The ABCD Story: A model for learning
A description of the Affordable Buildings for Children?s Development (ABCD) Initiative and its influence on the promotion of the structural quality of child care and early education facilities in California, with a focus on the financing, capacity building, development assistance, and advocacy program components of the initiative
Reports & Papers
Achieving a high return on early childhood investment: Scholarships for early childhood development
A discussion of a policy proposal to increase at-risk children's participation in high-quality early childhood development programs through an endowed fund providing scholarships to families with at-risk children
Other
Administrative costs in the Child and Adult Care Food Program: Results of an exploratory study of the reimbursement system for sponsors of family child care homes
A study of administrative cost reimbursement payment system for Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) sponsor organizations, which administer CACFP to participating family child care homes at the local level
Reports & Papers
Administrative costs in the Child and Adult Care Food Program: Results of an exploratory study of the reimbursement system for sponsors of family child care homes [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of administrative cost reimbursement payment system for Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) sponsor organizations, which administer CACFP to participating family child care homes at the local level
Executive Summary
Afterschool in Milwaukee: Is it child care?
An overview of after school programs in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a comparison of school-age and early childhood child care policies in Wisconsin, and an examination of after school funding models
Other
Assessing the feasibility of family loans for early care and education: Technical report
An inquiry into the feasibility of adapting higher education loan programs for use by families to fund early childhood education and care
Other
Backgrounder: Public-private partnerships
An overview of state examples of public-private partnerships to fund early childhood programs and services
Fact Sheets & Briefs
A better beginning: Easing the cost of childcare
A presentation of a policy proposal for public child care support in the United Kingdom and an analysis of fiscal models of the policy and a poll of 502 parents to gauge interest in the policy
Reports & Papers
A better beginning: Easing the cost of childcare [Executive summary]
A summary of a presentation of a policy proposal for public child care support in the United Kingdom and an analysis of fiscal models of the policy and a poll of 502 parents to gauge interest in the policy
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
Blending early care and education funds: Issues, opportunities, and strategies
A qualitative study on the motivations, mechanisms, and strategies of the financial partnerships being developed between early education providers
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Building for the future: A first year evaluation of the ABCD Initiative [Executive summary]
A summary of an evaluation of the Affordable Buildings for Children’s Development (ABCD) Initiative to promote the structural quality of child care and early education facilities in California, with a focus on the financing, capacity building, development assistance, and advocacy program components of the initiative
Executive Summary
A catalog of tax-based approaches for financing child care
A summary of meetings held to discuss ways tax-based methods can supplement traditional direct child care funding
Other
Chartering pre-k: How natural synergies between the charter and pre-k movements can improve public education
A discussion of the use of charters to develop prekindergarten service delivery systems
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Child Care and Development Block Grant: Report of state plans for the period 10/01/97 to 9/30/99
An overview of the strategies that each state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico developed to use limited resources to address the needs of working families for affordable, accessible, and quality child care
Reports & Papers
Child Care and Development Block Grant: Report of state plans for the period 10/01/97 to 9/30/99 [Executive summary]
A summary of an overview of the strategies that each state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico developed to use limited resources to address the needs of working families for affordable, accessible, and quality child care
Executive Summary
Child care and early education financial aid: Adaptations from higher education
An overview concerning the adaptation of a higher education model to improve the delivery of early child care services and create a private/public financing system
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Child care financing: Making the most of funding opportunities
A discussion of approaches by states using federal monies to finance child care, and the links between reimbursement rates and child care quality
Other
Child care & Head Start: Incentives, challenges & models for successful collaboration
An overview of models of Head Start-child care collaboration, with examples of partnerships in Los Angeles County, California
Other
Child care subsidy programs
An examination of child care subsidy programs and a literature review of their implications for families in the United States
Other
Child care voucher programs: Provider experiences in five counties
A study of child care providers' experiences with the voucher systems funded by the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) and used to subsidize child care for low income families, based on a survey of approximately 300 staff and providers from five counties in four states
Reports & Papers
Child care voucher programs: Provider experiences in five counties: Executive summary
A summary of a study of child care providers' experiences with the voucher systems funded by the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) and used to subsidize child care for low income families, based on a survey of approximately 300 staff and providers from five counties in four states
Executive Summary
Child care voucher project phase II
A follow-up to a multimethod study of the impacts of the Massachusetts child care voucher system on children, families, and child care providers prompted by a policy change increasing the period of time that a family is certified as eligible to receive child care vouchers before reassessment
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Childcare vouchers: Who benefits?: An assessment of evidence from the Family Resources Survey
A study of the child care voucher program in the United Kingdom, an exmployer-based scheme which offers vouchers deducted from employees' pre-tax income for use in formal child care settings, that examines the characteristics of voucher recipients and the government cost of the program, based on an analysis of data from the Family Resources Survey, a national survey of 24,000 households
Reports & Papers
Childcare vouchers: Who benefits?: An assessment of evidence from the Family Resources Survey [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of the child care voucher program in the United Kingdom, an exmployer-based scheme which offers vouchers deducted from employees' pre-tax income for use in formal child care settings, that examines the characteristics of voucher recipients and the government cost of the program, based on an analysis of data from the Family Resources Survey, a national survey of 24,000 households
Executive Summary
