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.
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 use in Minnesota: Report of the 1999 statewide household child care survey
Minnesota. Department of Children, Families & Learning, 2001
St. Paul, MN: Wilder Research Center.
A report on the child care arrangements of children aged 14 and under in Minnesota
Reports & Papers
Children's Home Society of Minnesota client focus group project: Parents' views on child care and child care assistance in the first year of statewide welfare reform
Minnesota. Department of Children, Families & Learning, 1999
St. Paul, MN: Wilder Research Center.
An exploration of parents’ views on the accessibility and quality of child care services under the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP), a statewide welfare reform policy, based on interviews with parents of children in Children’s Home Society child care centers
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
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
Reports & Papers
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
Reports & Papers
Municipal leadership for afterschool: Citywide approaches spreading across the country
Institute for Youth, Education, and Families, 2011
Washington, DC: Institute for Youth, Education, and Families.
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
Reports & Papers
Pre-kindergarten Allowances Project: Final evaluation report
Gaylor, Erika, 30 September, 2009
Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
Findings from an evaluation of the implementation and outcomes of the Pre-K Allowances Project, an initiative to expand early childhood education and prekindergarten services in Minnesota, including information on populations served and dispersion and usage of expenditures
Reports & Papers
A snapshot of quality in Minnesota's child care centers: A report of the Minnesota Child Care Policy Research Partnership
Tout, Kathryn, 2005
St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Human Services.
An observational study of quality and need for resources at child care centers in Minnesota
Reports & Papers
Solving the puzzle: The gap in Minnesota's early care & education finance and governance structures
Brudvik, Erin, 2008
St. Paul: Minnesota Early Learning Foundation.
A comparison of the early care and education system governance and finance structures in Minnesota to structures in other states, based on stakeholder interviews
Reports & Papers