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After-school child care programs An inquiry into the program quality and experiences of children in after-school programs, with an emphasis on the influence of after-school program participation on children?s outcomes |
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After-school programs for low-income children: Promise and challenges A study of after school programs for low-income children in terms of demand and supply, program activities, sponsoring and supporting organizations, and funding, based on information from the ongoing evaluation of the after school program initiative Making the Most of Out-of-School Time (MOST) |
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Arranging child care A study of the child care needs of low income families, focusing on the availability of government subsidized child care assistance programs that support parental employment and provide affordable and quality child care |
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The authors respond A response to critiques of the author’s promotion of a child allowance, social-security based approach to financing child care |
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The authors respond A response by authors Edward F. Zigler and Matia Finn-Stevenson and James R. Walker to critiques of the former’s School of the 21st Century child care proposal, advocating the embedding of child care in public schools, and of the latter’s proposal to fund child care for low-income families |
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A brief history of federal financing for child care in the United States A study tracing the history of federal funding for child care and early education programs in the United States, emphasizing the ways American societal values have shaped such funding |
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Caring for infants and toddlers: Analysis and recommendations An overview of child development and parenting issues, with recommendations for how government, employers, and the community can improve the caregiving options for parents of very young children |
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Caring for infants and toddlers [Executive summary] A summary report on caregiving options and supports, including parental leave and child care, for families with children under three in the United States and abroad. |
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Caring for our youngest: Public attitudes in the United States A summary of public opinion research on the role of parents and the government in children's care. |
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Changing demographics: Past and future demands for early childhood programs A historical analysis of the correlation between the changing demographics of families and children’s time spent in child care before age six from the mid-1800s until the mid-1990s |
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Child care and our youngest children A review of national studies examining the current state of infant and toddler child care and how it affects children's development |
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Child care cost and quality A summary of findings on the relationship between child care quality and costs, and how quality informs parents' child care choices, based on the Cost, Quality and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers Study and the Economics of Family Child Care Study. |
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Child care in the United States today A historical overview of trends in child care arrangements, availability, affordability, costs, and quality in the United States from the late 1960s to 1995. |
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Child care within the family A summary of an ethnographic study of the child care choices and experiences of urban, working families in relative child care, with a discussion of quality in relative child care. |
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Child indicators: School readiness A discussion defining school readiness according to scholars, parents and teachers, and a proposal of indicators and benchmarks to be used to assess and measure school readiness |
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Children and welfare reform: Analysis and recommendations An overview of the effects of welfare reform on children, with recommendations for restructuring welfare services to support children's well-being. |
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Children and welfare reform: Issues and ideas: A guide for policymakers and journalists A summarization of the difficulties facing low income families in respect to education of parents and children, wages, child care availability and quality, and the availability of state and federal financial assistance |
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Children in self-care A summary of findings from national surveys on the use of self-care, focusing on prevalence, age of the child, parental employment, family income, and risks of leaving children to care for themselves. |
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Development in the first years of life An examination of early child development within four domains: body (size and coordination), mind (language and problem solving), person (emotional and social mastery), and brain. |
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Early childhood programs in other nations: Goals and outcomes A comparison of international research on the influence of participation in early childhood education and care programs on children’s development, based on studies conducted in fifteen nations |
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Early Head Start for low-income families with infants and toddlers A description of the role of Early Head Start program performance standards in ensuring quality and positive outcomes. |
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The effects of poverty on children A review of longitudinal studies on the relationship between family income and children?s developmental outcomes, emphasizing the influence of the timing, depth, and duration of poverty, and other family characteristics |
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Effects of welfare reform on teenage parents and their children An examination of the public policy context in which the Teenage Parent Welfare Demonstration project was designed and implemented |
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Employer supports for parents with young children A review of support provided by employers to parents of young children, including such traditional benefits as vacation and health insurance and such family friendly initiatives as on-site child care, paid time off, flexible schedules, and counseling and information. |
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The evolution of kinship care policy and practice A discussion of issues related to kinship foster care, including caregiver characteristics, payment and licensure, and caregiver support |
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