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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

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Early childhood education in Virginia
Selden, Sally C., 2001
Lynchburg, VA: Lynchburg College, School of Business and Economics.

An overview of Virginia’s approach to early childhood education and care, with a focus on the preschool initiative, Head Start, and provider partnerships

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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

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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

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The impact of nonprofit collaboration in early child care and education on management and program outcomes
Selden, Sally C., 2006
Public Administration Review, 66(3), 412-425

An examination of the impact of interagency collaborations on the management processes and program outcomes in terms of Head Start and other publicly funded child care and early education programs

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The interaction of child care and family risk in relation to child development at 24 and 36 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. 163-172). New York: Guilford Press

An abridged version of a longitudinal study of the interaction between family risk factors and child care characteristics to determine their effect on behavior problems, prosocial behavior and language skills

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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

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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Patterns of child care use among low-income families: Draft
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2001
Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates

A study of families' decisions regarding employment and child care arrangements, examining variations by child's age, mother's race, and other family characteristics, and assessing the impact of child care subsidies and other state policies on families' choices

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The role of the state department of education in promoting integrated placement options for preschoolers: Views from the field
Harvey, Jaye, 1997
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 17(3), 387-409

A focus group-based examination of factors that influenced the development and promotion of inclusive preschool programs in Virginia as well as an investigation into the concerns and issues of parents, teachers, and administrators participating in these programs

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