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Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) report to Congress: Submitted January 2003
United States. Child Care Bureau, 2003
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

A report providing various state and federal information regarding the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF)

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Child-care effect sizes for the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2006
American Psychologist, 61(2), 99-116

A report of findings on the effect sizes for exclusive maternal care and, for children in child care, for type, quality, and quantity of care, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

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The Child Care HOME Inventories: Assessing the quality of family child care homes
Bradley, Robert H., 2003
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 18(3), 294-309

An overview of the different versions of the HOME Inventory for use in assessing quality of family child care homes

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Child care in the commercial corridors
Arlington County (Va.). Arlington Economic Development, January, 2010
Arlington: Arlington County (Va.), Arlington Economic Development.

An examination of the role of child care availability in the economic development of Arlington, Virginia, and policy recommendations for the county to both support the child care needs of local businesses and allow for the opening of child care centers in commercial locations

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Child care in rural areas: Top challenges
Smith, Linda K., 09 July, 2010
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.

An examination of child care challenges facing child care providers and parents in rural areas, based on survey responses from child care resource and referral agencies in 42 states

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The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Compendium of quality rating systems and evaluations
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, April, 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

A compendium of information on quality rating systems of child care and early education programs, including a proposal of an analytic framework for the assessment and evaluation of quality rating systems and profiles of such systems in 26 states

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Child care: Recent state policy changes affecting the availability of assistance for low-income families
United States. General Accounting Office, 2003
(GAO-03-588). Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office.

An examination of state policy developments affecting the availability of child care assistance for low-income families

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Child care: State efforts to enforce safety and health requirements
United States. Government Accountability Office, 2004
(GAO-04-786). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Accountability Office.

A report by the Government Accountability Office to House Representative Sander M Levin regarding the regulation of child care health and safety requirements in states supported by the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)

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Child care structure, process, outcome: Direct and indirect effects of child care quality on young children's development
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2002
Psychological Science, 13(3), 199-206

A study exploring whether process measures of child care quality mediate the relationship between structural features of child care quality and child outcomes, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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Child care survey results on funding and related policies in the Southern states
Southern Institute on Children and Families, 2004
Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families.

Results from a survey of care funding and state-initiated policy changes related to funding shortages in the southern region of the United States

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Child care workforce study in metro Richmond, Virginia: A status report on the child care workforce
Voices for Virginia's Children, 2004
Richmond: Voices for Virginia's Children.

A study of child care market rates across metropolitan Richmond, Virginia, including profiles of child care center costs and workforce in terms of income, training, and quality

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Children caring for themselves and child neglect: When do they overlap?
Zielewski, Erica H., 2006
(Discussion Paper No. 06-03). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

A study of how child welfare agencies distinguish between cases of self care and child neglect based on interviews and focus groups with child protective services staff and a review of administrative forms

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Chronicity of maternal depressive symptoms, maternal sensitivity, and child functioning at 36 months
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1999
Developmental Psychology, 35(5), 1297-1310

An examination of maternal symptoms of depression over the first 3 years of children’s lives in relation to mother-child interactions and children’s development at 36 months

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Can instructional and emotional support in the first-grade classroom make a difference for children at risk of school failure?
Hamre, Bridget, 2005
Child Development, 76(5), 949-967

An examination of ways children’s risk of school failure may be reduced by support from teachers, based on a national study of 910 children, ages 5-6, identified as at risk on the basis of demographic characteristics and their kindergarten teachers’ observations of behavioral, attention, academic, and/or social difficulties

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Collective management of early childhood programs: Approaches that aim to maximize efficiency, help improve quality and stabilize the industry
Stoney, Louise, 2004
Raleigh, NC: Smart Start National Technical Assistance Center.

A report presenting a catalog of collective management approaches currently used by child care services across the United States

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Coming together for children with disabilities: State collaboration to support quality, inclusive child care
Mezey, Jennifer, 2003
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.

A study of state policies which would provide special education and early intervention services to low-income children with disabilities in child care programs

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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

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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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Conceptualizations of readiness and the content of early learning standards: The intersection of policy and research?
Scott-Little, Catherine, 2006
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 21(2), 153-173

An analysis of 46 state-level early education standards documents to investigate the specific areas of development addressed in order to determine how different states conceptualize school readiness

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The contribution of classroom setting and quality of instruction to children's behavior in kindergarten classrooms
Rimm-Kaufman, Sara E., 2005
Elementary School Journal, 105(4), 377-394

An observational study that used participants from the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care to examine the relation between kindergarten classroom processes and children's behavior

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Counting the child care workforce: A catalog of state data sources to quantify and describe child caregivers in the fifty states and the District of Columbia
Breunig, Gretchen Stahr, 2003
Seattle: University of Washington, Human Services Policy Center.

A report on data sources suitable for use in calculating the size of the child care workforce for individual states

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Cross referrals between programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities: Perceptions of Part C and Early Head Start Providers
Summers, Jean Ann, October/December 2008
Infants and Young Children, 21(4), 324-333

A qualitative study of the views of Part C and Head Start administrators and healthcare providers about the complimentary roles of the programs, the collaboration between programs, and the identification and cross-referral of low income children with disabilities eligible for both programs, based on interviews with staff in 6 communities with both programs in 5 states

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Day care-related outbreaks of Rhamnose-Negative Shigella sonnei: Six states, June 2001-March 2003
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.), 2004
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 53(3), 60-63

A report summarizing day-care related shigellosis outbreaks in six states with a description of the laboratory characteristics that link them, underscoring the importance of rapid and coordinated public health responses to isolated outbreaks

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A day in third grade: A large scale study of classroom quality and teacher and student behavior
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
Elementary School Journal, 105(3), 305-323

A study evaluating the quality of 780 third grade classrooms observed as part of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (NICHD SECCYD)

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Descriptive-developmental performance of at-risk preschoolers on early literacy tasks
Justice, Laura M., 2005
Reading Psychology, 26(1), 1-25

A description of findings from the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening: Pre-Kindergarten (PALS-PreK) in Virginia, which evaluated the early literacy achievement of at-risk preschool children

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