2011-12 state budget: Child care and development services
An overview of California state budget decisions related to child care and development services for 2011-2012
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Additional child care funding is essential to stop state cuts
An overview of recent and proposed cuts to state child care assistance programs
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Additional child care funding is essential to stop state cuts
An overview of recent and proposed cuts to state child care assistance programs
Fact Sheets & Briefs
AEU response to the consultation paper towards the development of a national agenda for early childhood
A discussion of the development of a national agenda for early childhood care and education in Australia
Other
Afterschool funding in New York State: The case for a more coordinated system
A discussion of public funding sources for after school programming in New York State, with recommendations for improving the current system
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Afterschool funding in New York State: The case for a more coordinated system
A discussion of public funding sources for after school programming in New York State, with recommendations for improving the current system
Fact Sheets & Briefs
An analysis of Florida's Voluntary Pre-K program
An analysis of regulation, finance and support services of the Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Program in Florida
Reports & Papers
Are we meeting the child care needs of low-income families?
A presentation based on a study of state child care expenditures that examines the adequacy of these resources in meeting the demand for child care subsidies among low-income families and looks at whether states are trying to serve a larger number of families by encouraging parents to use cheaper forms of care.
Other
ARRA and New Jersey's preschool expansion initiative: "Not perfect together"
A discussion of preschool funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 as a barrier to the planned expansion of the Abbott Preschool Program in New Jersey
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Assessing the Child Care and Development Block Grant: Hearing before the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second session, Hearing held in Washington, DC, February 27, 2002
A hearing on the importance of the Child Care Development Block Grant, which examines the grant’s operations in preparation for its reauthorization
Other
At risk: Early care and education funding and sequestration
An examination of the implications for federal early care and education program funding of potential spending cuts from the Budget Control Act of 2011
Fact Sheets & Briefs
The benefits and costs of good child care: The economic rationale for public investment in young children: A policy study [Executive summary]
A summary of an examination of the economic arguments concerning public funding of child care, using a cost-benefit analysis
Executive Summary
Blending and braiding funds to support early care and education initiatives
An exploration of strategies for the alignment, coordination, and integration of funding streams for early childhood supports and services
Other
Block Grant Head Start?: Devolution's potential negative impact on children and families
A discussion of the debate over block granting Head Start to states and a review of the effects of Head Start block grants on children and families as well as a review of devolutionary changes in TANF and Medicaid programs
Reports & Papers
A brief history of federal financing for child care in the United States
A study tracing the history of federal funding for child care and early education programs in the United States, emphasizing the ways American societal values have shaped such funding
Other
Broken promises: How the Bush Administration is failing America's poorest children
A study of the changes in federal performance standards and funding for Head Start programs
Other
Broken promises: How the Bush Administration is failing America's poorest children: Executive summary
A summary of a study of the changes in federal performance standards and funding for Head Start programs
Executive Summary
Budget 2013: Analysis
An overview of provisions related to early care and education in the 2013 budget for Ireland
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Business leaders and the new education agenda: Investments in our littlest learners
A collection of arguments for the increased investment of private businesses in early childhood education and care programs and services
Other
California has made deep cuts to child care and development programs since 2009-10
An examination of cuts to public funding for child care made by the California state legislature since 2009-2010
Fact Sheets & Briefs
CalWORKs and Alternative Payment child care programs error rate study report required by Chapter 229, Statutes of 2004 (Senate Bill 1104, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review)
A study estimating the improper impayments due to administrative, parent, or provider error or fraud in California's four publicly-funded child care programs, with recommendations to reduce improper payments
Reports & Papers
CalWORKs and Alternative Payment child care programs error rate study report required by Chapter 229, Statutes of 2004 (Senate Bill 1104, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) [Executive summary]
A summary of a study estimating the improper impayments due to administrative, parent, or provider error or fraud in California's four publicly-funded child care programs, with recommendations to reduce improper payments
Executive Summary
CalWORKs, Stage 2 and 3 and Alternative Payment programs best practices for program integrity report required by Chapter 229, Statutes of 2004 (SB #1104, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review)
A survey of California counties' definitions of child care fraud and indicators used to detect fraud in California's four publicly-funded child care programs
Reports & Papers
CalWORKs, Stage 2 and 3 and Alternative Payment programs best practices for program integrity report required by Chapter 229, Statutes of 2004 (SB #1104, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) [Executive summary]
A summary of a survey of California counties' definitions of child care fraud and indicators used to detect fraud in California's four publicly-funded child care programs
Executive Summary
Canada-wide spending on early childhood education and care (ECEC) (2005/2006)
An overview of public spending on early childhood care and education in Canada in the 2005 to 2006 fiscal year
Fact Sheets & Briefs
