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Be all that we can be: Lessons from the military for improving our nation's child care system: 2004 follow-up Highlights from a 2004 follow-up study on the military’s systematic approach to quality child care by the National Women’s Law Center |
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The benefits of prekindergarten for middle-income children A policy report discussing the need for more research on middle income children's risk of being denied quality child care due to eligibility ceilings and if this risk affects their potential for school readiness |
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Building community collaboration to support early learning: Local councils for early care and education A discussion of the need for local-level organizations to complement federal and state early childhood education and care collaborative efforts, including recommendations for the structure and role of such local councils |
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A center piece of the preK puzzle: Providing state prekindergarten in child care centers An examination of the benefits and challenges for child care centers providing state-funded prekindergarten program services, with policies and strategies for increasing child care center provision of prekindergarten services, based on interviews with child care center directors |
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Child care assistance policies 2001-2004: Families struggling to move forward, states going backward A discussion of the increased barriers to child care assistance programs that low-income families face |
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Child care assistance policies 2005: States fail to make up lost ground, families continue to lack critical support Descriptions of child care financial assistance policies and tables of child care subsidy eligibility criteria state-by-state for the United States, 2001-2005 |
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Class size: What's the best fit? A discussion of the influence that class size has on the quality of preschool education |
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Close to home: State strategies to strengthen and support family, friend, and neighbor care An overview of policy options for states to support family, friend, and neighbor child care and early education |
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A count for quality: Child care center directors on rating and improvement systems A study of child care center directors' views of child care quality rating and improvement systems and their components, based on interviews with 48 directors from 9 states and a roundtable forum with 15 of the 48 directors |
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Downward slide: State child care assistance policies 2012 A study of changes to state child care assistance policies between February 2011 and February 2012 and between 2001 and February 2012, including changes to income eligibility limits, waiting lists, parent copayments, reimbursement rates, and assistance to parents searching for a job, based on a survey of child care administrators in each state and the District of Columbia |
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A fragile foundation: State child care assistance policies A report on state-level child care assistance policies and changes that have occurred between 1995 and 2001, examining the impact of policies on families' access to care and child care choices. |
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A fragile foundation: State child care assistance policies: Executive summary A summary of state level child care subsidy policies and policy changes between 1995 and 2001 and the effects of policies on low-income families' access to care. |
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The high cost of child care puts quality care out of reach for many families An issue brief on the high cost of quality child care for families across the United States |
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In their own voices: Parents and providers struggling with child care cuts A presentation of personal accounts of families and providers affected by budget cuts to programs providing early childhood education and care |
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Key facts: Essential information on child care, early education, and school age care |
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Locked doors: States struggling to meet the child care needs of low-income working families A study on the demand for affordable quality childcare in the United States |
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Locked doors: States struggling to meet the child care needs of low-income working families [Executive summary] A description of child care pressures for working parents and funding and demand discrepancies in United States child care subsidy policy |
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Overlooked benefits of prekindergarten A policy report discussing child care outcomes resulting from prekindergarten programs, citing studies including the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program, Abecedarian Project, Chicago Child-Parent Centers, and Parent Child Development Centers |
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Promising state child care quality and infant/toddler initiatives An overview of the most promising Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) set-aside-funded child care quality initiative and infant/toddler initiative in each state |
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Seeds of Success: State Prekindergarten Initiatives 1998-1999 A study of prekindergarten initiatives across different states in order to assess the quality of prekindergarten, the accessibility of prekindergarten and the way in which prekindergarten initiatives are integrated with other early childhood programs. |
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Seeds of success: State prekindergarten initiatives 1998-1999: Executive summary The executive summary of a report that examines prekindergarten initiatives across different states in order to assess the quality of prekindergarten, the accessibility of prekindergarten, and the way in which prekindergarten initiatives are integrated with other early childhood programs. |
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State child care assistance policies 2006: Gaps remain, with new challenges ahead An issue brief discussing results of a survey of state child care administrators investigating state child care policies regarding income eligibility limits, waiting lists, parent co-payments, and reimbursement rates |
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State child care assistance policies 2007: Some steps forward, more progress needed Results of a survey of state child care administrators investigating changes in state child care policies from February 2006 to February 2007, including changes in income eligibility limits, waiting lists, parent co-payments, and reimbursement rates |
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State child care assistance policies 2008: Too little progress for children and families A study of changes to state child care assistance policies from February 2007 to February 2008, including changes to income eligibility limits, waiting lists, parent co-payments, and reimbursement rates, based on a survey of state child care administrators |
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State child care assistance policies 2009: Most states hold the line, but some lose ground in hard times A study of changes to state child care assistance policies from February 2008 to February 2009, including changes to income eligibility limits, waiting lists, parent co-payments, and reimbursement rates, based on a survey of state child care administrators |
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