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Building statewide partnership capacity to assess school readiness for Florida Head Start children and families
Greenfield, Daryl B., 2001
NHSA Dialog, 4(2), 197-209

An overview of the process of assessing school readiness in Florida children and its implications for Head Start programs, using data from the Florida Partnership for School Readiness (Readiness Partnership)

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Child care, subsidy receipt and state of residence: Comparisons by age and parent work schedule
Georges, Annie, December 2001
Paper presented to the 23rd Annual Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy, Analysis and Management, Washington, DC, November

A study of the differences in child care arrangements as it relates to costs of care and state of residence among children in families eligible for subsidies

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A comparative report on the frequency and types of human service licensing inspections: A cross-system study of assisted living, child care, developmental disabilities and child residential facilities
Kroh, Karen E., 2001
Conyers, GA: National Association for Regulatory Administration.

Results from a 2001 survey of the frequency and types of licensing inspections in 93 assisted living, special needs and residential child care facilities in the United States, the Virgin Islands and Canada

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Early intervention: The moderating role of the home environment
Bradley, Robert H., 2001
Applied Developmental Science, 5(1), 2-8

An examination of the effect of young children's home environments on the impact of the Infant Health and Development Program, an early intervention program designed for at risk children from low income families

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Father involvement in the lives of mainland Puerto Rican children: Contributions of nonresident, cohabitating and married fathers
Landale, Nancy S., 2001
Social Forces, 79(3), 945-968

A secondary analysis of the Puerto Rican Maternal and Infant Health Study (PRMIHS) examining the determinants of father involvement in the lives of mainland Puerto Rican children

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Florida childcare workforce study: Final report
Mullis, Ann K., 2001
(Research Monograph No. 2001-01). Tallahassee: Florida State University, Family Institute.

A study of the characteristics of Florida child care center teachers and directors and family child care providers, based on survey questionnaires

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A fragile foundation: State child care assistance policies
Schulman, Karen, 2001
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund. (No longer accessible as of December 7, 2012).

A report on state-level child care assistance policies and changes that have occurred between 1995 and 2001, examining the impact of policies on families' access to care and child care choices.

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How teacher training in conflict resolution and peace education influences attitudes, interactions and relationships in Head Start centers
Vestal, Marilyn A., 2001
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale-Davie, FL

An evaluation of the impact of a professional development program for Head Start teachers designed to expose them to conflict resolution, violence prevention, and peace education for children, and an examination of the impact of instructing preschool children on interpersonal problem solving

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The policy context and infant and toddler care in the welfare reform era
Witte, Ann D., 2001
(Wellesley College Working Paper 2001-04). Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Department of Economics. (No longer accessible as of December 19, 2012).

A study of the effects of welfare reform and child care subsidy policies on the availability, quality, and price of child care for infants and toddlers from 1996 to 2000 in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and five representative areas in Massachusetts

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Preliminary findings on the adequacy of child care funding from the child care case studies of the Assessing the New Federalism (ANF) Project
Adams, Gina, 2001
Paper presented at the Child Care Funding: How Much Is Needed and Is There Enough? Brookings Forum, Washington, DC. (No longer accessible as of September 14, 2012)

An inquiry into factors affecting the utilization of child care subsidies, based on interviews of and focus groups with parents, administrators, and policymakers at 17 sites in 12 states

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Pre-literacy skills in Hispanic Head Start children: A comparison within and between languages
Lopez, Lisa M., 2001
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

An investigation of the relationship between phonological awareness and oral language proficiency of a sample of Spanish speaking, Hispanic Head Start children in Florida

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Regional child care trends: Comparing Georgia to its neighbors
Waits, Lauren, 2001
Atlanta: Georgia State University, Health Policy Center.

A study of Georgia’s child care system and its performance as it compares with the child care systems of neighboring states, especially the extent to which Georgia supports vulnerable children and their families’ ability to procure high quality child care

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State child care profile for children with employed mothers: Florida
Snyder, Kathleen, 2001
(State Profiles No. 01-17). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

A profile of child care in Florida that analyzed the types and number of child care arrangements used by families, the hours children spent in care, and the amount of money families spent on care, as well as variations by the child's age and family income status.

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State legislative investments in school-age children and youth
Langford, Barbara, 2001
Washington, DC: Finance Project.

A discussion of policy approaches towards the funding of programs for children outside of school time

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Vaccination coverage among children enrolled in Head Start programs and licensed child care centers and entering school: United States and selected reporting areas, 1999-2000 school year
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.), 2001
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 50(39), 847-855

A compilation of vaccination rates of children in early years settings, based on school-based surveys from 64 programs in the fifty states, eight territories, five cities, and the District of Columbia in the United States

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A view from four states and the District of Columbia: Parents receiving child care subsidies: Where do they work?
Okuyama, Kumiko, 2001
Albany, OR: Linn-Benton Community College, Family Resources and Education Division.

A summary of findings from seven studies of the employment patterns of low-income parents receiving child care subsidies.

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Welfare-to-work transitions for parents of infants: In-depth study of eight communities [Final report]
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2001
Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research.

A qualitative study of the relationship between various child care policies and the ability of low income parents of infants to meet the work or school requirements for receipt of public assistance, based on interviews with service providers and both teenage and adult parents receiving Temporary Aid for Needy Families (TANF) from 8 purposively-selected communities across 6 states

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Who's caring for our youngest children?: Child care patterns of infants and toddlers
Ehrle, Jennifer, 2001
(Occasional Paper No. 42). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

A compendium of child care arrangements and characteristics for children under three years old, based on data from the 1997 National Survey of America’s Families (NSAF)

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