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The 2005 child care licensing study: Final report A compilation of survey data on state child care licensing programs and policies, including staffing, monitoring, and enforcement, and child care center licensing regulations, for all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2005 |
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The 2007 Child Care Licensing Study: Final report A compilation of survey data on state licensing programs and policies for child care centers and small and large family child care homes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2007 |
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Achieving a state of healthy weight: A national assessment of obesity prevention terminology in child care regulations 2010 A study of the extent to which state child care regulations meet standards related to obesity prevention in the areas of infant feeding, nutrition, and physical activity |
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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 |
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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 that examines the policies, opportunities, and challenges associated with including community-based child care providers in states' prekindergarten programs |
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Analysis of state K-3 reading standards and assessments: Final report An examination of the extent to which state kindergarten through third grade (K-3) reading standards and assessments address five components essential to effective reading instruction (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension), based on an analysis of a stratified, random sample of states' reading standards and on the content of reading assessments in states with statewide assessments |
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Announced v. unannounced licensing inspections: Survey report Results from a survey about the requirements and practices of announced and unannounced licensing inspections by child care, child welfare, drug and alcohol, adult day care, and mental health licensing professionals in 40 different states/provinces/territories |
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Apples, giraffes, and Martin Luther King: Curriculum policy in a kindergarten classroom An observational study of how a kindergarten teacher combined her knowledge and beliefs about early education with four state, local, and national curriculum initiatives, including No Child Left Behind and the National Association for the Education of Young Children's accreditation standards |
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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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Bills and budgets, subsidies and quality: Early childhood care and education policy making in the Massachusetts Legislature from 1990 through 2000 A dissertation using legislative records and interviews to analyze early childhood care and education policymaking in Massachusetts from 1990 to 2000 |
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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 A study of changes in policy and policymaking in child care and early education in Massachusetts during the 1990s |
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A case study of the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care A study of the creation, development, and impact of the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care during its first two and a half years, based on interviews with public and private educators and program providers, legislators, policymakers, business leaders, early education experts, and other stakeholders |
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Championing success: Business organizations for early childhood investments A study of the early childhood policy and advocacy efforts of formal business membership organizations, based on survey responses from 104 local chambers of commerce and from 121 state business roundtables, state chambers of commerce, and city chambers of commerce |
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Child care and the welfare to work transition A report on child care-related factors affecting welfare recipients' decisions to work or participate in training under Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) regulations |
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Child care: Recent state policy changes affecting the availability of assistance for low-income families An examination of state policy developments affecting the availability of child care assistance for low-income families |
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Child care subsidies and leaving welfare: Policy issues and strategies The second part of a three-part study of the interaction between state and local welfare-to-work programs and child care assistance programs, focusing on child care subsidy use by parents in transition from TANF to employment |
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Child care subsidies for TANF families: The nexus of systems and policies First of a three-part study of the interaction between state and local welfare-to-work programs and child care assistance programs, focusing on administrative structures, protocols and interagency coordination as they affect TANF parents |
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Child care subsidy use and employment outcomes of TANF mothers during the early years of welfare reform: A three-state study An analysis of the child care subsidy take-up rate, type of child care chosen, and relation between child care subsidy use and employment outcomes for single working mothers receiving TANF in Illinois, Maryland and Massachusetts |
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Coming together for children with disabilities: State collaboration to support quality, inclusive child care A study of state policies which would provide special education and early intervention services to low-income children with disabilities in child care programs |
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A comparative enforcement study: Survey report of negative enforcement options and practices A survey of the negative enforcement practices used by regulatory agencies on adult assisted-living, child care, and child residential care licensing programs in the United States and Canada |
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A comparative report on the frequency and types of human service licensing inspections: A cross-system study of assisted living, child care, developmental disabilities and child residential facilities Results from a 2001 survey of the frequency and types of licensing inspections in 93 assisted living, special needs and residential child care facilities in the United States, the Virgin Islands and Canada |
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Comparing universal and targeted prekindergarten programs A comparison of classroom characteristics and preschooler achievement outcomes in universal and targeted pre-k programs based on a sample of over 400 children in over 800 classrooms |
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Conceptualizations of readiness and the content of early learning standards: The intersection of policy and research? An analysis of 46 state-level early education standards documents to investigate the specific areas of development addressed in order to determine how different states conceptualize school readiness |
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The determinants and consequences of child care subsidies for single mothers in the USA A study of the effects of child care subsidies on the employment, school, and welfare participation of single mothers following the passage of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) |
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Downward slide: State child care assistance policies 2012 A study of changes to state child care assistance policies between February 2011 and February 2012 and between 2001 and February 2012, including changes to income eligibility limits, waiting lists, parent copayments, reimbursement rates, and assistance to parents searching for a job, based on a survey of child care administrators in each state and the District of Columbia |
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