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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

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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

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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

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After child care subsidies for TANF leavers: Implications for child school readiness
Weinraub, Marsha, February, 2011
Philadelphia: Temple University, Family and Children's Policy Collaborative.

A longitudinal study of the child care arrangements of children of former welfare recipients in southeastern Pennsylvania who received child care subsidies after leaving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), based on analyses of secondary and administrative data for 157 children

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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

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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

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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

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Assessing quality across all STAR levels
Pennsylvania. Office of Child Development and Early Learning, January, 2013
(Research Brief Vol. 2, Issue 1). Harrisburg: Pennsylvania, Office of Child Development and Early Learning.

Findings from a study of the relationship of the observed quality of child care programs participating in Keystone STARS, Pennsylvania's child care quality rating system, to their STARS rating, based on data for 46 randomly-selected programs

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Barriers to subsidies: Reasons why low-income families do not use child care subsidies
Shlay, Anne B.,
Philadelphia: Temple University, Center for Public Policy. http://www.temple.edu/CPP/content/reports/barriers_to_subsidies.pdf (no longer accessible since April 5, 2005)

An investigation into the factors responsible for non-use of child care subsidies among subsidy-eligible families, based on a survey of 196 subsidy-eligible low income African American parents in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Barriers to subsidies: Reasons why low income families do not use child care subsidies
Shlay, Anne B., 2002
Philadelphia: Temple University, Center for Public Policy.

An investigation into the factors responsible for non-use of child care subsidies among subsidy-eligible families, based on a survey of 196 subsidy-eligible low income African American parents in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Barriers to subsidies: Why low-income families do not use child care subsidies
Shlay, Anne B., 2004
Social Science Research, 33(1), 134-157

An investigation into the factors responsible for non-use of child care subsidies among subsidy-eligible families, based on a survey of 196 subsidy-eligible low income African American parents in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Barriers to subsidies: Why low-income families do not use child care subsidies
Shlay, Anne B., 2003
Philadelphia: Temple University, Center for Public Policy.

An investigation into the factors responsible for non-use of child care subsidies among subsidy-eligible families, based on a survey of 196 subsidy-eligible low income African American parents in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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The Build Initiative: Building early learning systems in the states: A report on the fourth year
Bruner, Charles, June 2007
Cross Lanes, WV: Build Initiative.

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
Bruner, Charles, April, 2006
Cross Lanes, WV: Building Initiative.

A report on the contributions of the Build Initiative in efforts to build statewide systems of early learning and care

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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

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Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): Improper payments data collection pilot project
United States. Food and Nutrition Service. Office of Research and Analysis, September, 2009
Alexandria, VA: U.S. Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Research and Analysis.

A comparison of the quality and costs of four methods for estimating the true number of meals served by family child care homes participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program in order to reduce improper payments to providers for submitting erroneous meal counts

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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)

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Child care or child neglect?: Baby farming in late-nineteenth-century Philadelphia
Broder, Sherri, 1988
Gender & Society, 2(2), 128-148

An article reviewing the history and implications of social inequalities, abandonment and infanticide in Philadelphia during the nineteenth century

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Child-care quality rating and improvement systems in five pioneer states: Implementation issues and lessons learned
Zellman, Gail L., 2008
(MG-795-AECF/SPF/UWA). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.

A study of the quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) in five early QRIS-adopting states, including descriptions of: the theory of action underlying QRISs; each state's system, including the aspects of quality included in the system; the development of each state's system; and challenges facing system designers and lessons learned from these states, all based on in-depth interviews with 4 key stakeholders in each state

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The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Child care quality rating and improvement systems: Approaches to integrating programs for young children in two states
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, August, 2011
(OPRE Report 2011-28). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

An examination of the role, and how to assess the role, that state child care quality rating and improvement systems can play in early childhood care and education system integration and development, based on document reviews, administrator interviews, and two-day site visits in Indiana and Pennsylvania

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The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Defining and measuring quality: An in-depth study of five child care quality rating and improvement systems
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, August, 2011
(OPRE Report 2011-29). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

An examination of aspects of child care quality rating and improvement systems related to definitions and measures of quality, including variation in definitions and measures, processes to measure each component and determine the overall level of quality, and availability of data on quality ratings, based on in-depth case studies in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee

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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

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Child care services in the JOBS program
Hagen, Jan, 2004
Children and Youth Services Review, 26(8), 697-710

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
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)

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Child care subsidies post TANF: Child care subsidy use by African American, White and Hispanic TANF-leavers
Shlay, Anne B., December 2010
Children and Youth Services Review, 32(12), 1711-1718

A comparison of the child care subsidy use of 658 African American, White, and Hispanic former recipients of Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF) from the greater Philadelphia area, based on data from a 2005 automated telephone survey

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