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Business and child care
Action Alliance for Virginia's Children and Youth, 2001
(Critical Issues in Child Care White Paper No. 3). Richmond: Action Alliance for Virginia's Children and Youth.

A study of the economic benefits to employers of offering family friendly employment and benefit options in the State of Virginia

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Characteristics of an exit cohort of AFDC recipients that affect use of child care subsidies
Pearlmutter, Sue, 1999
(Briefing Report No. 9902). Cleveland, OH: Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences (Case Western Reserve University), Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change.

A report on characteristics of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) leavers in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, that predict child care subsidy use

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Child care: States increased spending on low-income families
United States. General Accounting Office, 2001
(GAO-01-293). Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office.

A study of how states spend child care funds made available through Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF) and the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and how they provide child care subsidies to eligible families.

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Child care subsidies: Strategies to provide outreach to eligible families
Jones, Michelle Ganow, 2000
Welfare Information Network Issue Notes, 4(10).

A brief on outreach practices to inform parents about child care subsidies

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The contribution of childcare to local employment: Poor work or work for the poor
Scott, Gill, 2001
Local Economy, 16(3), 187-197

An examination of child care’s contributions to economic and social regeneration

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Cultural support workers and long day care services
Miller, Melinda G., November, 2011
Australian Educational Researcher, 38(3), 275-291

An examination of potential impediments to the work of cultural support workers who provide cultural integration services to children and families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in day long child care services in Australia, based on interviews with a policy maker, a mother, and a cultural support worker, as well as document analysis

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The dynamics of child care subsidy use: A collaborative study of five states [Executive summary]
Meyers, Marcia K., August 2002
New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty.

A summary of findings from a multi-state study of child care subsidy dynamics from July 1997 to June 1999 in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Texas

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The economic importance of child care for community development [Special issue]
Warner, Mildred, Summer 2006
Community Development: Journal of the Community Development Society, 37(2)

A special issue of the journal Community Development, focusing on comprehensive and integrated perspectives of the importance of child care in the economy, and implications for community development

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Experiences of lone parents from minority ethnic communities
Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions, 2003
(Research Report No. 187). Leeds, United Kingdom: Corporate Document Services.

A study commissioned by Great Britain’s Department for Work and Pensions to explore minority ethnic lone parents’ views and attitudes towards child support and perceptions of their experiences of the Child Support Agency and the New Deal for Lone Parents; 61 lone parents from five distinct minority ethnic groups were interviewed

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Head Start, TANF, and child care needs assessments
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General. Office of Evaluation and Inspections, 1999
(OEI-05-98-00540). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General.

A description of efforts to assess family needs and provide support services to low-income families receiving Head Start, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) subsidies

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''A little help to help us along'': Child care and child health insurance for Virginia's children of the working poor
Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service. Institute for Child and Family Policy, 2001
Richmond: Action Alliance for Virginia's Children and Youth.

A study of low income parent experience in attempting to obtain assistance to provide child care and health insurance and the influence of focus groups on representation by state-level child advocacy groups in the State of Virginia

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A national conference on community development and family child care, December 3-4, 1997, San Jose, California
Local Initiatives Support Corporation, 1997
New York: Local Initiatives Support Corporation.

A transcript of the proceedings of the first national conference on Community Development and Family Child Care, which addressed topics including family child care as a neighborhood economic development strategy; housing management and quality family child care for residents; and designing, developing, and improving housing for family child care

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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: State and Community Substudy: Interim report
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2000
Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates.

A report on the local use of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) subsidies in 17 states and 25 counties, including discussions of local interpretations of legislation, studies of markets for subsidized care, and overviews of efforts to improve the supply and quality of child care

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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: State and Community Substudy: Interim report: Executive summary
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2000
Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates.

An executive summary of a study of state and community child care policies and programs, examining how these policies and programs meet the needs of low-income families, how they change over time, how they impact the local child care supply, and how low-income families make child care decisions.

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National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being: State child welfare agency survey: Report
United States. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, 2001
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families.

Findings from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) describing available children’s welfare services, based on a survey of 46 state administrators delivering welfare services to children

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Paid to care: The origins and effects of care leave policies in Western Europe
Morgan, Kimberly J., 2003
Social Politics, 10(1), 49-85

An examination of the origins of paid family-related work leaves and their impact on families in Austria, Finland, France, Germany, and Norway

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Patterns and growth of child care voucher use by families connected to cash assistance in Illinois and Maryland
Piecyk, Jessica Brickman, May, 1999
(Child Care Research Partnership Report No. 2). New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty.

A study on the dynamics of child care voucher use by current and former cash assistance recipients between January 1997 and January 1998 in Illinois and Maryland

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Recent changes in Alabama welfare and work, child care, and child welfare systems
Holcomb, Pamela A., 2001
(State Update No. 10). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

A brief on recent changes to social welfare policies in Alabama.

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Recent changes in Florida welfare to work, child care, and child welfare systems
Botsko, Christopher, 2001
(State Update, No. 2). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

A brief on changes to social welfare policies in Florida beginning in the 1990s to 2000

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Recent changes in Michigan welfare and work, child care, and child welfare systems
Seefeldt, Kristin S., 2001
(State Update No. 4). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

A brief on changes to social welfare policies in Michigan beginning in the 1990s to 2000

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Recent changes in Minnesota welfare and work, child care, and child welfare systems
Tout, Kathryn, 2001
(State Update No. 3). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

A brief on changes to social welfare policies in Minnesota from 1997 to 2000

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Recent changes in New Jersey welfare and work, child care, and child welfare systems
Koralek, Robin, 2001
(State Update No. 7). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

A brief on changes to social welfare policies in New Jersey beginning in the 1990s to 2000

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Recent changes in Texas welfare and work, child care, and child welfare systems
Capps, Randy, 2001
(State Update No. 1). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

A brief on changes to social welfare policies in Texas from 1997 to 2000

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Recent changes in Washington welfare and work, child care, and child welfare systems
Thompson, Terri, 2001
(State Update No. 6). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

A brief on changes to social welfare policies in Washington beginning in the 1990s to 2000

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Strengthening homeless parents with young children through meaningful parent education and support
Swick, Kevin J., February 2009
Early Childhood Education Journal, 36(4), 327-332

Suggestions for early childhood educators using their interactions with homeless parents to teach parenting skills

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