Building partnerships between Early Head Start grantees and family child care providers: Lessons from the Early Head Start for Family Child Care project: Final report
An evaluation of Early Head Start (EHS) for Family Child Care, a project to support partnerships between EHS grantees and family child care providers, that examines the characteristics of participating grantees and providers, the implementation, types, and sustainability of the partnerships, and lessons learned, based on project administrative data, interviews with 13 partnership teams, descriptive quality indicators and Head Start Program Information Report (PIR) data, and project documents
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Collaborative groups, collaborative chairs, and community coordinators in the Discovery Initiative as of mid-2007
An examination of the roles and activities of community collaborative groups and their participants in Discovery, a Connecticut initiative to build the capacity of communities and state advocacy organizations to influence early childhood policy and practice, based on 45 interviews with community collaborative group representatives
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The Discovery Initiative: 2004-2009: Final summative evaluation report
An evaluation of Discovery, a Connecticut initiative to build the capacity of communities and state advocacy organizations to influence early childhood policy and practice, that examines initiative outcomes related to community and state collaborative infrastructure and to parent and stakeholder engagement, and that also explores initiative contributions to community and state policies and practices and to public support for early childhood issues, based on data from multiple sources, including Discovery staff, grantees, and stakeholders, as well as initiative documents, events, and activities
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Discovery initiative contributions to state policy change
An examination of the influence of Discovery, a Connecticut initiative to build the capacity of communities and state advocacy organizations to influence early childhood policy and practice, on state policy outcomes in Connecticut from 2002 through 2009, with a focus on 2007 to 2009, based on in-depth interviews with policy stakeholders and on an analysis of state legislators' voting patterns on legislation relevant to early childhood in the 2007 and 2009 Connecticut General Assembly legislative sessions
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Kindergarten transition practices: Changing "the way we do things here" in Discovery communities
An exploration of changes in kindergarten transition practices and policies in communities participating in Discovery, a Connecticut initiative to build the capacity of communities and state advocacy organizations to influence early childhood policy and practice, based on surveys from 30 community coordinators, intensive site studies in 6 communities, and observations and comments from a community workshop session
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Municipal leadership for afterschool: Citywide approaches spreading across the country
An examination and profiles of city-led efforts to build comprehensive out-of-school time systems, based on surveys and interviews with representatives from 27 cities
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Navigating the "perfect storm": Moving from plan to action during an economic downturn: The experiences of four Discovery communities that received 2008-2009 partnership planning grants
An examination of the role of Discovery, a Connecticut initiative to build the capacity of communities and state advocacy organizations to influence early childhood policy and practice, in the development and implementation of community early childhood planning efforts, based on group interviews held in the Connecticut communities of Meriden, New Britain, Torrington, and Waterbury
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Supporting community change: Lessons from the Discovery Initiative on the role and contributions of community liaisons
An examination of the experiences of the liaisons assigned to facilitate community-funder interactions in Discovery, a Connecticut initiative to build the capacity of communities and state advocacy organizations to influence early childhood policy and practice, based on observations of, written materials from, and interviews with community liaisons, and on interviews with community representatives and initiative funders
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Validity of a measure to assess the child-care nutrition and physical activity environment
A comparison of outsider observers' and center directors' ratings of nutrition and physical activity environments and policies in 200 Connecticut child care centers receiving Child and Adult Care Food Program subsidies
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