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The afterschool hours: Examining the relationship between afterschool staff-based social capital and student's engagement in LA's BEST A study of the association of strong staff-student relationships with students' academic engagement and future aspirations in LA's BEST, an after school program for urban elementary school children in Los Angeles County that aims to enhance children's intellectual, social, and emotional development, based on a survey of staff and participating students |
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Air Force/NACCRRA Quality Family Child Care (QFCC) project: Final report An evaluation of a joint Air Force-National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies initiative to increase the supply of high-quality family child care in civilian communities near Air Force bases by implementing the Air Force model of family child care among local providers |
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Can consumers detect lemons?: An empirical analysis of information asymmetry in the market for child care A study and comparison of parent and trained observer ratings of child care quality based on data from a stratified random sample of infant-toddler and preschool classrooms in approximately 100 child care centers |
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Can consumers detect lemons?: An empirical analysis of information asymmetry in the market for child care An examination of the influence of asymmetrical information and adverse selection on the quality of available child care, as well as parents' ability to discern different qualities of care, based on data gathered from 228 infant and toddler classrooms and 518 preschool rooms from 100 programs in California, Colorado, Connecticut, and North Carolina |
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The challenges of change: Learning from the child care and early education experiences of immigrant families A study of the child care and early education participation of children of immigrants and barriers to accessing child care and early education services for immigrant families, based on interviews with local leaders, policymakers, child care and early education service providers, and immigrant parents conducted during community site visits |
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Child care health consultation programs: Barriers and recommendations A focus-group-based examination of barriers encountered by child care health professionals when trying to implement child care health consultation programs in child care centers |
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Common vision, different paths: Five states’ journeys toward comprehensive prenatal-to-five systems An examination of the people, perspectives, processes, and products of the comprehensive and coordinated systems for children aged prenatal to five in California, Illinois, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania |
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Community voices: California preschool directors speak on policy options A survey-based exploration of the views held by the directors of 816 preschools funded by community based organizations in California, focusing on the issues of financing community needs, program improvement, state involvement, and market competition with other institutions |
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The determinants and consequences of child care subsidies for single mothers in the USA A study of the effects of child care subsidies on the employment, school, and welfare participation of single mothers following the passage of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) |
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Disparities in California's child care subsidy system: A look at teacher education, stability and diversity An analysis comparing characteristics of California child care center workers in centers receiving public funding through vouchers with workers in centers receiving public funding through direct contracts with the state |
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Early care and education in the Golden State: Publicly funded programs serving California's preschool-age children The second component of a multicomponent study of preschool education in California, which focuses on features of the state's publicly funded early childhood education programs including their funding sources, eligibility requirements, enrollment, requirements for service delivery, reimbursement mechanisms, and inefficiencies, based on administrative and publicly available data, interviews with key informants, and county case studies of Los Angeles, Merced, San Diego, and San Mateo Counties |
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Early student-teacher relationships of children with and without intellectual disability: Contributions of behavioral, social, and self-regulatory competence An examination of the quality of student teacher relationships (STR) among 6 year-old children with and without intellectual disability, considering child characteristics as predicators of STR and using data from the children at age 3 |
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The economic impact of the early care and education industry in Fresno County An analysis of the economic impact of the Fresno County, California, child care and early education industry in terms of its employment and gross receipts, as well as its role in supporting other industries and labor force participation |
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The effects of welfare and employment programs on children's participation in Head Start An analysis of the effects of 10 welfare and employment programs on the employment, income, and use of Head Start by single mothers of children aged 3-5, using data from the New Hope, New Chance, National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies, and Minnesota Family Investment Program studies |
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Evaluation of the First 5 California Children of Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers Project: The Migrant Education Even Start Component An evaluation of the impact of family literacy outreach services provided to 3 and 4 year old children of migrant seasonal farm workers in California, based on a sample of 684 children |
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Evaluation of the First 5 LA Family Literacy Initiative: Final phase I report Findings from the third and fourth years of the implementation and impact evaluation of the First 5 LA Family Literacy Initiative, a comprehensive program to promote literacy among low-income families in Los Angeles County, that examined program characteristics and quality and child and parent outcomes |
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Evaluation of Preschool for All: Implementation in San Mateo and San Francisco counties: Year 2 report A process evaluation of the implementation of the universal four-year-old prekindergarten initiative Preschool for All in San Mateo and San Francisco Counties, California, based on survey responses of 5 providers in San Mateo County and 21 providers in San Francisco county, and observations of 8 classrooms in each county |
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An exploratory study of mothers' perceptions of acculturation within the preschool context A study of the relationship of mothers' acculturation to the acculturation of their children, based on in-depth, semi-structured interviews with Latina mothers whose children attend preschool |
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Exploring cultural differences in children’s exposure to television in home-based child care settings A comparison of patterns of television use in the family child care sites run by 50 African American and 50 Latino child care providers serving children under age 5 in low-income areas of Los Angeles County |
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Exploring the intellectual, social and organizational capitals at LA's BEST A study of how LA's BEST, an after school program for urban elementary school children in Los Angeles County that aims to enhance children's intellectual, social, and emotional development, uses its organizational, social, and intellectual capital to promote student engagement, based on interviews and focus groups with personnel and participants at six sites |
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Getting organized: Unionizing home-based child care providers An examination of statewide efforts 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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The long-term effects of after-school programming on educational adjustment and juvenile crime: A study of the LA's BEST after-school program: Final deliverable A cost-benefit analysis and longitudinal study of the impacts on educational adjustment and juvenile crime of participating in LA's BEST, an after school program for urban elementary school children in Los Angeles County that aims to enhance children's intellectual, social, and emotional development, based on comparisons of program participants with matched control students who had not participated in the program |
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Merced County Constructing Connections: A case study of the ABCD Initiative An account of the implementation of the Constructing Connections Collaborative, an initiative for the development of a system to facilitate the improvement of child care facilities in Merced County, California |
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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Care in the home: A description of family child care and the experiences of the families and children that use it: Final report Findings from the two-and-a-half-year In-Depth Study of Family Child Care, a component of the National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families, focusing on parents and their employment and child care experience, family child care providers and their homes as child care environments, and children and their experiences in family child care |
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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Patterns of child care use among low-income families: Final report 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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