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An assessment of the parent engagement and skills-building system in Miami-Dade
DCA, Inc., June 04, 2008
Battle Creek, MI: W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

An examination of early childhood education and care system supports for parental engagement and the development of parenting skills, based on interviews with early childhood educators and referral organizations, an analysis of a child care provider database, and focus groups with 121 parents in Miami-Dade County, Florida

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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
United States. Office of Head Start, 12 December, 2011
Washington, DC: U.S. Office of Head Start.

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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Challenges and strategies for early childhood special education services in Florida's rural schools: A DELPHI study
Weiss, Keith E., 1996
Journal of Research in Rural Education, 12(1), 33-43

A study identifying the problems facing rural educational service providers that hinder their ability to serve special needs children 3 to 5 years of age, utilizing the Delphi technique, which incorporated two rounds of questionnaires to generate responses and develop agreement from a panel of rural service providers in Florida

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Child care arrangements for children under five: Variation across states
Capizzano, Jeffrey, 2000
(Series B, No. B-7). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

A study of the primary child care arrangements of children under five whose mothers are employed, as well as of the variations in patterns of child care arrangements by state, by the child's age, and by the income status of the child's family.

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Child care health consultation initiatives: A status report
United States. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, December, 2006
Newton, MA: Education Development Center, Healthy Child Care Consultant Network Support Center. (No longer accessible as of September 12, 2012)

A study profiling child care health consultant initiatives in the states and territories and examining factors associated with successfully implementing and sustaining these initiatives

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Child care in rural areas: Top challenges
Smith, Linda K., 09 July, 2010
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.

An examination of child care challenges facing child care providers and parents in rural areas, based on survey responses from child care resource and referral agencies in 42 states

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Child care under the Family Support Act: Early lessons from the states
Children's Defense Fund (U.S.), 1992
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund

A study of the Head Start program’s effects on disadvantaged rural students development compared with non-Head Start rural students, based on results from the analysis of variance studies in testing of 144 children in Mississippi enrolled in Head Start I and Head Start II programs, and a non-Head Start control group

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Child health in child care: A multi-state survey of Head Start and non-Head Start child care directors
Gupta, Ruchi S., May-June 2009
Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 23(3), 143-149

A comparison of children’s health risks and access to services in various center-based child care settings, based on a survey of 2,753 child care directors from Head Start and non-Head Start centers in Florida, Mississippi, New Mexico, Ohio, and Vermont

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The Collier County Early Literacy Partnership for Educational Success: 2004-2005: Year 1 implementation and evaluation report
Wehry, Stephanie, Fall 2005
Jacksonville, FL: Florida Institute of Education.

Findings from the first year of the implementation and program evaluation of the Early Literacy and Learning Model (ELLM) and the Skills-based Educational Experiences Delivery System (ELLM/SEEDS) programs to improve children's early literacy skills in Collier County, Florida, during the 2004-2005 year

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The Collier County Early Literacy Partnership for Educational Success: 2006-2007: Year 3 implementation and evaluation report
Wehry, Stephanie, Summer 2007
Jacksonville, FL: Florida Institute of Education.

Findings from an implementation and program evaluation of the Early Literacy and Learning Model (ELLM) and the Skills-based Educational Experiences Delivery System (ELLM/SEEDS) programs to improve children's early literacy skills in Collier County, Florida, during the 2006-2007 year

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The culture of child care in North America found in three distant geographical locations
Field, Harriet, 2008
Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood Education, 15(1), 97-108

An inquiry into the services delivery of early childhood education and care in North America, based on a sample of 15 child care centers in Nova Scotia in Canada, and Florida and Washington in the United States

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A descriptive study of the Head Start Health Component: Vol. II. Technical report
United States. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, 1996
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families.

Descriptive findings from a study of the Head Start Health Component, using child health records and standard data from the Head Start Program Information Report (PIR), plus observations and interviews with parents and staff, collected during the Spring of 1994 from a sample of 80 Head Start centers

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Early care and education partnerships: State actions and local lessons
Schilder, Diane, 2003
Newton, MA: Education Development Center, Center for Children and Families.

An inquiry into the nature and durability of partnerships between early childhood education and care providers and community organizations that support parents’ child care needs

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Early childhood programs: Parent education and income best predict participation
United States. General Accounting Office. Health, Education, and Human Services Division, 1994
(GAO/HEHS-95-47). Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office.

A report on the demographic factors of children that best predict preschool participation

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Early education and child care directors' perspectives of children's health and well-being: A multi-state study
Southward, Linda H., 2005
Mississippi State: Mississippi State University, Social Science Research Center.

A study of the practices, knowledge and perspectives of early child care directors on the health needs of children and families they serve in five states (Florida, Mississippi, New Mexico, Ohio, and Vermont)

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Early implementation of Ready Schools Miami: Findings of the first-year evaluation
Golan, Shari, December 2008
Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.

Findings from an evaluation of the implementation of Ready Schools, a collaborative systems building initiative to support children’s development through improved access to high quality early childhood education and elementary programs

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Early learning programs and related delivery systems: Audit performed pursuant to Chapter 2011-142, Laws of Florida
Florida. Office of the Auditor General, December, 2011
(Report No. 2012-061). Tallahassee: Florida, Office of the Auditor General.

An examination of the governance structure, administration, oversight, and service delivery of state-funded early learning programs in Florida, based on audit procedures that include interviews with state agency staff, analyses of administrative data, a survey of 2,000 parents, interviews with 100 child care providers, and 20 provider site visits

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The effects of welfare and employment policies on child care use by low-income young mothers
Gassman-Pines, Anna, 2003
(Next Generation Working Paper Series No. 19). New York: MDRC.

A study examining the welfare and employer child care policies on low income young mothers, using data from the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies (NEWWS), Florida’s Family Transition Program (FTP) and the Minnesota’s Family Investment Program (MFIP)

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Evaluation of Head Start Family Child Care Demonstration: Final report
United States. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families. Commissioner's Office of Research and Evaluation, 2000
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, Commissioner's Office of Research and Evaluation.

An evaluation of the Head Start Family Child Care Demonstration Project to examine the efficacy of providing Head Start services through the alternative delivery system of family child care homes

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An evidence based approach to estimating the national and state-by-state costs of an integrated prek-3rd education program
Picus, Larry, January, 2009
North Hollywood, CA: Lawrence O. Picus and Associates.

A study of the national and state costs of providing universal, high-quality prekindergarten through third grade education, derived from an evidence-based model for identifying the components and estimating the costs of high-quality prekindergarten through third grade education in a prototypical elementary school

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Florida Head Start State Collaboration Office needs assessment: 2008-2009 survey results
Wehry, Stephanie,
Tallahassee, FL: Florida Institute of Education.

Findings from an assessment of the strengths and opportunities of early childhood education programs in priority program coordination and content areas such as health and wellness, collaboration and partnerships, child outcomes, and family services, based on a survey of 44 Head Start, Early Head Start, and Migrant or Seasonal Head Start grantees in Florida

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Florida Head Start State Collaboration Office needs assessment: 2009-2010 survey results
Wehry, Stephanie,
Tallahassee: Florida Head Start State Collaboration Office.

An assessment of Florida Head Start program needs and strengths in 10 designated priority areas and collaboration and coordination activities with other organizations that serve Head Start-eligible children, based on a survey of 43 Head Start grantees

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A fragile foundation: State child care assistance policies
Schulman, Karen, 2001
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund. (No longer accessible as of December 7, 2012).

A report on state-level child care assistance policies and changes that have occurred between 1995 and 2001, examining the impact of policies on families' access to care and child care choices.

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A framework for describing variations in state early intervention systems
Spiker, Donna, 2000
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 20(4), 195-207

A description of a framework designed to describe variations in states' early intervention programs, focusing on domains such as interagency issues, eligibility criteria, extent of within-state variation, models of intake, and models of service coordination

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Head Start programs: Participant characteristics, services, and funding
United States. General Accounting Office. Health, Education, and Human Services Division, 1998
(GAO/HEHS-98-65). Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office.

A study of several factors of the Head Start program, including the number of participants, participants' characteristics, services provided, service delivery methods, federal and non-federal dollars received and spent, and other programs providing similar early childhood services

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