Assessing quality in family, friend and neighbor care: The Child Care Assessment Tool for Relatives
A paper describing the Child Care Assessment Tool for Relatives, an instrument designed to measure quality of child care provided by relatives, in terms of its development and the results of a field test where it was used with low income relative caregivers
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Building on the promise: State initiatives to expand access to Early Head Start for young children and their families
A study of state efforts to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on in-depth interviews with state program administrators
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The challenges of change: Learning from the child care and early education experiences of immigrant families
A study of the child care and early education participation of children of immigrants and barriers to accessing child care and early education services for immigrant families, based on interviews with local leaders, policymakers, child care and early education service providers, and immigrant parents conducted during community site visits
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Child care arrangements for children under five: Variation across states
A study of the primary child care arrangements of children under five whose mothers are employed, as well as of the variations in patterns of child care arrangements by state, by the child's age, and by the income status of the child's family.
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Child care expenses of America's families
A study of the child care expenses of working families with children under age 13, with particular attention to low-income families.
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Ensuring quality care for low-income babies: Contracting directly with providers to expand and improve infant and toddler care
An analysis of states' use of contracts to provide subsidized child care for infants and toddlers and the potential for contracts to improve the quality or increase the supply of child care, based on interviews with policymakers and contracted providers
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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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Getting and retaining child care assistance: How policy and practice influence parents experiences
A study of parents' interaction with the child care subsidy system and how state and local subsidy policies and practices affect parents' experiences. Particular attention is paid to the process of applying for and retaining subsidies.
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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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The hours that children under five spend in child care: Variation across states
A study of the number of hours that children under five spent in child care while their mothers were at work and the variations in child care use by state, by the child's age, and by the income status of the child's family.
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The number of child care arrangements used by children under five: Variation across states
A study of the consistent weekly use of multiple child care arrangements by employed mothers of preschool children, examining variations by state, child age, and family income level, and analyzing combinations of child care types, based on data from the 1997 National Survey of America's Families (NSAF)
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Putting it together: A guide to financing comprehensive services in child care and early education
An examination of sources of federal funding for comprehensive services in early childhood settings, with examples of promising collaborations as part of state and local funding models, based on interviews with national experts, as well as with policymakers, advocates, and administrators
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State child care profile for children with employed mothers: New York
A profile of child care in New York that analyzed the types and number of child care arrangements used by families, the hours children spent in care, and the amount of money families spent on care, as well as variations by the child's age and family income.
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Supporting family, friend and neighbor caregivers: Findings from a survey of state policies
An examination of state regulatory policies for kith and kin child care providers receiving government subsidies
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When housing and child care meet: Lessons learned from seven child care and community development partnerships
A report documenting how seven home-based child care support programs in six cities operate
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Who pays?: The visible and invisible costs of child care
An examination of how much New York-based parents pay for child care, amount provided by government subsidies, and estimated value of family, friend, and neighbor caregiving
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Who's caring for our youngest children?: Child care patterns of infants and toddlers
A compendium of child care arrangements and characteristics for children under three years old, based on data from the 1997 National Survey of America’s Families (NSAF)
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