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Are we leaving them behind?: The case for helping childcare providers and parents address behavioral problems in very young children A study of the status of behavioral health services available to children from birth to age five in early care and education settings in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania |
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Assessing the benefits of an after-school program for urban youth: An impact and process evaluation A process analysis and impact evaluation of the effects on academic and social outcomes of a public school-based after school program for urban young adolescents, based on observations, student focus groups, in-depth staff interviews, and parent and student surveys |
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Assessing Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) investments in child care quality A catalog, directory, and report on the evaluations of 104 local and state child care quality improvement initiatives funded through the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) |
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Barriers to subsidies: Reasons why low income families do not use child care subsidies An investigation into the factors responsible for non-use of child care subsidies among subsidy-eligible families, based on a survey of 196 subsidy-eligible low income African American parents in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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A baseline report of early care and education in Pennsylvania: The 2002 Early Care and Education Provider Survey A report surveying characteristics of early care and education providers in Pennsylvania |
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Benchmarking early care and education in Pennsylvania: The 2002 Family Survey A report surveying Pennsylvanian families' child care experiences |
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Caring for infant daughters and sons in dual-earner households: Maternal reports of father involvement in weekday time and tasks A study of maternal reports of gender differences in weekday father involvement with 12-month-olds in 47 dual earner households utilizing full time infant day care with a focus on father’s time alone with infants, time available to the infant, and participation in care giving tasks |
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Child care structure, process, outcome: Direct and indirect effects of child care quality on young children's development 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 usage and mother-infant ''quality time'' A study of mother’s time use and mother-infant interaction in families where infants spent more than 30 hours pet week in child care vs. 0 hours per week from birth to age 6 months |
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Child developmental impact of Pittsburgh's Early Childhood Initiative (ECI) in high-risk communities: First-phase authentic evaluation research An inquiry into the correlation between participation in an early childhood program and children’s outcomes, based on an assessment of 155 high-risk youth who participated in the Early Childhood Initiative (ECI) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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Differential effects of high-quality child care An analysis of data collected from the Infant Health and Development Program examining the differential causal effects of access to high quality child care for at risk children who would otherwise have participated in one of three child care options: no non-maternal care, home-based non-maternal care, and center-based care |
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Do regulable features of child-care homes affect children's development? An analysis of the links between regulable and nonregulable features of family child care homes and infants' and toddlers' cognitive development using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care |
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Early care and education collaborative: Evaluation report An evaluation of the design and implementation of strategic communications collaborative aimed at creating the public will and investments needed for quality and comprehensive state early care and education systems in Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania |
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Early care and education: The keystone of Pennsylvania's future: Preparing our children for success A report on the quality of child care provided statewide in Pennsylvania Head Start programs, preschools, child care centers, group child care homes, family child care homes, and unregulated providers |
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Early child care and children's development prior to school entry: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care A longitudinal study of the effects of quantity, quality, and type of early child care on pre-academic skills, language performance, and behavior problems in a sample of over 1,000 children followed from birth to 4 ½ years of age |
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An examination of child care subsidies and their impact on families with infants and toddlers A qualitative investigation of the influence of child care subsidy policy on the lives of low-income parents and families, based on interviews with parents receiving Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF), Early Head Start and Head Start professionals, administrators, and social service professionals |
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The impact of child care on gender role development and gender stereotypes An examination of the relationship between interactions occurring in childcare settings between children, caregivers, peers and their child care environment and the gender socialization of children |
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Improvements in math and reading scores of students who did and did not participate in the Foundations After School Enrichment Program during the 2001-2002 school year A study on the effects of an after school program on mathematic and reading comprehension scores in the CTB/McGraw-Hill CAT-5 Mathematics and Reading Comprehension tests given in Philadelphia, Delaware and Franklin, Pennsylvania; in Cumberland County, New Jersey; and in Palm Beach County, Florida |
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Improving child care quality through an infant caregiver mentoring project An examination of a child care mentoring project designed to improve the quality of infant and toddler child care programs in south central Pennsylvania, based on a sample of 52 caregivers |
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The influences of dimensions of teacher and mother responsiveness on children's social outcomes at 24 and 36 months: A comparison of dyadic and group environments A study designed to examine specific dimensions of teacher and mother responsiveness that are strongly associated with social outcomes for 399 toddlers at 24 and 462 children 36 months of age within a either family or center based childcare setting |
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The interaction of child care and family risk in relation to child development at 24 and 36 months A longitudinal study of the interaction between family risk factors and child care characteristics to determine their effect on behavior problems, prosocial behavior and language skills |
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Language environments and language outcomes: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development An overview of the purpose, methods, and findings from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, including study characteristics that set it apart from other large scale, longitudinal studies |
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Lycoming Clinton Head Start family child care mentoring evaluation A descriptive case study evaluation of the Lycoming Clinton Head Start Family Child Care Mentoring project through observations of 5 participating family child care homes |
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Making a case for child care: An evaluation of a Pennsylvania-based intervention called Child Care Matters An evaluation of the overall implementation, effectiveness at changing child care policy, influence on the media, effect on business practices, and impact of child care investments of Child Care Matters, a Pennsylvania initiative to shift the focus of the child care agenda to improving accessibility, affordability, and quality |
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Making a difference in the lives of infants and toddlers and their families: The impacts of Early Head Start: Vol. I. Final technical report A report of the findings from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project, a large-scale, random-assignment evaluation of the impact of Early Head Start programs on the development of infants and toddlers, and the parenting and family development of low-income families across the US |
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