend child care funds made available through Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF) and the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and how they provide child care subsidies to eligible families. |
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Child care subsidies and leaving welfare: Policy issues and strategies 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 |
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Childcare subsidies and the transition from welfare to work A study of the relationship between child care subsidy receipt and mothers' work experiences of welfare recipients in an urban Michigan county |
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Childcare subsidies and the transition from welfare to work A study of the role of subsidies in parental transitions from welfare to the workforce in Michigan, using post-1996 data from The Women’s Employment Study (WES) |
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Child care subsidies for TANF families: The nexus of systems and policies 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 |
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Child care under the Family Support Act: Early lessons from the states A study of the Head Start program’s effects on disadvantaged rural students development compared with non-Head Start rural students, based on results from the analysis of variance studies in testing of 144 children in Mississippi enrolled in Head Start I and Head Start II programs, and a non-Head Start control group |
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Coming together for children with disabilities: State collaboration to support quality, inclusive child care A study of state policies which would provide special education and early intervention services to low-income children with disabilities in child care programs |
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