An analysis of the child and adult care food program in child care centers
Kapur, Kanika, 1999
Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.
An analysis of the characteristics of three types of child care centers: centers that choose to participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), centers that are eligible for CACFP but do not participate, and centers that are not eligible for CACFP, focusing on a center’s propensity to participate in CACFP conditional on being eligible
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Child care: An investment that works for Colorado: A child care data report
Clancy, Monica, 1999
Englewood: Colorado Office of Resource and Referral Agencies.
An examination of child care in Colorado including appropriations, early intervention, benefits for children and parents, as well as profiles child care supply, quality, affordability and availability
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Child care licensing regulations and child care quality in four states
Gallagher, James J., 1999
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 14(3), 285-312
An analysis of child care regulations in four states, comparing regulations aimed at child welfare and safety versus those aimed at child development
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The children of the Cost, Quality, and Outcomes Study go to school
Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S., 1999
Chapel Hill, NC: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center.
The longitudinal follow up to the Cost, Quality, and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers Study, following children for five years to assess the impact of quality of child care experiences on later development.
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Colorado child care assessment: Need for nurse consultation services: 1999
Grimm, Susan, 1999
Denver: Colorado, Department of Public Health and Environment.
A statewide survey of the nurse health care and consultation service needs of child care centers in Colorado
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Family child care homes and the CACFP: Participation after reimbursement tiering: An interim report of the Family Child Care Homes Legislative Changes Study
Food Assistance & Nutrition Research (Program : U.S.), 1999
(Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Report No. 3). Washington, DC: U.S. Food Assistance & Nutrition Research Program.
An inquiry into the participation rates of family child care homes in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
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Leading the way: Characteristics and early experiences of selected Early Head Start programs: Volume I: Cross-site perspectives
United States. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, December 1999
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families.
A description of the characteristics and early implementation experiences of the 17 research programs participating in the National Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project in fall 1997, with a focus on similarities and differences across programs in the characteristics of the families they serve, their goals and expected outcomes, the services they offer, and their early challenges and successes
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Seeds of Success: State Prekindergarten Initiatives 1998-1999
Blank, Helen, 1999
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund
A study of prekindergarten initiatives across different states in order to assess the quality of prekindergarten, the accessibility of prekindergarten and the way in which prekindergarten initiatives are integrated with other early childhood programs.
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Staff Development
United States. Head Start Bureau, 1999
(Early Head Start Program Strategies). Washington, DC: Early Head Start National Resource Center.
A survey of the experiences of Early Head Start programs in meeting the challenges of planning and implementing high quality services to expectant parents and families with infants and toddlers
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Technical assistance for quality child care: State administrators' perspectives
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General. Office of Evaluation and Inspections, 1999
(OEI-07-97-00420). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General.
A report on state child care administrators' perceptions of the technical assistance provided under contract from the Administration for Children and Families
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