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			Better outcomes for all: Promoting partnerships between Head Start and state pre-k Stebbins, Helene, January, 2007 Washington, DC: Pre-K Now. A study examining how Head Start and state-funded prekindergarten programs can coordinate service delivery, based on in-depth interviews with program providers, state prekindergarten program directors, and state Head Start collaboration coordinators	Reports & Papers
			Building a seamless learning continuum: The role of leadership in bridging the gaps between early childhood and K-12 education systems Leadership to Integrate the Learning Continuum, March 2009 Normal, IL: Leadership to Integrate the Learning Continuum. An inquiry into the role of early childhood program directors and elementary principals in the integration of children�s early childhood and elementary school experiences, based on responses from 608 program directors and principals in Illinois	Reports & Papers
			The Build Initiative: Building early learning systems in the states: A report on the fourth year Bruner, Charles, June 2007 Cross Lanes, WV: Build Initiative. An examination of the contributions of the Build Initiative in its fourth year of fostering of state partnerships to develop comprehensive systems of early learning and care	Reports & Papers
			The Build Initiative: Building early learning systems in the states: A report on the third year Bruner, Charles, April, 2006 Cross Lanes, WV: Building Initiative. A report on the contributions of the Build Initiative in efforts to build statewide systems of early learning and care	Reports & Papers
			Child Care Collaboration Program evaluation report Illinois. Department of Human Services. Head Start State Collaboration Office, November 2007 Springfield: Illinois, Department of Human Services. An evaluation of outcomes, successes, and challenges in the Illinois Child Care Collaboration Program, which facilitates collaboration among child care and other early childhood programs, based on a review of collaboration provider annual reports, administrative data, a survey of program participants, and key informant interviews	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Child care utilization by disadvantaged teenage mothers Kisker, Ellen Eliason, 1991 Journal of Social Issues, 47(2), 159-17 A study of employment related child care needs of welfare-dependent teenage mothers	Reports & Papers
			Children's deaths at day-care facilities Good, Susan E. E., December 1994 Pediatrics, 94(6), 1039-1041 Identification and descriptions of 9 child deaths occuring in child care environments from searches of electronic death records in 3 counties and 1 state between 1986 and 1990	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Developing early childhood programs for children and families at risk: Research-based principles to promote long-term effectiveness Reynolds, Arthur J., 1998 Children and Youth Services Review, 20(6), 503-523 A review of eight principles used to promote long-term effectiveness for early childhood interventions and a description of some of the effects of the Chicago Child-Parent Center in order to illustrate the importance of using these principles when designing early childhood interventions	Reports & Papers
			The diffusion of a pediatric care innovation in a large urban nonprofit health care system Barth, Michael C., 2003 Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 14(1), 93-106 An evaluation documenting and analyzing the diffusion of an innovation in pediatric primary care, the Healthy Steps for Young Children Program, in a large health care system, Advocate Health Care in Chicago, using Everett Rogers� model	Reports & Papers
			Early care and education in Chicago: Bringing families and resources together Chicago Partners for Children, Chicago, IL: Illinois Action for Children. An examination of early childhood education and care programs in Chicago, Illinois, and a discussion of challenges in the improvement of the delivery of services to the city�s families	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Early childhood mental health services: Four state case studies Sopko, Kimberly M., December 2009 Alexandria, VA: Project Forum at NASDSE. An exploration of state models to address the four components - consultation, professional development, collaboration, and financing - of comprehensive early childhood mental health (ECMH) systems, based on case studies of service delivery systems in Connecticut, Michigan, Ohio, and Illinois	Reports & Papers
			An early childhood program matrix: Pulling the pieces together for Illinois Beneke, Sallee, Spring 2009 Early Childhood Research & Practice, 11(1) A presentation of a matrix is to assist policy makers, early care and education professionals, and consumers to better understand the requirements and practices of 9 publicly funded programs in Illinois that provide services to young children and families that includes a description of program design and logistics, local community involvement with services, requirements for collaboration, personnel requirements, elements of quality assurance, and a description of processes to monitor outcomes and/or services	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Early effects of the Healthy Steps for Young Children program Minkovitz, Cynthia Schaffer, 2001 Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 155(4), 470-479 An evaluation of the implementation and effects of The Healthy Steps for Young Children Program for children aged 2 to 4, focusing on services received, satisfaction with services, and parent practices	Reports & Papers
			Early Head Start and early intervention: A collaborative approach to serving infants and toddlers with disabilities in natural environments Corso, Robert M., 2000 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign An examination of the collaborations between Early Head Start programs and early intervention service providers for children with disabilities outlined by Part C of the 1997 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act	Reports & Papers
			The Educare Chicago Research-Program Partnership and Follow-Up Study: Using data on program graduates to enhance quality improvement efforts Stein, Amanda, January, 2013 Early Education and Development, 24(1), 19-41 An examination of responses from the Chicago, Illinois, site of Educare to findings from a study of the transition and early elementary school experiences of families and children who participated in the program, a full-day, full-year high-quality early care and education program for at risk children from birth to age 5, based on parent interviews and focus groups, teacher surveys, school administrative data, and direct child assessments for 172 children	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Expanding access to Early Head Start: State initiatives for infants & toddlers at risk Colvard, Jamie, September, 2012 Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. A study of state efforts to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on interviews with Head Start-state collaboration administrators in 23 states	Reports & Papers
			An exploratory study: Early childhood caregivers' perceptions of community violence and its impact on practice Jor'dan, Jamilah R., 2003 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Loyola University of Chicago A qualitative analysis of data from interviews with 73 directors, teachers, and assistant teachers in Chicago early childhood programs regarding their experiences with community violence and its consequences for caregiving practices, support needs, and staff recruitment and retention	Reports & Papers
			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.	Reports & Papers

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