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Child care assistance policies 2005: States fail to make up lost ground, families continue to lack critical support Descriptions of child care financial assistance policies and tables of child care subsidy eligibility criteria state-by-state for the United States, 2001-2005 |
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Child care centers, child care subsidies, and faith-based organizations: Preliminary findings on five counties in 2003 Preliminary findings about the role of faith-based organizations in child care provision, and their rates of participation in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) voucher subsidy system |
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Closing achievement gaps A brief proposing the gap between white and ethnic minority children's academic achievement would disappear if disadvantaged children were exposed to high quality early childhood education programs |
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The costs and benefits of universal preschool in California A brief discussing the potential costs and benefits of implementing a high quality universal preschool program in California. |
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Investments pay off A brief arguing that investments in early childhood education generate benefits for taxpayers, society, and program participants |
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Learning begins at birth (the earliest years count) A description of the essential processes involved in children's early brain development |
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Many young children spend long hours in child care A fact sheet examining the number of hours that children under age five with working mothers typically spend in nonparental child care, using data from the National Survey of America's Families (NSAF) 2002. |
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Nurture (as well as nature) matters A brief identifying young children's fundamental needs for healthy growth and development, including nurturing parents, adequate health care and nutrition, early childhood education, and high quality child care |
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Parents work A discussion regarding working parents' need for affordable, accessible child care in order to meet their children's educational and emotional needs while providing for their financial security |
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Quality matters An overview of the components of high quality early childhood education, including well trained and caring staff, regular supervision of staff, clear goals regarding child growth and development, and systematic monitoring and evaluation practices |
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School readiness is more than what children know (it is multidimensional) An overview of the five dimensions of school readiness: physical development, socioemotional development, language development, approaches to learning, and cognition and general knowledge |
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School ''unreadiness'' is expensive An overview of the economic repercussions linked to failures in meeting young children's essential needs |
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Use of relative care by working parents A brief informing policymakers on relative child care, why parents choose it and which children are likely to use it |
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