The alignment of CEC/DEC and NAEYC personnel preparation standards
A description of the process for the alignment of personnel preparation standards developed by the Council for Exceptional Children and Division for Early Childhood with the standards developed by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, and an identification of both areas of convergence across the two sets of standards and areas that were primarily addressed through only one set of standards
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Analysis of breastfeeding policies and practices in childcare centres in Adelaide, South Australia
A study of director or director designee perceptions towards breastfeeding practice and support within child care centers and the relationship of those perceptions to policy, based on data from 15 child care centers in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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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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A better beginning: Easing the cost of childcare
A presentation of a policy proposal for public child care support in the United Kingdom and an analysis of fiscal models of the policy and a poll of 502 parents to gauge interest in the policy
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Can't buy mommy's love?: Universal childcare and children's long-term cognitive development
A comparison of the language and math performance at age 15 of children who were 3 years old either before or after the implementation of universal child care for 3-year-old children in their respective region of Spain, based on data for Spain from the 2003, 2006, and 2009 waves of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), a cross-national assessment of skills and knowledge
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Care or cash?: The effect of child care subsidies on student performance
A study of the influence on children's junior high school academic performance of variations in household child care expenses produced by income-based eligibility cutoffs for municipal child care subsidies, based on a national longitudinal administrative data set from Norway
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Care or cash?: The effect of child care subsidies on student performance
A study of the influence on children's junior high school academic performance of variations in household child care expenses produced by income-based eligibility cutoffs for municipal child care subsidies, based on a national longitudinal administrative data set from Norway
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Caring and learning together: Exploring the relationship between parental leave and early childhood education and care
An examination of the relationship between parental leave entitlements and availability of early childhood education and care services in a range of high-income European countries, based on data from 25 countries in the 2012 annual review of leave policies
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Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): Assessment of sponsor tiering determinations 2011
An estimate of improper payments made in 2011 to family child care homes in the Child and Adult Care Food Program as a result of misclassification in provider tiering status, which is determined by a provider's low income status or operation in a low income area and which determines the rate at which providers are reimbursed for the meals and snacks they provide
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Child care assistance: Are subsidies or tax credits better?
A comparison of the relationship of two Australian child care assistance policies, price subsidies and tax credits, to maternal labor force participation, child care demand and expenses, household income and welfare, and government revenue, based on an analysis of data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey
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Child care assistance for families involved in the child welfare system: Predicting child care subsidy use and stability
An examination of the use and stability of child care subsidies among children from families involved in the child welfare system, based on data from the Child Welfare Services and Employment Related Day Care, Oregon's child care subsidy program
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Child care assistance for families involved in the child welfare system: Predicting child care subsidy use and stability
An examination of the use and stability of child care subsidies among children from families involved in the child welfare system, based on administrative data from the Oregon Department of Human Services through two linked datasets, the Child Welfare Services and Employment Related Day Care--Oregon's child care subsidy program
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Child care subsidies and care arrangements of low-income parents
A study of the association between child care subsidy receipt and the choice of center-based or other non-parental child care, based on a secondary analysis of telephone questionnaire data collected from a national sample of several thousand low income families
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Child-care subsidies: Do they impact the quality of care children experience?
A comparison of subsidy recipient low-income children's care quality relative to socioeconomically comparable, subsidy-eligible non-recipients quality of child care, based data from 750 4-year-olds from Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort, Preschool data
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Child care subsidies, maternal well-being, and child-parent interactions: Evidence from three nationally representative datasets
A study of the relationship of child care subsidy receipt to maternal physical and mental health status and parenting stress and behaviors, based on data from three nationally representative data sets: the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99, and the DDB Needham Life Style Survey
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Child care subsidies, maternal well-being, and child-parent interactions: Evidence from three nationally representative datasets
A study of the relationship of child care subsidy receipt to maternal physical and mental health status and parenting stress and behaviors, based on data from three nationally representative data sets: the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99, and the DDB Needham Life Style Survey
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Child care subsidies, maternal well-being, and child-parent interactions: Evidence from three nationally representative datasets
A study of the relationship of child care subsidy receipt to maternal physical and mental health status and parenting stress and behaviors, based on data from three nationally representative studies: the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study; the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99; and the DDB Needham Life Style Survey
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Child care subsidies, maternal well-being, and child-parent interactions: Evidence from three nationally represented datasets
A study of the relationship of child care subsidy receipt to maternal physical and mental health status and parenting stress and behaviors, based on data from three nationally representative studies: the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study; the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99; and the DDB Needham Life Style Survey
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Child care subsidies: Parental perceptions and differences between recipients and nonrecipients
A study of child care use differences between recipients and non-recipients of child care subsidies, and an assessment of parental perceptions of the subsidy program, based on data from 156 low income parents in Boone County, Missouri
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Child care subsidy, child care costs, and employment of low-income single mothers
An analysis of the relationship between welfare reform and child care costs among low income single mothers, and the correlation between post reform child care subsidy receipt and the status and duration of these mothers' employment, based on data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1993, 1996, and 2001 panels
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Child Development Services: Implementing comprehensive program management, encouraging responsible stewardship of resources, and developing data to support management decisions could improve efficiency and cost-effectiveness
An examination of and recommendations regarding the costs and fiscal management of Maine's state program for children with disabilities from birth through age 5, based on interviews with key informants and on program administrative data and documents
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Children's mental health and wellbeing: Exploring competencies for the early childhood education and care workforce: Final report
Findings from an effort to identify a body of knowledge and skills for the early childhood education and care workforce in Australia that will support children's mental health and well-being, based on data collected through consultation with key informants and stakeholders
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Coaching and quality assistance in quality rating improvement systems: Approaches used by TA providers to improve quality in early care and education programs and home-based settings
A study of the features of on-site technical assistance and coaching provided by state child care quality rating and improvement system technical assistance providers, based on interviews with 34 technical assistance providers in 17 states
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Comparison of state certification and professional association personnel standards in early childhood special education
A tally of the number of states adopting select standards for early childhood special education personnel that are promoted by the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), based on a review of the certification policies of 17 unnamed states
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Contracts, vouchers, and child care subsidy stability: A preliminary look at associations between subsidy payment mechanism and stability of subsidy receipt
An examination of the relationship between contracts paid directly to providers or through vouchers and stability of receipt of care, and if that relationship is dependent upon child care setting--specifically family child care homes or center-based settings, based on data from 311 subsidy recipients who had a history of participating in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash assistance and administrative files on subsidy recipients in New York City
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