Action plan to improve access to child care assistance for low-income families in the South: An analysis of legal issues
An exploration of the legal issues encountered in the Action Plan set forth by the Southern Regional Task Force on Families to increase assistance with child care for low-income families in the Southern United States
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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
Reports & Papers
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
Reports & Papers
Build supply of quality care: Charting Progress for Babies in Child Care research-based rationale
An overview of research on the importance of high-quality child care arrangements for healthy child development, with policy recommendations for increasing the supply of high-quality child care arrangements
Fact Sheets & Briefs
The Child Care and Development Fund: An overview
An overview of the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), the principal source of federal funding for child care subsidies for low income families and the principal source of federal funding for initiatives to improve the quality of child care in states
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Comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regarding the reauthorization of the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)
Comments on the reauthorization of the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) by the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
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Ensuring quality care for low-income babies: Contracting directly with providers to expand and improve infant and toddler care
An analysis of states' use of contracts to provide subsidized child care for infants and toddlers and the potential for contracts to improve the quality or increase the supply of child care, based on interviews with policymakers and contracted providers
Reports & Papers
Establish core competencies
Arguments for state child care licensing and regulatory agencies to establish a standard set of minimum core competencies to be possessed by early childhood educators and caregivers
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Family support and parent involvement in Head Start: What do Head Start Program Performance Standards require?
A brief on aspects of the Head Start Program Performance Standards that require providing services to and involving parents.
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Financing universal pre-kindergarten: Possibilities and technical issues for states in using funds under the Child Care and Development Fund and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant
A discussion of the methods and challenges of using federal funding streams in support of universal pre-k initiatives, with descriptions and analyses of various grants
Reports & Papers
Financing universal pre-kindergarten: Potentials and issues in using funds under the Child Care and Development Fund and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant
A compendium of issues surrounding the use of federal monies from the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant in financing a universal prekindergarten program
Reports & Papers
Headed in the wrong direction: Why the House Head Start Bill (H.R. 2210) is unlikely to make the program better
A discussion of the House Head Start Bill (H.R. 2210).
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Head Start reauthorization: A preliminary analysis of H.R. 2210, the ''School Readiness Act of 2003'' (as adopted by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on June 19, 2003)
An in-depth analysis of the U.S. House of Representatives Head Start reauthorization bill.
Other
Increasing the ability to transfer TANF to CCDF is not the answer to unmet child care needs
A discussion of whether transferring funds will meet the needs of or destabilize child care subsidy programs
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Meeting great expectations: Integrating early education program standards in child care
A summary of a study focusing on integrating early education program standards and initiatives in child care to improve the school readiness of young children
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Meeting great expectations: Integrating early education program standards in child care
A study focusing on integrating early education program standards and initiatives in child care to improve the school readiness of young children
Reports & Papers
Promoting the health of poor preschool children: What do federal Head Start performance standards require?
A review of federal requirements governing the provision of health screenings and services for participating low income preschool children in individual Head Start programs
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Provide access to training, education, and ongoing supports
Arguments for state early education and care licensing, subsidy, and quality improvement policies to ensure access to specialized education, training, and support programs for service providers of infants and toddlers
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Side-by-side comparison of child care and early education provisions in key Senate, House, and Administration bills and proposals
A comparative analysis of comparing various child care and early education provisions in current law and a group of major Congressional proposals addressing reauthorization and early education as of January 7, 2004
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Stable, quality subsidy policy: Charting Progress for Babies in Child Care research-based rationale
An overview of research on the importance of stable, high-quality child care arrangements for healthy child development, with policy recommendations for ensuring that state child care subsidy policies support stable, high-quality child care arrangements
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Starting off right: Promoting child development from birth in state early care and education initiatives
Descriptions of state strategies to improve infant and toddler child care quality
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Starting off right: Promoting child development from birth in state early care and education initiatives [Executive summary]
A summary of descriptions of state strategies to improve infant and toddler child care quality
Executive Summary
State CCDBG plans to promote opportunities for babies & toddlers in child care
Highlights of a synthesis of state plans for the improvement of low-income children's access to child care through the use of Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) expenditures, with a focus on the increase of family engagement, the development of a support network for providers, and the improvement of family's access to comprehensive services to promote children's health and development
Fact Sheets & Briefs
State CCDBG plans to promote opportunities for babies & toddlers in child care
A synthesis of state plans for the improvement of low-income children's access to child care through the use of Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) expenditures, with a focus on the increase of family engagement, the development of a support network for providers, and the improvement of family's access to comprehensive services to promote children's health and development
Other
States have slowed their use of TANF funds for child care in the last year
An overview of the use of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds for child care by each state between fiscal years 1997 and 2001
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