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Access to subsidized child care in Monroe County, NY
Pryor, Donald E., September 2007
Rochester, NY: Center for Governmental Research.

A study of trends in the availability of and access to subsidized child care in Monroe County, New York, based on analyses of demographic and adminstrative data, parent focus groups and interviews, and a literature review

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Assessing capacity: Early childhood education in rural New York State [Draft]
Sipple, John W., December 2007
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Community and Rural Development Institute.

A study of the availability of child care and early education slots for children under five in rural New York State and how the availability of slots in different child care and early education settings in rural counties compares with the availability in non-rural counties, based on data from New York State agencies and on U.S. Census data

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Attitudes about shared reading among at-risk mothers of newborn babies
Berkule, Samantha B., January-February 2007
Ambulatory Pediatrics, 7(1), 45-50

An examination of low income, multi ethnic mothers' attitudes in terms of shared book reading with their infants, the number of books in their homes and the relation between sociodemographic characteristics and the mothers' attitudes

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A center piece of the preK puzzle: Providing state prekindergarten in child care centers
Schulman, Karen, November 2007
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

An examination of the benefits and challenges for child care centers providing state-funded prekindergarten program services, with policies and strategies for increasing child care center provision of prekindergarten services, based on interviews with child care center directors

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The challenges of change: Learning from the child care and early education experiences of immigrant families
Matthews, Hannah, May 2007
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.

A study of the child care and early education participation of children of immigrants and barriers to accessing child care and early education services for immigrant families, based on interviews with local leaders, policymakers, child care and early education service providers, and immigrant parents conducted during community site visits

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The determinants and consequences of child care subsidies for single mothers in the USA
Blau, David M., October 2007
Journal of Population Economics, 20(4), 719-741

A study of the effects of child care subsidies on the employment, school, and welfare participation of single mothers following the passage of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA)

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An evaluation of graduates of a toddlerhood home visiting program at kindergarten age
Allen, LaRue, April 2007
NHSA Dialog, 10(1), 36--57

An evaluation of the socio-emotional and early literacy skills, and knowledge, and parent involvement of 78 kindergarten-age graduates of a home visiting program designed to stimulate parent-toddler verbal interaction and educational play, and a comparison of their scores with those of and 57 non-participating children in the same kindergarten classrooms

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Evaluation of OST Programs for Youth: Patterns of youth retention in OST programs, 2005-06 to 2006-07
Pearson, Lee M., June, 2007
Washington, DC: Policy Studies Associates.

An examination of the year two re-enrollment of year one participants in New York City's Out-of-School Time (OST) programs

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Getting organized: Unionizing home-based child care providers
Chalfie, Deborah, 2007
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

An examination of statewide efforts to allow home-based child care workers, including licensed family child care providers and regulation-exempt family, friend, and neighbor caregivers receiving subsidies, to join unions

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GRASA assessment: 2006-2007 second annual report
Gramiak, Walt, September 2007
Rochester, NY: Children's Institute.

An annual report of the quality of after school programs in Rochester, New York, based on program observations

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Ingredients of a successful summer learning program: A case study of the Building Educated Leaders for Life (BELL) Accelerated Summer Learning Program
Capizzano, Jeffrey, 20 June, 2007
Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

A process evaluation of the implementation of Building Educated Leaders for Life (BELL) Accelerated Summer Learning Program, based on a review of program documents, site visits, staff interviews and focus groups, and structured observations of classrooms

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Is exposure to media intended for preschool children associated with less parent-child shared reading aloud and teaching activities?
Tomopoulos, Suzy, January-February 2007
Ambulatory Pediatrics, 7(1), 18-24

An examination of the relation between preschool children's exposure to media and amount of parent-child shared reading time and home learning activities

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Learning about the workforce: A profile of early childhood educators in New York City's community- and school-based centers
Ochshorn, Susan, 2007
New York: New York City Early Child Professional Development Institute.

Findings from a survey of the early childhood education workforce in New York City, including information on teacher education, certification, and compensation

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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Patterns of child care use among low-income families: Final report
United States. Administration for Children and Families, September 2007
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

A study of families' decisions regarding employment and child care arrangements, examining variations by child's age, mother's race, and other family characteristics, and assessing the impact of child care subsidies and other state and local policies on families' choices

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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: State and Community Substudy: Final report
United States. Administration for Children and Families, September 2007
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

A study of ongoing changes in state and community policies for meeting the child care needs of low-income families as a result of welfare reform implementation, including child care subsidy use and expenditures from 1997 to 2001 and child care subsidy policies and their administration from 1999 to 2002, based on administrative records, policy manuals, and key informant interviews from 17 states and 25 communities

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A nontraditional teacher’s experience after student teaching: Implications for early childhood teacher education
Garavuso, Vicki, October 2007
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 28(4), 393-410

A qualitative case study of a Latino early childhood assistant teacher returning to a New York City public day care center after completing a teacher education program and student teaching at an alternative pre-kindergarten classroom, focusing on the effects of exposure to critical pedagogies among teachers in working class settings

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Observed classroom quality profiles in state-funded pre-kindergarten programs and associations with teacher, program, and classroom characteristics
LoCasale-Crouch, Jennifer, Q1 2007
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 22(1), 3-17

An examination of early childhood education classrooms to determine variations in classroom quality as well as differences in program characteristics in terms of teacher characteristics as well as differences in child/adult ratios, program length, and number of enrolled students

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Oral health promotion, prevention, & treatment strategies for Head Start families: Early findings from the Oral Health Initiative evaluation: Vol. II. Site profiles
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, September 05, 2007
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

Interim findings from a two-year implementation evaluation of the Head Start Oral Health Initiative, which provided grants to Head Start programs to design and implement oral health promotion strategies, based on 1) interviews with program directors, 2) a web-based record-keeping system for grantees, and 3) site visits. This volume is based on data from the first source

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Parents and the high price of child care: 2007 update
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, 2007
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.

A study of the prices of center-based and family child care for infants, toddlers, and preschool-age children, based on a national survey of state child care resource and referral networks and local child care resource and referral agencies

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Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes
Weber, Roberta B. (Bobbie), May 2007
Corvallis, OR: Oregon Child Care Research Partnership

Findings from a study examining current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, territories, and tribes, including descriptions of challenges faced by jurisdictions in conducting surveys, and methods of providing study data

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Relationships between social skills, behavioral problems, and school readiness for Head Start children
Bracken, Stacey Storch, August 2007
NHSA Dialog, 10(2), 109-126

An exploration of the links between children's social skills, behavior problems, and academic outcomes, and an investigation of the effect of a literacy intervention on children's emergent literacy skills, based on a sample of 515 Head Start children from classrooms randomly assigned to receive the Let's Begin with the Letter People curriculum, the Waterford Early Reading Program, or the normal curriculum and assessed throughout the preschool year

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Rochester Early Childhood Assessment Partnership: 2006-07 tenth annual report
Gramiak, Walt, October 2007
(Technical Report and Works in Progress Series: Number T07-005). Rochester, NY: Children's Institute.

Findings from the tenth year of an assessment of the quality, parental satisfaction, and the outcomes of children in early childhood programs in Rochester, New York, based on parent surveys observations of children and their classrooms

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Role of services in regional economy growth
Kay, David, September 2007
Growth and Change, 38(3), 419-442

An exploration of the role of service sectors, such as child care, in regional economic development through the comparison of output employment and linkage effects, based on a 509 industry input-output model of the 2001 economy in New York State

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Spanish-speaking children's social and language development in pre-kindergarten classrooms
Chang, Florence, 2007
Early Education and Development, 18(2), 243-269

A discussion of the Spanish and English language interactions that Spanish-speaking children experience in the pre-K classroom in relation to their social and cognitive outcomes, based on data from 345 Spanish-speaking students in pre-K programs

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The state of preschool 2007: State preschool yearbook
Barnett, W. Steven, 2007
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

An annual review of access, quality, and resources in state-funded preschool programs for children ages three and four, in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, during the 2006-2007 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs

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