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The advancing nanny state: Why the government should stay out of child care
Olsen, Darcy, 1997
(Policy Analysis No. 285). Washington, DC: Cato Institute.

A study critiquing the further implementation of federal child care standards, regulations, and subsidies, advocating a market and parent-driven approach for providing child care services

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The Boston Inventory: Putting child care quality on the map
Sachs, Jason, 1997
(1997, January/February) Child Care Bulletin, (13).

A discussion of Boston Inventory’s efforts to collect data on the quantity and quality of child care in Boston, focusing on child care supply and demand, program quality, parents’ participation and conceptions of quality, facility assessments, staff salaries and turnover, and computer usage

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The economics of child care
Council of Economic Advisers (U.S.), 1997
Washington, DC: U.S. Council of Economic Advisers.

A study of the economic rationales for government intervention in the child care market, focusing on external benefits, information problems, and redistribution as motivational factors for government intervention

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Furnishings & equipment guidelines for licensed child care facilities
University of Victoria. School of Child and Youth Care. Unit for Child Care Research, 1997
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada: British Columbia, Ministry of Health.

A study of child care facilities’ physical furnishings and equipment in order to meet children’s needs in the areas of physical, intellectual, language, and socioemotional development, focusing on the partnership between child care providers and licensing officers and on meeting the requirements of the Child Care Licensing Regulation

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Head Start and social work: A question of quality
Zigler, Edward F., 1997
Families in Society, 78(2), 177

A discussion of the social worker’s role in the Head Start program, including discussion on the lack of social workers in the program

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Helping parents work and children succeed: A guide to child care and the 1996 Welfare Act
Blank, Helen, 1997
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund

A discussion of impending issues for states and children’s advocates related to the implementation of the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant

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Infection control challenges in child-care centers
Churchill, Robin, June 1997
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 11(2), 347-365

An overview of common infections, illnesses, and viruses that can be spread at child care centers, and recommendations for their control

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An international perspective: Child care in South Africa
Smith, Kerry M., 1997
Children Today, 24(2), 29-30

A description of the progress made in South African child care centers, including an examination of funding, cost, quality, and professional development

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A national conference on community development and family child care, December 3-4, 1997, San Jose, California
Local Initiatives Support Corporation, 1997
New York: Local Initiatives Support Corporation.

A transcript of the proceedings of the first national conference on Community Development and Family Child Care, which addressed topics including family child care as a neighborhood economic development strategy; housing management and quality family child care for residents; and designing, developing, and improving housing for family child care

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North Carolina's Smart Start Initiative: 1996-97 annual evaluation report
Smart Start Evaluation Team, 1997
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center

An evaluation of North Carolina’s Smart Start program, including the program’s success in goal completion, the health and welfare improvements enjoyed by participating Smart Start children, and several program improvement recommendations

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The production of child care services in Sweden: Uneven development and local solutions
Dahlstrom, Margareta, 1997
The Services Industries Journal, 17(1), 28-50

A discussion of the coordination and development of child care concerning labor market and social service needs in Sweden

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Review of early childhood policy and programs in Sub-Saharan Africa
Colletta, Nat J., July 1997
(Report No. WTP367). Washington, DC: World Bank.

An examination of early childhood programs and policies that promote early child development under systems of traditional family and community support in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Supporting children and families in the schools: The School of the 21st Century
Zigler, Edward F., 1997
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 67(3), 396-407

An overview of the development and implementation of the Twenty-first Century Schools program, an after school child care program located within public schools

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Using research to improve child care for low-income families
Chung, An-Me, 1997

A presentation promoting the use of research to help child care administrators guide the development of comprehensive, statewide child care delivery systems, focusing on child care costs, demand and supply, quality, and as an investment

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Using results to improve the lives of children and families: A guide for public-private child care partnerships
Child Care Partnership Project (U.S.), 1997
Fairfax, VA: National Child Care Information Center.

A presentation of a results-based decision-making approach for public-private child care partnerships

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Who will mind the baby?: Geographies of child care and working mothers
England, Kim, 1997
London: Routledge

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