Across demographic and party lines, Americans clamor for safe, enriching afterschool programs
Afterschool Alliance, 2003
(Afterschool Alert Poll Report No. 6). Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance.
A brief on the high levels of support for continued and expanded afterschool programming, based on a nationwide survey of registered voters conducted in 2003
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Addressing the affordability gap: Framing child care as economic development
Warner, Mildred, 2003
Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, 12(3), 294-313
A discussion of child care as a pillar of economic development
Reports & Papers
Addressing child care challenges for children with disabilities: Proposals for CCDBG and IDEAS reauthorizations
Neas, Katherine, 2003
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A brief outlining the federal programs regulating child care and early intervention for children with disabilities, with recommendations for reauthorization.
Fact Sheets & Briefs
After-school for all?: Exploring access and equity in after-school programs
Forum for Youth Investment, 2003
(Out-of-School Time Policy Commentary No. 4). Washington, DC: Forum for Youth Investment.
A brief summary of research findings on access and equity in after school programs, focusing on program supply and demand and differences in access related to students' age, race/ethnicity, socio-economic status, urbanicity, and special needs.
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Alternative policy options for child care subsidy programs
Edie, David, 2003
(Public Policy Options for Early Care and Education Report No. 1). Madison: University of Wisconsin--Extension.
A description of Wisconsin's child care subsidy policies and an outline of the potential consequences of four options for funding-related policy change
Reports & Papers
Alternative policy options for child care subsidy programs [Executive summary]
Edie, David, 2003
(Public Policy Options for Early Care and Education Executive Summary No. 1). Madison: University of Wisconsin--Extension.
The executive summary of a report on Wisconsin's child care subsidy program and possible policy alternatives
Executive Summary
Arizona early childhood education standards
Arizona. Division of Adult and Family Literacy Education, 2003
Phoenix: Arizona Division of Adult and Family Literacy Education.
An overview of a proposed standardized curriculum of instruction for use in early childhood educational settings in Arizona
Other
Arranging and paying for child care
O'Brien-Strain, Margaret, 2003
San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California.
A report on the child care arrangements, payment methods, preschool enrollment, and potential costs of universal preschool provision in California
Reports & Papers
Arranging and paying for child care [Executive summary]
O'Brien-Strain, Margaret, 2003
San Fransisco: Public Policy Institute of California.
A summary of a report on the child care arrangements, payment methods, preschool enrollment, and potential costs of universal preschool provision in California
Executive Summary
Attracting and keeping qualified staff in Canadian child care: The national environmental scan
Miller, Connie, November 2003
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: Child Care Connection Nova Scotia.
An overview of the effects of workplace conditions, professional status and recognition, societal attitudes, policies, and education and training on recruitment and retention of qualified child care workers in Canada
Other
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
Reports & Papers
Behind before they begin: Does Hawaii prepare our youngest children for school?
Good Beginnings Alliance, 2003
Honolulu, HI: Good Beginnings Alliance.
A discussion of the state of early childhood education and care in Hawaii, and the presentation of a vision to improve the quality of services
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Bills and budgets, subsidies and quality: Early childhood care and education policy making in the Massachusetts Legislature from 1990 through 2002: A report to the Schott Foundation
Caroline and Sigmund Schott Foundation, 2003
Cambridge, MA: Caroline and Sigmund Schott Foundation.
A study of changes in policy and policymaking in child care and early education in Massachusetts during the 1990s
Reports & Papers
The Blair government and child poverty: An extra one percent for children in the United Kingdom
Hills, John, 2003
In One percent for the kids: New policies, brighter futures for America's children (pp. 156-177). Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.
A description of the Blair government's efforts to reduce child poverty in the United Kingdom, which encourages the United States government to undertake a similar strategy
Other
Broken promises: How the Bush Administration is failing America's poorest children
Children's Defense Fund (U.S.), 2003
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund.
A study of the changes in federal performance standards and funding for Head Start programs
Other
Broken promises: How the Bush Administration is failing America's poorest children: Executive summary
Children's Defense Fund (U.S.), 2003
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund.
A summary of a study of the changes in federal performance standards and funding for Head Start programs
Executive Summary
Bush Administration projects that the number of children receiving child care subsidies will fall by 200,000 during the next five years: Actual loss in child care subsidies likely would be far greater
Parrott, Sharon, 2003
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A brief on the effects of the Bush Administration's proposed budget on child care subsidy receipt.
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Case study of the status of India's early childhood care and education services
Das, Deepa, 2003
New Delhi, India: Unesco, New Delhi.
An overview of the role of government in early childhood education and child care policy and service delivery in India
Other
Challenges for early childhood education and care policy
Clifford, Richard M., 2003
In D. Cryer & R.M. Clifford (Eds.), Early childhood education and care in the USA (pp. 191-210). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
An overview of recent, significant changes in early childhood education and care policy in the United States, which discusses future implications and trends
Other
Change and stability among publicly subsidized license-exempt child care providers
Whitebook, Marcy, 2003
University of California, Berkeley, Center for the Study of Child Care Employment.
A study assessing the characteristics of subsidized license-exempt child care providers within Alameda County, California
Reports & Papers
Child care fee subsidy programs
Campaign 2000, 2003
Toronto, Canada: Campaign 2000.
A summary of statistics on allocations for child care provision and subsidies, and percentages of children enrolled in regulated care who receive subsidies, for all provinces and territories of Canada in 2001
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Child care newsletter: A report on financing, quality of early care and education issues
National Conference of State Legislatures, 2003
National Conference of State Legislatures Child Care Newsletter, 2(4).
A review of the profiles of three states, Connecticut, Illinois, and North Carolina, that have elected to reduce funding in some areas of child care and early childhood education while maintaining spending in other areas
Other
Child care policy reform and the employment of single mothers
Bainbridge, Jay, 2003
Social Science Quarterly, 84(4), 771-791
An examination of the effect of growth in child care subsidies, from 1991 through 1996, on employment rates of single mothers, using data from the 1992 through 1997 March Current Population Surveys
Reports & Papers
Child care price dynamics in California
Marrufo, Grecia, 2003
San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California.
A summary of a report relating trends in the price of licensed child care to trends in child care supply and child care subsidy use from 1991 to 2000 in California
Reports & Papers
Child care price dynamics in California [Executive summary]
Marrufo, Grecia, 2003
San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California.
A report relating trends in the price of licensed child care to trends in child care supply and child care subsidy use from 1991 to 2000 in California
Executive Summary