Accidents will happen?: Unintentional injury, maternal employment, and child care policy
A paper on the impact of selected child care regulations on the risk of injury for children in formal child care settings using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) and the Vital Statistics Detail Mortality (VSDM).
Reports & Papers
Achieving quality early childhood education for all: Insights from the policy innovation diffusion research
A compendium of recommendations of strategies for use by advocates of equal early childhood education for all children, and a discussion implications on changes to policies on early childhood education
Other
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
Other
An agenda for change in early childhood inclusion
A compendium of proposals for change in the provision of inclusion services for children with disabilities at the early childhood level
Other
An annotated bibliography of background materials for promoting Early Education for All Children (EEFA): Lessons from the field to inform future action
An annotated bibliography of early education materials focusing on public policies in a comparative perspective, professional development and working conditions, and state and local initiatives.
Bibliographies
Applying the military model to improve child care in every state, for every child care
A review of the steps taken by the military to improve its child care system after the enactment of the Military Child Care Act of 1989.
Other
Are we meeting the child care needs of low-income families?
A presentation based on a study of state child care expenditures that examines the adequacy of these resources in meeting the demand for child care subsidies among low-income families and looks at whether states are trying to serve a larger number of families by encouraging parents to use cheaper forms of care.
Other
Broadening the context: Background for discussion of California child care policy options
An overview of California’s child care subsidy system, with public policy recommendations for the improvement of the state’s early childhood education and care system
Other
Building universal preschool in partnership with the private early education and care system: Essential elements for partnerships between public and private early care and education systems
A study investigating the principles necessary for developing universal child care programs in the United States that meet community and parent needs, including community planning partnerships and collaboration, system structure, program structure, parent choice, funding and accountability
Other
California's subsidized child care center funding crisis
An examination of changes in the purchasing power of child care subsidy reimbursement payments to child care centers in California from 1981 to 2001
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Child care
A discussion of Georgia policies regarding quality child care for disadvantaged children who are at risk for academic and social problems
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Child care after welfare reform
An investigation into the rates of access to child care funding among former welfare recipients
Other
Child care aid and quality for California families: Focusing on San Francisco and Santa Clara Counties
A report on subsidy use and quality of child care selected by single mother welfare recipients in San Francisco and Santa Clara Counties, California
Reports & Papers
Child care fiscal policy analysis: Analyzing options to focus the state's existing resources to serve the state's neediest families
An analysis of how hypothetical changes to child care eligibility, fee, and subsidy policies in California would affect the state's ability to provide child care for children from low-income families
Reports & Papers
Child care in the wake of welfare reform: The impact of government subsidies on the economic well-being of single-mother families
A study of The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) and its impact on the economic well being of single low income mothers
Reports & Papers
Child care policy at the crossroads: Gender and welfare state restructuring
A critical discussion identifying and deconstructing the themes that have formed traditional views of early childhood education; a new concept of early childhood education is offered that is based on social justice and humanity
Other
Child Care Price Dynamics in California
A California child care market study with the following objectives: (1) tracing trends in price; (2) relating price changes to characteristics of supply and demand in county and sub-county markets; (3) understanding how providers set prices; and (4) assessing the effect of vouchers, reimbursement rate ceilings, or other policies on the overall price of care in the private market. Sub-study 1 is a trend analysis of provider prices from Regional Market Rate Surveys over the past decade. Sub-study 2 is a longitudinal study of 25 providers in urban San Mateo County and rural Kern County.
Administration for Children and Families/OPRE Projects
Childcare quality improvement and assurance
A summary of a study of the National Childcare Strategy program in the United Kingdom
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Child care: The role of higher education in policy and practice
A transcript of a round-table discussion on the place for higher education in the evolution and improvement of early education and child care services
Other
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
Other
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.
Reports & Papers
Children's centres: Exploring the costs and delivering of a national scheme
A discussion of the logistics behind a national provision for early childhood education and care services in England
Reports & Papers
CLASP comments on the May 10, 2001 child care high performance bonus interim final rule
A discussion of the position of the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) High Performance Bonus regulations
Other
Collaborating for kids: New York State universal prekindergarten 1999-2000
An overview of the implementation of UPK in NYS, with a discussion of how programs address diversity by accommodating the cultural and linguistic diversity of children and their families within their districts; meeting the needs of children with disabilities; and helping children learn about, respect, and appreciate the differences among them
Reports & Papers
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)
Other
