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Alternative models for an early care and education system
Edie, David, 2004

A report analyzing early care and education (ECE) developments and policies and presenting models for a potential Wisconsin ECE system

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Alternative policy options for child care subsidy programs
Edie, David, 2003
(Public Policy Options for Early Care and Education Report No. 1). Madison: University of Wisconsin--Extension.

A description of Wisconsin's child care subsidy policies and an outline of the potential consequences of four options for funding-related policy change

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Assessing Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) investments in child care quality
Porter, Toni, 2002
New York: Bank Street College of Education, Institute for a Child Care Continuum. (No longer accessible as of August 16, 2012)

A catalog, directory, and report on the evaluations of 104 local and state child care quality improvement initiatives funded through the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF)

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Child-care selection from birth to age three: The influence of family economy, demographics, and parenting attitudes
Wolf, Anne, 2004
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Two studies using data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development examined family variations in timing and type of children's initial child care arrangements and then variations in amount of hours spent in child care per week from birth to age three

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Child care subsidies and leaving welfare: Policy issues and strategies
Adams, Gina, 2006
Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

The second part of a three-part study of the interaction between state and local welfare-to-work programs and child care assistance programs, focusing on child care subsidy use by parents in transition from TANF to employment

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Child care subsidies for TANF families: The nexus of systems and policies
Adams, Gina, 2006
Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

First of a three-part study of the interaction between state and local welfare-to-work programs and child care assistance programs, focusing on administrative structures, protocols and interagency coordination as they affect TANF parents

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Child care subsidies, wages, and employment of single mothers
Tekin, Erdal, 2002
Unpublished manuscript, Georgia State University, Atlanta

An analysis of the effects of the price of child care and the wage rate on employment and child care decisions among single mothers in the early post-welfare reform period, using data from the National Survey of America's Families

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Counting the child care workforce: A catalog of state data sources to quantify and describe child caregivers in the fifty states and the District of Columbia
Breunig, Gretchen Stahr, 2003
Seattle: University of Washington, Human Services Policy Center.

A report on data sources suitable for use in calculating the size of the child care workforce for individual states

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Early care and education partnerships: State actions and local lessons
Schilder, Diane, 2003
Newton, MA: Education Development Center, Center for Children and Families.

An inquiry into the nature and durability of partnerships between early childhood education and care providers and community organizations that support parents’ child care needs

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An evaluation of the quality initiatives program final report to the Office of Child Care
Wisconsin. Department of Workforce Development, 2003
Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin--Extension.

An evaluation of a state program aimed at improving the education, training and compensation of child care providers and increasing accreditation rates of child care facilities

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Evaluation of a state initiative to improve child care quality
Roach, Mary A., 2005
Early Education and Development, 16(1), 69-84

A quasi-experimental study compared the quality of child care in 28 centers participating in the Wisconsin Early Childhood Excellence Initiative to child care in Comparison centers

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Examining cost fulfillment: Child care policy and strategies
Jordan, Lucy P., 2012
Journal of Social Service Research, 38(3), 313-329

A study of correlations among a variety of characteristics of child care subsidy eligibility policies in 20 cities across 15 states, and an identification of four categories of similar types of city-specific subsidy offerings, based on an examination of the local policies regarding the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) subsidies

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Family child care
Edie, David, 2003
(Public Policy Series on Alternative Policy Options Report No. 3). Madison: University of Wisconsin--Extension.

A report on the policy and practice of family child care in Wisconsin and alternative policy options

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The habitat of licensed child care providers: The influences of caregiver, contextual and group characteristics on quality of care
Weaver, Ruth Harding, 2001
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Madison

An exploration of unique factors in 65 licensed family child care providers’ lives that enhance or undermine quality of care, including education, training, psychological well-being, adult attachment style, commitment to care, social support, and perceptions of their current childcare group

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The importance of child care in economic development: A comparative analysis of regional economic linkage
Warner, Mildred, 2006
Economic Development Quarterly, 20(1), 97-103

An analysis of the regional economic impact of the child care sector, as compared to the agriculture, manufacturing, and services sectors, using state-level input-output models

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Improving child care quality
Edie, David, 2003
(Public Policy Series on Alternative Policy Options Report No. 2). Madison: University of Wisconsin--Extension.

A study of improving child care quality policy and initiatives in Wisconsin

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Losing ground or keeping up?: A report on the Wisconsin early care and education workforce, 2001
Adams, Diane B., 2001
Madison: University of Wisconsin--Extension.

A study on the education, wages, experience and staff turnover of child care providers in Wisconsin, including demographic characteristics and changes over time

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Map to Inclusive Child Care: Outcomes for year three
University of Connecticut. Health Center. Division of Child and Family Studies,
Farmington, CT: University of Connecticut, Health Center, Division of Child and Family Studies.

A presentation of outcomes of the third year of the Map to Inclusive Child Care, an initiative to promote inclusive early childhood education and care in 10 states, including information on plans for expansion, local initiatives and collaboration, and legislation and policy

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Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes
Weber, Roberta B. (Bobbie), May 2007
Corvallis, OR: Oregon Child Care Research Partnership

Findings from a study examining current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, territories, and tribes, including descriptions of challenges faced by jurisdictions in conducting surveys, and methods of providing study data

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Predictors of quality and commitment in family child care: Provider education, personal resources, and support
Weaver, Ruth Harding, 2002
Early Education and Development, 13(3), 265-282

An article relating characteristics of family child care providers to child care quality and commitment.

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State survey analysis report
United States. Child Care Bureau, 07 February, 2007
Washington, DC: U.S. Child Care Bureau.

A study of states' policies and procedures used to identify, measure, and reduce improper payments in the administration of the Child Care and Development Fund

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Trends over time: Wisconsin's child care workforce
Adams, Diane B., 2003

A report summarizing the data on the education, compensation and turnover of the child care workforce in Wisconsin between 1980 and 2001

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