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The 2004 National Survey of Child Development Associates (CDAs)
Council for Professional Recognition, 2004
Washington, DC: Council for Professional Recognition.

The 2004 edition of the National Survey of Child Development Associates (CDAs) designed to assess the effects of credentialing on careers and professional development

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Affordability: Women and their families need help paying for child care
National Women's Law Center, 2004
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

A brief on the high child care expenses of low-income families and the inadequacy of government child care assistance

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Aligning public finance systems: How can we most effectively maximize resources and build cohesive early care and education systems at the state level?
Mitchell, Anne W., 2004

A brief examining the linkages among different components of a high quality early care and education system of financing, program, and practitioner standards

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American public and Head Start director's perceptions toward Head Start
National Head Start Association (U.S.). Research and Evaluation Division, 2004
Alexandria, VA: National Head Start Association.

Results from a national poll examining public and Head Start directors' perceptions of prekindergarten and other early learning programs

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Benefits of quality child-care environments
Kids Count North Dakota (Project), 2004
North Dakota KIDS COUNT Inform, 2(6).

A summary of the benefits of quality child care environments in North Dakota

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Brain development and early learning
Strategies for Children, 2004
Boston: Strategies for Children.

A summary on brain development and early learning on children under five years of age

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Building bridges: A comprehensive system for healthy development and school readiness
Halfon, Neal, 2004
(Building State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Series No. 1). University of California, Los Angeles, National Center for Infant and Early Childhood Health Policy.

A discussion of the State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems (SECCS) Initiative; a policy designed to improve early childhood programs to ensure that all children arrive at school healthy and ready to learn

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Building community systems for young children: Early childhood education
Bassok, Daphna, 2004
(Building State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Series No. 11). University of California, Los Angeles, National Center for Infant and Early Childhood Health Policy.

A discussion of the importance of early care and education quality, access and parenting education

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Building a stronger child care workforce: A review of studies of the effectiveness of public compensation initiatives
Gault, Barbara, 2004
(IWPR Publication No. G715). Washington, DC: Institute for Women's Policy Research.

A brief summarizing findings on the implementation and early impact of publicly supported compensation initiatives on the child care workforce

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A call for universal preschool
Smith, Rosa A., 2004
Educational Leadership, 62(3), 38-39

A discussion of the benefits of implementing a universal preschool program providing high quality early education to all children in the United States

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Capital finance: Are there effective public-private strategies for building early care and education facilities?
Mitchell, Anne W., 2004

A brief on financing strategies to support the development of early education and care facilities

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Child care and early education: Infant and toddler care: Meeting the needs of families with options that work
Rigby, Dawn Elizabeth, 2004
Washington, DC: National Conference of State Legislatures

A review of research on infant and toddler care in a variety of settings identifying promising state policy strategies and highlighting options for policymakers who aim to improve the affordability, availability, quality and coordination of infant and toddler care in their state

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Child care centre wages: Results of the 2004 Provincial Child Care Wage Survey
Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Community Resources and Employment. Child Day Care Branch, 2004
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada: Saskatchewan Community Resources and Employment.

A wage survey of Child Care educators in Saskachewan, Canada

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Child care contributes to North Dakota's economy
Kids Count North Dakota (Project), 2004
North Dakota KIDS COUNT Inform, 2(5).

An overview of the numerous economic contributions of child care to North Dakota

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Child care: A crucial legislative issue
Cohen, Sally S., 2004
Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 18(6), 312-314

An overview of child care legislation, with arguments for the reauthorization of the Child Care Development Block Grant

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Child care essential ingredient for sustained, full-time work for welfare recipients
Speiglman, Richard, 2004
Oakland, CA: Public Health Institute.

A brief emphasizing the need for child care among low income families departing welfare-to-work programs, based upon findings from the Alameda County CalWORKs Needs Assessment and Outcomes Study.

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The child care industry: An integral part of Long Island's economy
Stoney, Louise, 2004
Commack, NY: Child Care Council of Suffolk.

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

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Child care in North Dakota: Providers and capacity
Kids Count North Dakota (Project), 2004
North Dakota KIDS COUNT Inform, 2(1).

An examination of child care providers and the capacity of child care institutions in North Dakota, including child care’s contribution to the state’s economy and the North Dakotans served by the industry

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Child care multipliers: Analysis from fifty states
Liu, Zhilin, 2004
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Department of City and Regional Planning.

Highlights of a study developing input-output models for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia to determine the linkage effects of the child care industry

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Child care providers: Increasing compensation raises women's wages and improves child care quality
National Women's Law Center, 2004
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

A brief on the detrimental effects of low child care workforce compensation on staff turnover and child care quality, as well as on state policies that increase compensation.

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Child care quality: What it is, why it matters, and how to improve it
National Women's Law Center, 2004
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

A discussion of the benefits of, obstacles to, and strategies to improve the quality of child care

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Child care workforce in North Dakota
Kids Count North Dakota (Project), 2004
North Dakota KIDS COUNT Inform, 2(3).

An overview of the child care workforce in North Dakota against the backdrop of the child care industry’s indispensability to the state’s economy and to child development

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Congress debates the future of Head Start
National Women's Law Center, 2004
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

A brief on Congressional proceedings on Head Start reauthorization legislation

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Connecticut's early care and education industry: An engine for economic development
Connecticut Voices for Children (Organization), 2004
New Haven: Connecticut Voices for Children.

A summary of the economic impact of the early care and education industry in Connecticut

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Conversations in child care
Bardige, Betty, 2004
Zero to Three, 25(1), 16-22

An information brief on how to enhance young children's conversations: recommendations on how to help them ask questions, think ideas through, use new words, connect with peers, work with peers in groups, encourage conversation for children with special needs, and create settings for conversation and play

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