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American child care today A discussion of the current state of child care in America from the perspective of two disparate goals: the first fostering mothers’ employment and the second children’s development; these two ends demand compromise between the affordability of child care and the ever increasing costliness of new regulations |
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Background checks: It is time to protect children in child care A discussion of components of comprehensive background checks for child care workers that ensure the safety of children in child care, and an overview of federal and state comprehensive background check policies for child care providers |
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Background checks: It is time to protect children in child care: White paper A discussion of components of comprehensive background checks for child care workers that ensure the safety of children in child care, and an overview of federal and state comprehensive background check policies for child care providers |
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Beyond state regulation of child care: A venture into a public-private partnership in Nebraska A description of a public-private partnership between the county health department and employers in Lincoln-Lancaster County, Nebraska, to increase the quantity and quality of licensed family child care. |
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Building capacity in the infant and family field through competency-based endorsement: Three states' experiences A description of the credentialing process developed by the Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health (MI-AIMH) to define the required skills and experiences of infant mental health professionals and establish a comprehensive endorsement system for these practitioners, and of the collaborative role of the MI-AIMH in efforts to establish endorsement systems for Texas and New Mexico |
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The changing demographics of family day care in the United States An analysis of family day care in the United States examining three issues: first, the number of licensed and unlicensed family day care programs in America and their enrollment; second, the similarities and dissimilarities of characteristics between family day care programs and center-based programs; and third, the differences between regulated and unregulated family day care programs |
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The checkered history of federal child care regulation An overview of empirical, ideological and political influences that have shaped the history of federal child care regulation |
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Child care and early education: The effects of regulation on the quality of early care and education A review of recent research and policy on child care and early education program regulation, including information on current state regulatory strategies and processes in areas such as staff child ratios, staff training, safety, and physical environments |
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Child care licensing: Qualifications and training requirements for roles in child care centers and family child care homes: 2000 summary sheet A summary of state’s licensing and training requirements for teachers, directors, and family child care providers in child care centers and family child care homes |
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Child care licensing regulations An account of the necessity for increased research regarding licensing regulations of child care, and the political realities surrounding the need for new licensing regulations to be reflective of not just the reduction of immediate risks within the child care system but cumulative risks as well |
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Child care: State efforts to enforce safety and health requirements A Government Accounting Office study identifying licensing and enforcement activities that ensure the safety and health of children in child care, the extent to which states conduct these activities for their regulated providers, and how states ensure that non-regulated providers receiving block grant funds meet the law’s safety and health requirements |
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Child care: State requirements for background checks An overview of state requirements for the licensing of child care providers, based on a survey of child care licensing directors in the United States |
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Comprehensive obesity prevention in early childhood: Promising federal and state initiatives An overview of obesity prevention initiatives for early care and education settings, including federal program standards, state regulations, state child care quality rating and improvement systems, state programs, other interventions and curricula, and initiatives in other early childhood systems |
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Do states require child care programs to educate children?: Preschool and child care center rules A review of whether states mandate educational programs as part of their licensing regulations for full-time child care and preschool centers |
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Do states require child care programs to educate children?: State center licensing requirements for child development and early education A review of states' licensing regulations for child care centers and an analysis of states' requirements and intentions to include educational programs as a component of licensed child care |
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Early education and employers' practice: Policy issues in Pennsylvania A summary of early care and education policy issues in Pennsylvania as well as at the federal level pertaining to children between birth and 8 years-old, particularly children?s school readiness, the purpose of high-quality child care and education, children at-risk due to poverty, and the effectiveness of regulation/licensing of professional development |
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Effective inspection policies promote children's safety and healthy development in child care A discussion of the role of child care provider inspections in supporting children's safety, and an overview of state inspection policies and practices |
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The evolution of kinship care policy and practice A discussion of issues related to kinship foster care, including caregiver characteristics, payment and licensure, and caregiver support |
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Family child care peer-to-peer exchange A policy briefing identifying issues, dilemmas, and unanswered questions by and about the family child care field, based on discussions from four family child care grantee organizations |
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Family day care in the United States A discussion of family child care- characterized as a pervasive underground child care system- centering on its demographics, organization, regulations, quality-control issues, and relevant research |
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Home-based and family child care: Characteristics and issues of home and family child care A description of family and home-based child care financing, regulation and licensing issues in Pennsylvania |
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Inconsistencies in regulation: The continuing story of early childhood services A description of inconsistent regulation and inspection policies between early child care services and public schools within the United Kingdom |
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Licensing family, friend and neighbor caregivers: Paradoxes and possibilities A discussion of licensing and regulation for family child care providers and the relationship between licensing and child care quality |
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Places for growing: How to improve your family child care home A discussion of family child care home environments, with recommendations for regulations and the improvement of quality |
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Policy issues in license-exempt child care: Lead paint, wages, and criminal record checks A presentation of case studies that address the issues of lead paint, wages and working conditions, and criminal record checks, and a discussion of their implications for policies for license-exempt child care |
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