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AfterZones: Creating a citywide system to support and sustain high-quality after-school programs
Kotloff, Lauren, April, 2010
Philadelphia: Public/Private Ventures.

An account of the implementation of AfterZones, a city-wide after school program for middle-school students in Providence, Rhode Island, with a focus on program structure, quality, and student engagement and participation

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America After 3PM: Special report on summer: Missed opportunities, unmet demand
Afterschool Alliance, May 2010
Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance.

A study of the summer child care arrangements of kindergarten through grade 12 students during the summer of 2008, based on a survey of nearly 30,000 households

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Attitudes toward AfterZone
Market Street Research, February 2010
Providence, RI: Providence After School Alliance.

A study of middle school students' and their parents' interest in, involvement with, and perceptions of AfterZones, a city-wide after school program for middle-school students in Providence, Rhode Island, based on a survey of 237 students and parents

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A compilation of initiatives to support home-based child care
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, March 31, 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

A compilation of profiles of 96 initiatives that target and support home-based child care

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Early care and education state budget actions FY 2010
Clothier, Steffanie, April, 2010
Denver, CO: National Conference of State Legislatures.

A study of state appropriations of state funds for early care and education programs in fiscal year 2010, based on a survey of legislative fiscal offices in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories

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Engaging older youth: Program and city-level strategies to support sustained participation in out-of-school time
Deschenes, Sarah, April 2010
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Family Research Project.

A study of the characteristics of out-of-school time (OST) programs that sustained the participation and retention of middle and high school students, and an examination of strategies used in city-level initiatives to promote OST program participation, based on survey and in-depth interview data collected from programs in San Francisco; Washington, DC; Chicago; New York City; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Providence, Rhode Island

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Getting organized: Unionizing home-based child care providers: 2010 update
Blank, Helen, June 2010
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

An examination of statewide efforts between February 2007 and March 2010 to allow home-based child care workers, including licensed family child care providers and regulation-exempt family, friend, and neighbor caregivers receiving subsidies, to join unions

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Hours of opportunity: Vol. 1. Lessons from five cities on building systems to improve after-school, summer school, and other out-of-school time programs
Bodilly, Susan, 2010
(MG-1037-WF). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.

A study of the planning and early progress of initiatives to build out-of-school time systems in the cities of Boston, Chicago, New York City, Providence, Rhode Island, and Washington, DC

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Hours of opportunity: Vol. 2. The power of data to improve after-school programs citywide
McCombs, Jennifer Sloan, 2010
(MG-1037/1-WF). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.

A study of the use of management information systems in out-of-school time systems in Denver, Colorado, Louisville, Kentucky, and San Francisco, and in initiatives in Boston, Chicago, New York City, Providence, Rhode Island, and Washington, DC

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Hours of opportunity: Vol. 3. Profiles of five cities improving after-school programs through a systems approach
McCombs, Jennifer Sloan, 2010
(TR-882-WF). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.

In-depth case studies of initiatives to build out-of-school time systems in the cities of Boston, Chicago, New York City, Providence, Rhode Island, and Washington, DC

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Making quality count: Lessons from the Ready by 21 Quality Counts initiative
Yohalem, Nicole, October, 2010
Washington, DC: Forum for Youth Investment.

A description of the Ready by 21 Quality Counts initiative, a systems-building model for the improvement of the quality and capacity of out of school time programming, based on information from the implementation of the model at 7 community sites and 6 state sites

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Professional development for the infant/toddler early care and education workforce
National Infant & Toddler Child Care Initiative (U.S.), August, 2010
Washington, DC: National Infant & Toddler Child Care Initiative.

A proposal of a framework for the coordination and development of a professional development system (PDS) for early educators of infants and toddlers, based on examples from state initiatives of professional development programs

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Rhode Island's 2009 child care center & preschool quality study
Maxwell, Kelly, April 2010
Chapel Hill, NC: FPG Child Development Institute.

A study of classroom- and program-level quality in Rhode Island child care centers and preschool programs, based on documents, surveys, and observations from 69 programs and observations of 50 preschool and 50 infant/toddler classrooms within those programs

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Rhode Island's 2010 family child care quality study
Maxwell, Kelly, December, 2010
Chapel Hill, NC: FPG Child Development Institute.

A study of the quality of licensed family child care homes in Rhode Island, based on documents, self-reports, and observations of 50 family child care providers

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State case studies of infant and early childhood mental health systems: Strategies for change
Lyman, David Russell, July 2010
New York: Commonwealth Fund.

Case studies from Colorado, Indiana, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island that examine efforts to develop early childhood mental health systems for children from birth to 5

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State child care assistance policies 2010: New federal funds help states weather the storm
Schulman, Karen, September 2010
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

A study of changes to state child care assistance policies between February 2009 and February 2010, 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 state child care administrators

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The state of preschool 2010: State preschool yearbook
Barnett, W. Steven, 2010
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

An annual review of access to, quality in, and resources devoted to state-funded preschool programs for 3- and 4-year-old children in all 50 states and the District of Columbia during the 2009-2010 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs

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