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Child care health consultation programs in California: Models, services, and facilitators An evaluative study of the Child Care Health Linkages Project, an initiative to address health and safety issues for children attending Early Childhood Education (ECE) programs by linking health consultants with ECE providers and parents in 20 California counties |
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Health matters: The role of health and the health sector in place-based initiatives for young children A study of the integration of health and health services within early childhood initiatives, based on case studies of 8 initiatives |
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Strategies for promoting prevention and improving oral health care delivery in Head Start: Findings from the Oral Health Initiative evaluation: Vol I. Final technical report Final 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 interviews with program directors, a web-based record-keeping system for grantees, and site visits |
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Creating a workforce in early childhood mental health: Defining the competent specialist A comparison of competencies for early childhood mental health specialists developed by groups of professionals in California, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Michigan, and Vermont |
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It's 12 o'clock...what are our preschoolers eating for lunch?: An assessment of nutrition and the nutrition environment in licensed child care in Los Angeles County A study of the nutrition and nutritional environment in licensed child care settings in Los Angeles County, including the relationship of nutrition quality to setting type and Child and Adult Care Food Program participation, based on observations of lunch service, the feeding environment, and food service practices at 54 child care sites |
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The afterschool experience in Salsa, Sabor y Salud: Evaluation 2007-2008 A process and outcomes evaluation of Salsa, Sabor y Salud (SSS), a child-centered adaptation of a healthy lifestyles program for Latino families, that examined the effect of program participation on elementary school students' and program instructors' knowledge and healthy behaviors, based on survey, interview, and observational data collected in after school programs implementing SSS and matched control programs in Los Angeles and on case studies of programs in Chicago |
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Ensuring quality care for low-income babies: Contracting directly with providers to expand and improve infant and toddler care An analysis of states' use of contracts to provide subsidized child care for infants and toddlers and the potential for contracts to improve the quality or increase the supply of child care, based on interviews with policymakers and contracted providers |
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Identification of key indicators of quality in afterschool programs A multimethod study that identified benchmarks and indicators of quality in after school programs, based on a review of literature on after school program quality and on survey and observational data on the presence of quality indicators in high-quality after school programs in Los Angeles |
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Measuring quality in pre-kindergarten classrooms: Assessing the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale An examination of alternative scoring methods for and the psychometric properties of the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, Revised Edition (ECERS-R), and a discussion of ECERS-R content and its implications for policy, based on secondary analyses of observation data for 261 early childhood classrooms from three studies and on survey responses from 16 experts |
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The economic impact of the early care and education industry in Amador and Calaveras Counties An analysis of the economic impact of the early care and education industry in Amador and Calaveras Counties, California, in terms of its employment and gross receipts, as well as its role in supporting other industries, labor force participation and development, and child development |
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Exploring the training needs of family, friend and neighbor child care providers A study of the training concerns and needs of family, friend, and neighbor child care providers, based on focus groups with 30 providers in Phoenix, Arizona; Los Angeles; and the Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma |
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Parents and the high price of child care: 2008 update A state-by-state study of the prices of center-based and family child care for infants, preschool-age children, and school-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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Crystal Stairs, Inc. License Exempt Assistance Project "Community Pre-K" evaluation report: Year 1 (2007-2008) An evaluation of Community Pre-K, a play and learn program to provide quality early learning experiences to children cared for by subsidized, license-exempt providers and to build providers' caregiving skills, that examined child and provider outcomes, based on data collected from 9 family, friend, and neighbor child care providers and 13 children in Los Angeles |
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Child care vouchers and unregulated family, friend, and neighbor care A study of providers of unregulated family, friend, and neighbor care who participate in the voucher system of subsidized care to determine their characteristics and their perceptions of policy, and a study of the voucher agencies’ experiences with family, friend, and neighbor caregivers, among samples of caregivers and voucher agency staff in five counties from four states |
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Early care and education career lattices in Los Angeles A study of the structure of the child care and early education industry and of career paths and lattices available to members of the child care and early education workforce in Los Angeles |
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The economic impact of the early care and education industry in Los Angeles County An analysis of the economic impact of the Los Angeles County, California, child care and early education industry in terms of its employment and gross receipts, as well as its role in supporting other industries and labor force participation |
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The state of preschool 2008: State preschool yearbook An annual review of access to, quality in, and resources devoted to state-funded preschool programs for three- and four-year-old children in all 50 states during the 2007-2008 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs |
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Reliability and validity of child outcome measures with culturally and linguistically diverse preschoolers: The First 5 LA Universal Preschool Child Outcomes Study spring 2007 pilot study A pilot study identifying culturally and linguistically appropriate child developmental measures to be used in the Los Angeles Universal Preschool Child Outcomes Study, a study of children enrolled in Los Angeles Universal Preschool |
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Evaluation of the San Francisco Beacon Initiative: Final report An examination of the evaluation system used by San Francisco Beacon Centers, which offer public school-based out-of-school time programming, based on a review of documents and data, site visits, and youth focus groups and surveys |
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Beginning school ready to learn: The impact of the Head Start Early Childhood Education Program on Hispanic children An examination of the relationship between attendance at Head Start's Early Childhood Education Program and Hispanic children's ability to begin kindergarten ready to learn from in depth interviews with 11 female employeees at a Head Start program in Southern California |
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A strategy review of the First 5 Contra Costa school readiness initiative: 2003-2007 An evaluation of the review and assessment process of the School Readiness Initiative in Contra Costa County, California |
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Effects of preschool curriculum programs on school readiness: Report from the Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research initiative The final report from the Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research initiative, which conducted multi-site experimental evaluations of 14 preschool curricula's impacts on child outcomes (including behavior and early language, literacy, and math skills) at the end of preschool and in kindergarten, and on preschool classroom outcomes (including classroom quality, teacher-child interactions, and instructional practices) |
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A qualitative look at child care selection among rural welfare-to-work participants A study of the child care search and selection process of a convenience sample of 33 CalWORKS welfare-to-work participants in rural areas of Northern California |
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The 4-H study of positive youth development: Report of the findings from the first four waves of data collection: 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, and 2005-2006 A longitudinal investigation of the theory of Positive Youth Development (PYD) and its promotion of the "Five Cs"--competence, confidence, character, caring, and connection--in youth, based on data on 3,342 students from 33 states assessed from grades five through eight |
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Closing the achievement gap: Report of Superintendent Jack O’Connell’s California P-16 Council Fourteen recommendations, including two related to pre-kindergarten programs, for closing socioeconomic and ethnic achievement gaps among California students |
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