The afterschool hours: A new focus for America's cities
An overview of a project established by the National League of Cities' (NLC) Institute for Youth, Education, and Families (YEF) to assist local communities in improving and expanding their after school programming
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Building a community-wide early learning system: East Yakima at baseline
Baseline findings from a multi-year implementation evaluation, one of four components in an overall evaluation, of the East Yakima Early Learning Initiative, part of a 10-year strategy to improve children's school readiness in Washington State, that examined the East Yakima community, the availability and quality of child care services there, the East Yakima Early Learning Initiative planning process, and the community's goals and expectations for East Yakima Early Learning Initiative implementation
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Building a community-wide early learning system: White Center at baseline
Baseline findings from a multi-year implementation evaluation, one of four components in an overall evaluation, of the White Center Early Learning Initiative (WCELI), part of a 10-year strategy to improve children's school readiness in Washington State, that examined the White Center community, the availability and quality of child care services there, the WCELI planning process, and the community's goals and expectations for WCELI implementation
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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
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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The Build Initiative: Building early learning systems in the states: A report on the fourth year
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
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The Build Initiative: Building early learning systems in the states: A report on the third year
A report on the contributions of the Build Initiative in efforts to build statewide systems of early learning and care
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Child care arrangements for children under five: Variation across states
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 in King County: 1999
A profile of child care in King County, Washington that analyzes the availability, affordability, and quality of child care available to families from the 1996 welfare reform to 1999
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Child care in rural areas: Top challenges
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 then and now: Child care in King County: 1999-2000
A profile of child care in King County, Washington that analyzes the availability, affordability, and quality of child care available to families from 1999 to 2000
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Department of Early Learning review
An examination of the program improvement and monitoring efforts and performance of the Washington State Department of Early Learning and of the availability and affordability of subsidized child care in Washington State
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Early care and education partnerships: State actions and local lessons
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
A report on the demographic factors of children that best predict preschool participation
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An evidence based approach to estimating the national and state-by-state costs of an integrated prek-3rd education program
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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Family, Friend and Neighbor Caregiver Project: 2006 report
An evaluation of the Family, Friend and Neighbor Caregiver Project in 2006, a community-based initiative to develop a network of supports and resources for family, friend, and neighbor caregivers and the children they care for
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Family, Friend and Neighbor Caregiver Project: 2007 report
An evaluation of the Family, Friend and Neighbor Caregiver Project, a community-based initiative to develop a network of supports and resources for family, friend, and neighbor caregivers and the children they care for
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Head Start programs: Participant characteristics, services, and funding
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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Head Start State Collaboration Office needs assessment: State of Washington: 2009-2010 survey results
An assessment of Washington State Head Start program needs with regard to five goals established in the Head Start-state collaboration office five-year plan, based on a survey of 16 Head Start programs
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Head Start State Collaboration Office needs assessment: State of Washington: 2010-2011 survey results
An assessment of Washington State Head Start program challenges and strengths in the collaboration, coordination, and alignment of services in 11 designated priority areas, based on survey responses from 23 Head Start programs
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Improving nutrition in home child care: Are food costs a barrier?
An examination of the relationship between food expenditures and the nutritional quality of foods served to children, based on menu and food shopping receipt data from 60 home child care providers participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program in King County, Washington State
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Licensed child care in Washington State: 2000
A survey by the Research and Data Analysis Division of the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services regarding the status of Washington's licensed child care industry
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Making quality count: Lessons from the Ready by 21 Quality Counts initiative
A description of the Ready by 21 Quality Counts initiative, a systems-building model for the improvement of the quality and capacity of out of school time programming, based on information from the implementation of the model at 7 community sites and 6 state sites
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Map to Inclusive Child Care: Outcomes for year two
A presentation of outcomes of the second year of the Map to Inclusive Child Care, an initiative to promote inclusive early childhood education and care in 10 states, including information on educator training, parent awareness, and legislation and policy
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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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National evaluation of the Even Start Family Literacy Program: 1994-1997 final report
The second national evaluation of the Even Start Family Literacy Program, examining what has changed and what has remained stable over its first eight years, specifically addressing who and what is served by the program, federal funding methods, participant's developmental and educational gains, best practices, and the success with which the program is reaching its target population
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