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Child care and employment: Evidence from random assignment studies of welfare and work programs
Gennetian, Lisa A., 2003
(Next Generation Working Paper Series No. 17). New York: MDRC.

An investigation into the effects of welfare reform policies and links between employment and child care choices, using data from random assignment pilot welfare programs begun between 1993 and 1996 in a variety of urban and rural areas in the United States

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Child care policy reform and the employment of single mothers
Bainbridge, Jay, 2003
Social Science Quarterly, 84(4), 771-791

An examination of the effect of growth in child care subsidies, from 1991 through 1996, on employment rates of single mothers, using data from the 1992 through 1997 March Current Population Surveys

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Childcare subsidies and the transition from welfare to work
Danziger, Sandra K., 2003
(National Poverty Center Working Paper Series No. 03-11). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, National Poverty Center.

A study of the role of subsidies in parental transitions from welfare to the workforce in Michigan, using post-1996 data from The Women’s Employment Study (WES)

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The cost of universal access to quality preschool in Illinois: A report to Governor George H. Ryan's Task Force on Universal Access to Preschool
Golin, Stacie, 2003
(IWPR No. G712). Washington, DC: Institute for Women's Policy Research.

An analysis of the cost of universal access to preschool program quality in Illinois

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Doting on kids: Understanding quality in kith and kin child care
Porter, Toni, 2003
New York: Bank Street College of Education, Institute for a Child Care Continuum. (No longer accessible as of December 10, 2012).

A report on kith and kin child care providers' perceptions of child care quality

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The effects of welfare and employment policies on child care use by low-income young mothers
Gassman-Pines, Anna, 2003
(Next Generation Working Paper Series No. 19). New York: MDRC.

A study examining the welfare and employer child care policies on low income young mothers, using data from the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies (NEWWS), Florida’s Family Transition Program (FTP) and the Minnesota’s Family Investment Program (MFIP)

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The effects of welfare policy on child care decisions: Evidence from ten experimental welfare-to-work programs
Robins, Philip K., 2003
(Next Generation Working Paper Series No. 18). New York: MDRC.

A study examining the child care choices made by families on welfare due to changes in welfare policies by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA)

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Essential but often ignored: Child care providers in the subsidy system
Adams, Gina, 2003
(Occasional Paper No. 63). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

An analysis of subsidy policies and practices that affect providers serving subsidized families, focusing on the amount providers are paid to care for subsidized children and how providers experience the subsidy system

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Getting help with child care expenses
Giannarelli, Linda, 2003
(Occasional Paper No. 62). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

An analysis of the relationship between child care help and child care expenses for working families between 1997 and 1999

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Inequality in pre-school education and school readiness
Magnuson, Katherine A., 2003
New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

A study examining links between center or school-based preschool attendance and factors that contribute to school readiness and success, including reading and math skills, and suggests that school success gaps between children from high to middle and middle to low income families may be narrowed or eliminated by sending all children to preschool using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study- Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K)

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Instability in child care: Ethnographic evidence from working poor families in the New Hope intervention
Lowe, Edward D., 2003
(Next Generation Working Paper Series No. 15). New York: MDRC.

A study of the influence of financial and material resources, social network supports, interpersonal balance in the family, family goals and values, and the stability of the daily routine in changes or stability in child care choices, using data from the New Hope intervention

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Latino families and child care preferences in metropolitan Chicago: ''We need more day care centers''
Illinois Facilities Fund, 2003
Chicago: Illinois Facilities Fund.

A survey of 117 Spanish-speaking Latina mothers' expectations of out-of-home care for their preschool children in the Chicago metro area

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Meeting great expectations: Integrating early education program standards in child care
Schumacher, Rachel, 2003
(Foundation for Child Development Working Paper Series). Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.

A study focusing on integrating early education program standards and initiatives in child care to improve the school readiness of young children

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Moving towards a system: Tools, benchmarks, and standards
Illinois Facilities Fund, 2003
Chicago: Illinois Facilities Fund.

Early care and education needs assessment information from the neediest 10 municipalities and the neediest 10 counties in Illinois

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New hope for families and children: Five-year results of a program to reduce poverty and reform welfare
Huston, Aletha C., 2003
New York: MDRC.

An evaluation of a program designed to help low income families find and maintain employment, reduce poverty and improve overall family well-being

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Out of their hands: Patching together care for children when parents move from welfare to work
Scott, Ellen K., 2003
(Next Generation Working Paper Series No. 16). New York: MDRC.

A study examining the behavior of single women moving from welfare to work as a result of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), and their ability to find and provide child care during employment hours in Cleveland, Ohio

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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
University Consortium on Welfare Reform, 2003
Evanston, IL: Northwestern University, Institute for Policy Research.

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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Unsupervised time: Family and child factors associated with self-care
Vandivere, Sharon, 2003
(Occasional Paper No. 71). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

A report on the characteristics of and factors associated with the self-care arrangements of children aged six to 12

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Untapped potential?: How states contract directly with providers to shore up child care choices for low-income families
Schumacher, Rachel, 2003
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.

A study of the use of contracting by child care state administrators in 24 statesto shore up child care choices for low-income families in 2002

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When housing and child care meet: Lessons learned from seven child care and community development partnerships
Meyer, Diana A., 2003
Columbia, MD: Enterprise Foundation.

A report documenting how seven home-based child care support programs in six cities operate

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Who gets an early education?: Family income and the enrollment of 3- to 5-year-olds from 1968 to 2000
Bainbridge, Jay, 2003
New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

A study examining the links between family income, access to high quality early education programs and economic policies through four periods from 1968 to 2000

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