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Almost like family: Family child care An examination of family child care practices and efforts that promote factors associated with the prevention of child abuse and neglect, based on a literature review and surveys, focus groups, and site visits with family child care providers |
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Child care and the development of behavior problems among economically disadvantaged children in middle childhood A study of the relationship between low-income children's development of behavior problems during middle childhood and child care quality, extent and type of care, as well as an examination of child characteristics, gender, and race-ethnicity, as moderators of the development of behavior problems, based on data from 349 7- through 11-year-old participants in the Three-City Study |
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Child care and low-income children's development: Direct and moderated effects A study determining the effect of child care quality on low-income children's cognitive and social development, utilizing data from the Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study |
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Child care experiences in low-income communities: Developmental quality and maternal views A study of child care quality in low-income urban communities, including types of child care used and degree to which settings met children’s and mothers’ needs, based on data from a longitudinal welfare study: Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study |
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A count for quality: Child care center directors on rating and improvement systems A study of child care center directors' views of child care quality rating and improvement systems and their components, based on interviews with 48 directors from 9 states and a roundtable forum with 15 of the 48 directors |
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Custodial grandmothers' physical, mental, and economic well-being: Comparisons of primary caregivers from low-income neighborhoods A study of the implications of custodial grandparent care by comparing the material hardship, mental health, and physical well-being of custodial grandmothers and biological mothers using data from Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study |
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Expanding access to Early Head Start: State initiatives for infants & toddlers at risk A study of state efforts to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on interviews with Head Start-state collaboration administrators in 23 states |
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Extended learning initiatives: Opportunities and implementation challenges: Profiles of six selected state-sponsored initiatives A report presenting findings from six profiles of state-sponsored extended learning initiatives |
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Getting organized: Unionizing home-based child care providers An examination of statewide efforts to allow home-based child care workers, including licensed family child care providers and regulation-exempt family, friend, and neighbor caregivers receiving subsidies, to join unions |
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Linking home-based child care and state-funded preschool: The Community Connections preschool program (Illinois Action for Children): Evaluation phase 1: Implementation study An implementation evaluation of Community Connections, an Illinois program in which children in home-based child care attend state-funded prekindergarten sessions and home-based providers receive educational materials and support as well as additional time to focus on the needs of infants and toddlers in their care |
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Locked doors: States struggling to meet the child care needs of low-income working families A study on the demand for affordable quality childcare in the United States |
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Nonstandard schedules and young children's behavioral outcomes among working low-income families An examination of how mothers' nonstandard night, weekend, or rotating work schedules affect their preschool children's behavior |
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Out-of-school care and problem behavior trajectories among low-income adolescents: Individual, family, and neighborhood characteristics as added risks A study examining the effects of out-of-school care on at risk adolescents' behavioral outcomes, utilizing longitudinal data from Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study |
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Predictors of paternal involvement for resident and nonresident low-income fathers An evaluation of a conceptual model assessing how child, father, and mother characteristics predict paternal involvement in low-income families |
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Preserving the gains, rethinking the losses: Welfare in Illinois five years after reform: Third annual report from the Illinois Families Study Third in a series of reports using measures of the employment outcomes and family well-being of a sample of 1998 TANF grantees to assess the ongoing value of Illinois' 1997 welfare reforms |
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Two worlds of welfare reform in Illinois: Fourth annual report from the Illinois Families Study A fourth year report of the Illinois Families Study examining the overall effectiveness of welfare reform in Illinois and attempting to determine which are the most effective supports and services |
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Welfare reform in Illinois: Is the moderate approach working?: The second annual report from the Illinois Families Study A longitudinal study of the ongoing results of welfare reforms on families in Illinois, particularly the implementation of TANF |
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Work, welfare, and well-being: An independent look at welfare reform in Illinois: Illinois Families Study: Project description and first-year report Findings from the first phase of the Illinois Family Study (IFS), a six-year longitudinal examination of changes in workforce attachment, economic status, and family wellbeing among a representative sample of families receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) |
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