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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)	Reports & Papers
			Child care and the welfare to work transition Lemke, Robert, 2000 (NBER Working Paper Series No. 7583). Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research. A report on child care-related factors affecting welfare recipients' decisions to work or participate in training under Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) regulations	Reports & Papers
			Child care in Massachusetts: Where the supply is and isn't Queralt, Magaly, 1997 (Special Report No. CRW17). Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Center for Research on Women	Reports & Papers
			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from birth to age three: The influence of family economy, demographics, and parenting attitudes Wolf, Anne, 2004 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Two studies using data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development examined family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	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Child care subsidy use and employment outcomes of TANF mothers during the early years of welfare reform: A three-state study Lee, Bong Joo, 2004 (Chapin Hall Working Paper). Chicago: University of Chicago, Chapin Hall Center for Children. An analysis of the child care subsidy take-up rate, type of child care chosen, and relation between child care subsidy use and employment outcomes for single working mothers receiving TANF in Illinois, Maryland and Massachusetts	Reports & Papers
			Collective management of early childhood programs: Approaches that aim to maximize efficiency, help improve quality and stabilize the industry Stoney, Louise, 2004 Raleigh, NC: Smart Start National Technical Assistance Center. A report presenting a catalog of collective management approaches currently used by child care services across the United States	Reports & Papers
			The cost and quality of full-day year-round early care and education in Massachusetts: Infant and toddler classrooms Marshall, Nancy L., 2004 Wellesley, MA: Wellesley Centers for Women. A study examining the costs and quality of infant toddler child care in the state of Massachusetts	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Duration of subsidized child care arrangements in five areas of Massachusetts: A briefing report [Draft] Witte, Ann D., July 2001 Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Department of Economics A study of the characteristics of the children and families receiving child care vouchers in Massachusetts, including the type of child care purchased with child care vouchers and the duration of continuous enrollment in the Commonwealth�s voucher program	Reports & Papers
			The dynamics of child care subsidy use: A collaborative study of five states Meyers, Marcia K., July, 2002 New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty. A study of characteristics of child care subsidy use in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Texas from July 1997 to June 1999, including examinations of services received, continuity, duration, and stability, based on administrative data collected from state subsidy payment systems	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Estimating the unmet need for child care: A practical approach using a child care illustration Queralt, Magaly, 1999 (Wellesley College Working Paper 99-05). Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Department of Economics A description and illustration of a method for locating and estimating unmet demand for child care services in Massachusetts neighborhoods, redesigned for social agency interpretation and practical application	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Influences on neighborhood supply of child care in Massachusetts Queralt, Magaly, 1998 Social Service Review, 72(1), 17-46 An analysis of regional child care demand in Massachusetts as associated with demographic characteristics	Reports & Papers
			A map for you?: Geographic information systems in the social services Queralt, Magaly, 1998 Social Work, 43(5), 455-469 A presentation of geographic information systems and its illustrative application to the social services, such as creating a map showing child care service providers� location and characteristics and mapping the ratio of child care slots to the number of children in a population to locate areas with potential service-availability gaps	Reports & Papers
			Map to Inclusive Child Care: Outcomes for year two 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 second year of the Map to Inclusive Child Care, an initiative to promote inclusive early childhood education and care in 10 states, including information on educator training, parent awareness, and legislation and policy	Reports & Papers
			Massachusetts family child care today: A report of the findings from the Massachusetts cost and quality study Marshall, Nancy L., 2003 Wellesley, MA: Wellesley Centers for Women. A presentation of findings from a study of workforce issues, the quality of care, and the cost of licensed family child care within the state of Massachusetts	Reports & Papers
			The policy context and infant and toddler care in the welfare reform era Witte, Ann D., 2001 (Wellesley College Working Paper 2001-04). Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Department of Economics. (No longer accessible as of December 19, 2012). A study of the effects of welfare reform and child care subsidy policies on the availability, quality, and price of child care for infants and toddlers from 1996 to 2000 in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and five representative areas in Massachusetts	Reports & Papers
			The policy context and infant and toddler care in the welfare reform era Witte, Ann D., 2002 (NBER Working Paper Series No. 8893). Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research. A summary of findings from Miami-Dade County, FL and five areas in Massachusetts that their policies governing welfare reform, the child care subsidy system, and minimum-standards regulation have had considerable impact on the availability, price, and quality of infant and toddler care during welfare reform�s progression between 1996 to 2000	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			What do parents think about child care?: Findings from a series of focus groups National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. An exploration of parents? perceptions of child care, based on information gathered through a series of focus groups conducted by the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA) with 163 parents at 7 sites across the country	Reports & Papers

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