Beating the odds from 3 to 6 P.M.: Evaluation results from the TASC After-School Program’s first year: Preliminary report
Fiester, Leila, 02 June, 1999
New York: The After-School Corporation.
An evaluation of the after school program implemented in 50 New York City schools by The After-School Corporation (TASC), including documentation of program characteristics and measurement of participants’ experiences
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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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Head Start, TANF, and child care needs assessments
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General. Office of Evaluation and Inspections, 1999
(OEI-05-98-00540). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General.
A description of efforts to assess family needs and provide support services to low-income families receiving Head Start, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) subsidies
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Hiring a nanny: The limits of private solutions to public problems
Wrigley, Julia, 1999
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 563(1), 162-174
An investigation into the socioeconomic and cultural conflicts surrounding the hiring of a live-in child care worker, based on interviews with 155 families and their nannies in the New York and Los Angeles areas
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Implementing universal prekindergarten in New York City
New York City Independent Budget Office, 1999
New York: New York City Independent Budget Office.
An analysis of the potential impact a universal pre-k program on New York City’s operating and capital budgets, discussing several obstacles to implementation though an examination over the course four years, beginning with the 1998-1999 school year
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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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Outcomes of an emergent literacy intervention from Head Start through second grade
Whitehurst, Grover J., 1999
Journal of Educational Psychology, 91(2), 261-272
An article on the effects of an interactive reading and phonemic awareness program on the emergent literacy skills of Head Start children through second grade.
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Promising practices: New York State universal prekindergarten: Expanded edition
Hicks, Susan A., 1999
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Early Childhood Program.
A discussion of the implementation of universal prekindergarten (UPK) in New York State, based on a questionnaire of 29 districts in upstate New York
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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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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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Transportation of preschool children with disabilities
New York (State). Division of Management Audit and State Financial Services, 1999
Albany: New York, Division of Management Audit and State Financial Services.
A 1999 report by the New York State Education Department regarding the transportation costs and practices of the state's Preschool Handicapped Education Program
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