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Evaluation of the Early Literacy Intervention Grant Program: Final report
Plucker, Jonathan A., June 29, 2007
Bloomington: Indiana University, Bloomington, Center for Evaluation & Education Policy.

An overview of Indiana’s Early Literacy Intervention Grant Program (ELIGP), including funding and program information, implementation strategies, and assessment data for the 2006-2007 academic year, based on a survey of grant coordinators and information gathered on 5,733 students from 85 schools

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Evaluation report III: State maternal & child health early childhood comprehensive systems grant program
Clendenning, Daniel, August 2007
Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University, Center for Health Policy.

Findings from an evaluation of the second year of the Early Childhood Comprehensive System (ECCS) program in Indiana, an initiative to promote maternal health and children’s development through the coordinated provision of comprehensive services for children aged birth through 5, with a focus on access to and utilization of health care services, payment for health care services, and resources available to families

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Evaluation report II: State maternal & child health early childhood comprehensive systems grant program
Lawson, Anthony H., June 2007
Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University, Center for Health Policy.

An evaluation of the second year of the Early Childhood Comprehensive System (ECCS) program in Indiana, an initiative to promote maternal health and children’s development through the coordinated provision of comprehensive services for children aged birth through 5

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Evaluation report IV: State maternal & child health early childhood comprehensive systems grant program
Clendenning, Daniel, December 2007
Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University, Center for Health Policy.

An evaluation of the Early Childhood Comprehensive System (ECCS) program in Indiana, an initiative to promote maternal health and children’s development through the coordinated provision of comprehensive services for children aged birth through 5

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Full-day kindergarten offsets negative effects of poverty on state tests
Schroeder, Janice, September 2007
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 15(3), 427-439

An examination of the influences of poverty and full- or half-day kindergarten attendance on the third grade English and Mathematics achievement of 4,411 Indiana children in a three-year cohort study in an urban school district

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Immigrants families and childcare preferences: Do immigrants' cultures influence their childcare decisions?
Obeng, Cecilia Sem, February 2007
Early Childhood Education Journal, 34(4), 259-264

An interview-based examination of how African immigrant parents of preschool children select care for their children and the effects of their culture on this decision

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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Patterns of child care use among low-income families: Final report
United States. Administration for Children and Families, September 2007
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

A study of families' decisions regarding employment and child care arrangements, examining variations by child's age, mother's race, and other family characteristics, and assessing the impact of child care subsidies and other state and local policies on families' choices

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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: State and Community Substudy: Final report
United States. Administration for Children and Families, September 2007
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

A study of ongoing changes in state and community policies for meeting the child care needs of low-income families as a result of welfare reform implementation, including child care subsidy use and expenditures from 1997 to 2001 and child care subsidy policies and their administration from 1999 to 2002, based on administrative records, policy manuals, and key informant interviews from 17 states and 25 communities

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Parents and the high price of child care: 2007 update
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, 2007
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.

A study of the prices of center-based and family child care for infants, toddlers, and preschool-age children, based on a national survey of state child care resource and referral networks and local child care resource and referral agencies

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Paths to QUALITY: A child care quality rating system for Indiana: What is its scientific basis?
Elicker, James, October 23, 2007
West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, Center for Families.

An analysis of the validity of the quality standards used in Paths to QUALITY, Indiana's child care quality rating system, based on results from pilot sites and a review of research literature related to quality indicators in the standards

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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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The state of preschool 2007: State preschool yearbook
Barnett, W. Steven, 2007
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

An annual review of access, quality, and resources in state-funded preschool programs for children ages three and four, in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, during the 2006-2007 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs

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Using vouchers to deliver social services: Considerations based on the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program experiences
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, November 02, 2007
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.

An examination of the role of voucher systems in delivering social services through the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs, based on interviews with state program administrators, conversations with local area staff, and in-depth site visits and case studies

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Working in child care in Indiana: 2007 special report on teachers and directors working in licensed child care centers & unlicensed registered child care ministries
Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children, 2007
Indianapolis, IN: Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children.

A study of the education, training, earnings, accreditation, professional support, experience, and turnover rate of teachers and directors working in licensed child care centers and unlicensed registered child care ministries in Indiana, based on a survey of 1,185 directors and 13,003 teachers

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