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			2010-11 statewide needs assessment update North Carolina Head Start State Collaboration Office, Raleigh: North Carolina Head Start State Collaboration Office. An assessment of North Carolina Head Start program needs in the coordination, collaboration, and alignment of services in seven designated priority areas, based on a survey of 54 Head Start programs	Reports & Papers
			The afterschool hours: A new focus for America's cities Ouellette, Mark, 2005 Washington, DC: Institute for Youth, Education, and Families. 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	Reports & Papers
			An analysis of the child and adult care food program in child care centers Kapur, Kanika, 1999 Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation. 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	Reports & Papers
			Beyond parallel play: Emerging state and community planning roles in building early learning systems Coffman, Julia, September 2006 Des Moines, IA: State Early Childhood Policy Technical Assistance Network. 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	Reports & Papers
			Building connections: Six state case studies of early childhood system building at the state and local levels Bruner, Charles, June 2006 Cross Lanes, WV: Build Initiative. Case studies from six states of local efforts to develop a comprehensive system early childhood education and care supported by the Build Initiative	Reports & Papers
			Characteristics and quality of child care for toddlers and preschoolers NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2000 Applied Developmental Science, 4(3), 116-135 An investigation of the relationship between structural and caregiver characteristics and child care quality, based on a data from the National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study on Early Child Care	Reports & Papers
			Child care and common communicable illnesses [Abridged] NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005 In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 175-183). New York: Guilford Press A study of the relationship between children�s experience in nonmaternal care and rates of respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, and ear infections during the first 3 years of life	Reports & Papers
			Child care and common communicable illnesses in children ages 37-54 months [Abridged] NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005 In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 184-190). New York: Guilford Press A study of the relationship between children�s experience in nonmaternal care and rates of respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, and ear infections from 3 to 41/2 years old in a sample of approximately 1,100 children	Reports & Papers
			Child care and common communicable illnesses: Results from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2001 Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 155(4), 481-488 An examination of the relationship between experiences in child care and communicable illnesses (gastrointestinal tract illness, upper respiratory tract infection, and ear infections or otitis media) through a child's first 3 years of life, and an investigation of the relationship between the increased frequency of these illnesses and language development, school readiness, and behavior problems	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
			Collaboration among child care, Head Start, and pre-kindergarten: A telephone survey of selected southern states Campbell, Dottie, 2002 Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families. A survey of select southern states collaborative projects between child care, head start and prekindergarten	Reports & Papers
			Collective management of early childhood programs: Approaches that aim to maximize efficiency, help improve quality and stabilize the industry Stoney, Louise, 2004 Raleigh, NC: Smart Start National Technical Assistance Center. A report presenting a catalog of collective management approaches currently used by child care services across the United States	Reports & Papers
			Comparison of menus to actual foods and beverages served in North Carolina child-care centers Neelon, Sara E. Benjamin, December 2010 Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 110(12), 1890-1895 A comparison of menus to actual food and beverages served to children, based on analysis of menus and observations of food served over the course of one day in 84 child care centers in North Carolina in fall of 2005	Reports & Papers
			The continuity framework: A tool for building home, school, and community partnerships Brown, Elizabeth Glyn, 2002 Early Childhood Research & Practice, 4(2) A presentation of training materials developed to aid in the establishment of viable community partnerships and assist them in the planning and monitoring of services for children	Reports & Papers
			Court mandates, free markets and the lottery: An exploration of facilities development in states with expanded preschool Amer, Tarecq, Oakland, CA: National Economic Development and Law Center. 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	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
			Development and reliability of an observation method to assess food intake of young children in child care Ball, Sarah C., April 2007 Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 107(4), 656-661 A discussion of the development and testing of a structured observation system for assessing dietary intake of young children in child care settings	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 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
			Evaluation of the North Carolina More at Four pre-kindergarten program: Year 5 report (July 1, 2005-June 30, 2006): Children's outcomes & program quality in the fifth year Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S., February 2007 Chapel Hill, NC: FPG Child Development Institute. An evaluation of the 2003-2004 and 2005-2006 years of the North Carolina More at Four program, a state-funded initiative to provide high-quality educational experiences to at-risk four-year-olds, that addresses characteristics of local programs, quality of services provided, and participant outcomes, based on monthly program reports, classroom observations, and child assessments	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
			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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