1998 Child Care Baseline Needs Assessment: U.S. Marine Corps
United States. Department of the Navy, 1998
Fairfax, VA: Caliber Associates
A comprehensive assessment of the child care needs of service members and spouses in military bases and regional locations.
Reports & Papers
Another look at moral panics: The case of satanic day care centers
deYoung, Mary, 1998
Deviant Behavior, 19(3), 257-278
An examination of moral panic and a discussion of its theory and use and future implications in society as an agent of change
Reports & Papers
Child care work: Intimacy in the shadows of family-life
Murray, Susan B., 1998
Qualitative Sociology, 21(2), 149-168
A study of the relationships between child care workers and the families of the children they serve through daily interactions, organizational processes, and gendered notions of child care occupations
Reports & Papers
A comparative enforcement study: Survey report of negative enforcement options and practices
National Association for Regulatory Administration, 1998
Conyers, GA: National Association for Regulatory Administration.
A survey of the negative enforcement practices used by regulatory agencies on adult assisted-living, child care, and child residential care licensing programs in the United States and Canada
Reports & Papers
Early child care and self-control, compliance, and problem behavior at twenty-four and thirty-six months
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1998
Child Development, 69(4), 1145-1170
A study into factors of family and child care experiences as predictors of self-control, compliance and problem behavior in children
Reports & Papers
Head Start programs: Participant characteristics, services, and funding
United States. General Accounting Office. Health, Education, and Human Services Division, 1998
(GAO/HEHS-98-65). Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office.
A study of several factors of the Head Start program, including the number of participants, participants' characteristics, services provided, service delivery methods, federal and non-federal dollars received and spent, and other programs providing similar early childhood services
Reports & Papers
Locked doors: States struggling to meet the child care needs of low-income working families
Adams, Gina, 1998
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund
A study on the demand for affordable quality childcare in the United States
Reports & Papers
National evaluation of the Even Start Family Literacy Program: 1994-1997 final report
United States. Department of Education. Planning and Evaluation Service, 1998
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Planning and Evaluation Service.
The second national evaluation of the Even Start Family Literacy Program, examining what has changed and what has remained stable over its first eight years, specifically addressing who and what is served by the program, federal funding methods, participant's developmental and educational gains, best practices, and the success with which the program is reaching its target population
Reports & Papers
Relations between family predictors and child outcomes: Are they weaker for children in child care?
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1998
Developmental Psychology, 34(5), 1119-1128
An analysis of the mediating effect of nonparental child care on the influence of family factors on infant and toddler cognitive and behavioral development using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
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Safe and smart: Making the after-school hours work for kids
United States. Department of Education, 1998
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education.
A report on the benefits of after-school programs with examples of successful programs
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Thoughtful reflections for future directions: The Los Angeles County child care oral history
Tebb, Kathleen P., 1998
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County, Child Care Planning Committee.
A history of developments in the child care and early education delivery system during the 20th century, particularly in Los Angeles County, California, based on oral histories of key child care leaders and a review of historical documents and scientific literature
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Tribal child care
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General. Office of Evaluation and Inspections, 1998
(OEI-05-98-00010). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General.
An examination of Native American Tribal Child Care and Development Fund programs (CCDF), focusing on resource utilization and program operation
Reports & Papers
Waiting for child care: How do parents adjust to scarce options in Santa Clara county?
Connerty, Casey, 1998
Berkeley: Policy Analysis for California Education.
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