Aligning public finance systems: How can we most effectively maximize resources and build cohesive early care and education systems at the state level?
A brief examining the linkages among different components of a high quality early care and education system of financing, program, and practitioner standards
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Capital finance: Are there effective public-private strategies for building early care and education facilities?
A brief on financing strategies to support the development of early education and care facilities
Fact Sheets & Briefs
The child care industry: An integral part of Long Island's economy
A summary of the child care market's impact on Long Island's economy, focusing on how child care supports the regional economy and promotes children's academic achievements
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Collective management of early childhood programs: Approaches that aim to maximize efficiency, help improve quality and stabilize the industry
A report presenting a catalog of collective management approaches currently used by child care services across the United States
Reports & Papers
Costing out the system: How can we develop a comprehensive, cross-system approach to determining a per-child cost for early care and education?
A brief on cost analysis strategies to determine the overall and per child costs of early care and education programs.
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Early care and education strategic planning in Maine: A summary of current activities
A summary of results of plans to strengthen the early care and education system in Maine
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Economic development links: How do we use child care economic impact studies to help craft new approaches to public policy? How can we increase public investment using these arguments?
An analysis of child care in the context of economic development
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Economies of scale: Home-based alliances: Are there innovative ways to reach economies of scale? What have we learned about this approach in general as it relates to home-based alliances?
A description of how early childhood programs can stabilize the industry and develop economies of scale
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Economies of scale: Multi-site centered-based approaches: Are there innovative ways to reach economies of scale? What have we learned about this approach in general as it relates to multi-site, center-based approaches?
A brief suggesting corporate ownership of multiple child care centers and family child care networks can lead to economies of scale in the child care industry.
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Economies of scale: Support services alliances: Are there innovative ways to reach economies of scale? What have we learned about this approach in general as it relates to support services alliances?
A brief suggesting multiple child care centers sharing management support services can lead to economies of scale in the child care industry
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Education links: How do we establish universal preschool in a way that builds the early care and education system as a whole?
A brief on aspects of the early care and education system which state universal preschool programs can strengthen
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Financing quality rating systems: Lessons learned
A description of the processes and financing strategies states used to develop quality rating systems used to establish quality standards for early childhood care programs and evaluate existing programs
Reports & Papers
Framing child care as economic development: Lessons from early studies
A brief overview of how state and local child care economic studies are being implemented
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Public engagement: Are ballot initiatives an effective tool to raise funds for early care and education?
A brief on the pros and cons of using early care and education ballot initiatives and referenda as funding sources
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Public engagement: How do we make paid family leave a part of the early care and education system?
A brief on ways in which paid family leave can receive public financial support
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Tax policy: What are the tools? What are the pros and cons of tax policy to increase investment in early care and education? What have we learned about implementation?
A brief on ways in which tax policy can be used to fund early childhood care and education
Fact Sheets & Briefs
