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Promote health and safety A discussion of the need to promote the health and safety of infants and toddlers in child care settings |
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Promoting the health of poor preschool children: What do federal Head Start performance standards require? A review of federal requirements governing the provision of health screenings and services for participating low income preschool children in individual Head Start programs |
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Comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regarding the reauthorization of the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Comments on the reauthorization of the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) by the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) |
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State issues and innovations in creating integrated early learning and development systems: A follow-up to Early childhood 2010: Innovations for the next generation Highlights from a meeting to improve collaboration among federal, state, and local partners in order to support state integrated early learning and development systems for children from birth through age 8 |
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State CCDBG plans to promote opportunities for babies & toddlers in child care A synthesis of state plans for the improvement of low-income children's access to child care through the use of Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) expenditures, with a focus on the increase of family engagement, the development of a support network for providers, and the improvement of family's access to comprehensive services to promote children's health and development |
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Head Start reauthorization: A section-by-section analysis of the Senate HELP Committee Bill (S. 1940) An analysis of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) bill to reauthorize Head Start |
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State CCDBG plans to promote opportunities for babies & toddlers in child care Highlights of a synthesis of state plans for the improvement of low-income children's access to child care through the use of Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) expenditures, with a focus on the increase of family engagement, the development of a support network for providers, and the improvement of family's access to comprehensive services to promote children's health and development |
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The Child Care and Development Fund: An overview An overview of the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), the principal source of federal funding for child care subsidies for low income families and the principal source of federal funding for initiatives to improve the quality of child care in states |
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Center ratios and group sizes: Charting Progress for Babies in Child Care research-based rationale An overview of research on the relationship of child-adult ratio and group size to child care center quality for infants and toddlers, with policy recommendations for ensuring that ratios and group sizes are small for infants and toddlers in child care centers |
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Meeting great expectations: Integrating early education program standards in child care A summary of a study focusing on integrating early education program standards and initiatives in child care to improve the school readiness of young children |
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Using TANF for child care: A technical guide A guide to the usage of federal monies from the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) on child care, including disbursement options and allocation regulations |
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Untapped potential?: How states contract directly with providers to shore up child care choices for low-income families A a short history of federal child care policy and a discussion of the limitations of voucher-only systems as they relate to low-income families. |
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Financing universal pre-kindergarten: Possibilities and technical issues for states in using funds under the Child Care and Development Fund and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant A discussion of the methods and challenges of using federal funding streams in support of universal pre-k initiatives, with descriptions and analyses of various grants |
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Financing universal pre-kindergarten: Potentials and issues in using funds under the Child Care and Development Fund and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant A compendium of issues surrounding the use of federal monies from the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant in financing a universal prekindergarten program |
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Provide access to training, education, and ongoing supports Arguments for state early education and care licensing, subsidy, and quality improvement policies to ensure access to specialized education, training, and support programs for service providers of infants and toddlers |
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Starting off right: Promoting child development from birth in state early care and education initiatives [Executive summary] A summary of descriptions of state strategies to improve infant and toddler child care quality |
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Meeting great expectations: Integrating early education program standards in child care A study focusing on integrating early education program standards and initiatives in child care to improve the school readiness of young children |
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Stable, quality subsidy policy: Charting Progress for Babies in Child Care research-based rationale An overview of research on the importance of stable, high-quality child care arrangements for healthy child development, with policy recommendations for ensuring that state child care subsidy policies support stable, high-quality child care arrangements |
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Unfinished agenda: Child care for low-income families since 1996: Implications for federal and state policy An in-depth study of the child care experiences of low-income parents, child care providers, and state child care systems since 1996 in Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Texas, and Washington |
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Side-by-side comparison of child care and early education provisions in key Senate, House, and Administration bills and proposals A comparative analysis of comparing various child care and early education provisions in current law and a group of major Congressional proposals addressing reauthorization and early education as of January 7, 2004 |
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Starting off right: Promoting child development from birth in state early care and education initiatives Descriptions of state strategies to improve infant and toddler child care quality |
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Cross system collaboration: A fresh look at working together: Increasing access to quality early learning: State examples A summary of a meeting of federal, state, and local leaders to discuss opportunities for coordinating multiple funding streams and collaborating to increase the quality of services for children and families |
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Build supply of quality care: Charting Progress for Babies in Child Care research-based rationale An overview of research on the importance of high-quality child care arrangements for healthy child development, with policy recommendations for increasing the supply of high-quality child care arrangements |
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Untapped potential?: How states contract directly with providers to shore up child care choices for low-income families A study of the use of contracting by child care state administrators in 24 statesto shore up child care choices for low-income families in 2002 |
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State initiatives to promote early learning: Next steps in coordinating subsidized child care, Head Start, and state prekindergarten This document addresses the expanded funding for subsidized child care, the Head Start program, and in some states, prekindergarten initiatives. It describes the challenges facing Georgia, Massachusetts and Ohio in addressing the need to provide work supports for families and the need to address school readiness for all children. The paper also offers recommendations to these states. |
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