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An analysis of the child and adult care food program in child care centers An analysis of the characteristics of three types of child care centers: centers that choose to participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), centers that are eligible for CACFP but do not participate, and centers that are not eligible for CACFP, focusing on a center’s propensity to participate in CACFP conditional on being eligible |
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Are Denver's communities ready for kids?: A brief for individuals and organizations working to improve child outcomes in Denver, Colorado An analysis of neighborhood indicators to determine Denver, Colorado's ability to prepare children to enter school ready to learn and succeed, including information on family demographics, availability of early childhood programs, and children's academic achievement |
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Assessing an infant feeding web site as a nutrition education tool for child care providers A study of the impact of an infant feeding web site on child care providers' infant feeding knowledge, attitudes, and behavior changes after viewing the site and to elicit feedback from study participants about their perception of the effectiveness of the site and bilingual material from 38 Colorado child care providers assigned to intervention and control groups |
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Beyond parallel play: Emerging state and community planning roles in building early learning systems An examination of the role of community participation in developing early learning systems, particularly in relation to state-level planning, based on six state case studies in Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Vermont |
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Building connections: Six state case studies of early childhood system building at the state and local levels Case studies from six states of local efforts to develop a comprehensive system early childhood education and care supported by the Build Initiative |
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Building a local system for early childhood: Case studies on Arapahoe and Fremont Counties Case studies of early childhood councils in Arapahoe and Fremont Counties, Colorado, that examine community early childhood systems-building efforts, based on a document review, observations of council meetings, and key informant interviews |
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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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Child care health consultation initiatives: A status report 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 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 provider training and a supportive feeding environment in child care settings in 4 states, 2003 A comparison of feeding practices between child care centers that did and did not receive funding and support from the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and an assessment of training factors that could account for differences among centers, based on surveys of 203 directors and 567 staff in child care centers serving low-income children in 4 states |
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Child care under the Family Support Act: Early lessons from the states 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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Children at risk in the child welfare system: Collaborations to promote school readiness A study of collaboration among the child welfare, early intervention and preschool special education, and early care and education systems to promote the school readiness of children in the child welfare system, based on an analysis of data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Wellbeing (NSCAW) and a case study in Colorado that included key stakeholder interviews and foster parent and caseworker surveys |
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Colorado child care assessment: Need for nurse consultation services: 1999 A statewide survey of the nurse health care and consultation service needs of child care centers in Colorado |
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Colorado child readiness scan An overview of early childhood education and care programs and support services in Denver, Colorado, including information on organization initiatives to improve the coordination and delivery of services |
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Colorado local early childhood systems evaluation report An evaluation of Colorado local Early Childhood Councils' efforts to build early childhood systems, based on a document and literature review and surveys of, focus groups with, and interviews with council staff and members |
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Comprehensive school reform: An implementation study of preschool programs in elementary schools A discussion of the implementation of preschool programs in elementary schools, based on information gathered from focus group interviews with 42 preschool and kindergarten teachers and 53 parents from 10 schools in 5 states |
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Court mandates, free markets and the lottery: An exploration of facilities development in states with expanded preschool A study of the approaches of five states to the expansion, renovation, and creation of public preschool facilities, and an identification of common elements relevant to California’s efforts to expand its preschool facilities |
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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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Early childhood systems scan for Denver An examination of the components of a comprehensive system of early childhood education and care programs and support services in Denver, Colorado, including information on organization initiatives to improve the coordination and delivery of services |
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Early Head Start and early intervention: A collaborative approach to serving infants and toddlers with disabilities in natural environments 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 |
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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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A fragile foundation: State child care assistance policies 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 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 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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