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Child care subsidies and child care markets: Evidence from three states [Executive summary]
Davis, Elizabeth E., March 2009
Corvallis: Oregon Child Care Research Partnership.

A summary of a study of the relationship of economic, demographic, and policy variables--with a focus on the influence of child care subsidy expenditures--to child care market prices in Oregon, based on an analysis of longitudinal county-level data, and a comparison of results from Oregon to the results of similar studies from California and Minnesota

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The effect of child care subsidies for moderate-income families in Cook County, Illinois: Final report [Executive summary]
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, September 2010
(OPRE 2011-3). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

A summary of a study of the impact on employment, earnings, and child care outcomes of expanding child care subsidy eligibility to moderate-income families and of extending the subsidy eligibility redetermination period from six months to a year, based on 1,884 Cook County, Illinois, child care subsidy applicants with incomes exceeding the state's eligibility limit who were randomly assigned to standard or expanded eligibility and, if assigned to expanded eligibility, to standard or extended redetermination

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Effects of reducing child care subsidy copayments in Washington State: Final report [Executive summary]
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, June 2010
(OPRE 2011-2). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

A summary of a study of the impact on subsidy duration, employment, and income of reduced child care subsidy copayments, based on 5,106 Washington State child care subsidy applicants randomly assigned to standard or reduced copayment schedules

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Establishing a research agenda for American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start programs [Executive summary]
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Child Outcomes Research and Evaluation, 2004
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

A summary of research on the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native children enrolled in Head Start programs, and background for culturally appropriate program and policy reevaluation for Head Start in the United States

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Evaluation of Child Care Subsidy Strategies: Massachusetts family child care study: Executive summary
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, June 2010
(OPRE 2011-1). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

A summary of an implementation and impact evaluation of LearningGames, an intervention to promote children's development through language-rich interactions between caregivers and children, in family child care homes in Massachusetts, based on pre- and post-test observations of 173 experimental and 180 control providers

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Findings from the Survey of Early Head Start Programs: Communities, programs, and families: Final report [Executive summary]
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, December, 2006
Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research.

A summary of a study providing a descriptive snapshot of characteristics of Early Head Start programs, including 1) community and family characteristics, 2) programs' approaches to service delivery, 3) program management and staff, 4) program partnerships, and 5) differences among different subgroups of programs, based on a survey of programs to collective quantitative data and site visits to a subsample of programs for in-depth qualitative data collection

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Florida Head Start: A portrait of our Head Start children’s outcomes 2005-06 [Executive summary]
Florida Head Start Association Research Committee,
Pinellas Park, FL: Florida Head Start Research Committee.

A summary of a presentation of the academic, cognitive, social, and developmental outcomes of children in Florida Head Start programs

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Florida Head Start: A portrait of our Head Start children’s outcomes 2006-07 [Executive summary]
Florida Head Start Association Research Committee,
Pinellas Park, FL: Florida Head Start Association.

A summary of a report of the academic, social, and developmental outcomes of children participating in Florida Head Start programs

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Head Start FACES 2000: A whole-child perspective on program performance [Executive summary]
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Child Outcomes Research and Evaluation, 2003
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Child Outcomes Research and Evaluation.

A longitudinal study of the academic and social outcomes of Head Start children during the Head Start years and in kindergarten, based on data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES)

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Head Start Performance Measures Center Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES 2000) technical report [Executive summary]
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2006
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

A summary of a longitudinal study of the academic and social outcomes of Head Start children during the Head Start years and in kindergarten, based on data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES), 2000 Cohort

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Interim report for Quality Research Consortium Data Coordination Center cross-sectional analyses [Executive summary]
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Child Outcomes Research and Evaluation, 2004
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Child Outcomes Research and Evaluation.

A presentation of interim findings on data gathered by the Head Start Quality Research Center (HSQRC) that examined differences in family and child demographics, child school readiness skills, classroom quality, and parenting skills

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Maine Head Start: State Collaboration Office needs assessment: 2009 executive summary
Maine Head Start-State Collaboration Office, 2009
Augusta: Maine Head Start-State Collaboration Office.

A summary of findings from an assessment of the strengths and opportunities of early childhood education programs in priority program coordination and content areas such as health and wellness, collaboration and partnerships, child outcomes, and family services, based on a survey of 10 Head Start grantees in Maine

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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: State and Community Substudy: Interim report: Executive summary
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2000
Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates.

An executive summary of a study of state and community child care policies and programs, examining how these policies and programs meet the needs of low-income families, how they change over time, how they impact the local child care supply, and how low-income families make child care decisions.

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Preserving the gains, rethinking the losses: Welfare in Illinois five years after reform: Summary of third annual report
University Consortium on Welfare Reform, 2003
Evanston, IL: Northwestern University, Institute for Policy Research.

A summary of the 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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Reforming welfare and rewarding work: A summary of the final report on the Minnesota Family Investment Program
Knox, Virginia, 2000
New York: MDRC.

An executive summary of a report on the impacts on parents and children of the Minnesota Family Investment Program, an alternative welfare-to-work program for Aid to Families with Dependent Children recipients

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The role of Early Head Start programs in addressing the child care needs of low-income families with infants and toddlers: Influences on child care use and quality [Executive summary]
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2004
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

A discussion of the patterns and quality of child care use by Early Head Start families and the impacts that program participation had on families' child care choices.

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The two worlds of welfare reform in Illinois
University Consortium on Welfare Reform, 2004
Evanston, IL: Northwestern University, Institute for Policy Research.

An examination of welfare reform programs in Illinois, with considerations on efficient use of limited state resources

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Two years in early care and education: A community portrait of quality and workforce stability: Alameda County, California: Executive summary
Whitebook, Marcy, 2004
University of California, Berkeley, Center for the Study of Child Care Employment.

An executive summary of a report profiling child care quality and the center-based, licensed family, and license-exempt child care workforce in Alameda County, California, from 2001 to 2003

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Understanding quality in context: Child care centers, communities, markets, and public policy [Executive summary]
Rohacek, Monica, 2010
Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

A summary of a study of child care center directors' definitions of child care quality, the quality of care in the directors' centers, and the relationship between director and center characteristics and center quality, based on in-depth interviews with directors in 38 centers across 4 sites and observations of quality in the 38 centers

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Welfare reform and children: A synthesis of impacts in five states: The Project on State-Level Child Outcomes [Executive summary]
Tout, Kathryn, 2004
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

The executive summary of a report evaluating the impact of pilot welfare reform programs on children and families in Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, and Minnesota.

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Welfare reform in Illinois: Is the moderate approach working?: Summary of second annual report
University Consortium on Welfare Reform, 2002
Evanston, IL: Northwestern University, Institute for Policy Research.

A summary of a longitudinal study of the ongoing results of welfare reforms on families in Illinois, particularly the implementation of TANF

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Welfare-to-work transitions for parents of infants: In-depth study of eight communities [Executive summary]
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2001
Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research.

Summary of a study of welfare-to-work transitions for parents with infants in eight communities within six states

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