The dynamics of child care subsidy use: A collaborative study of five states
Meyers, Marcia K., July, 2002
New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty.
A study of characteristics of child care subsidy use in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Texas from July 1997 to June 1999, including examinations of services received, continuity, duration, and stability, based on administrative data collected from state subsidy payment systems
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Inside the pre-k classroom: A study of staffing and stability in state-funded prekindergarten classrooms
Bellm, Dan, 2002
Washington, DC: Center for the Child Care Workforce.
A study of the current state of staff qualifications, stability, turnover and compensation in state-funded prekindergarten programs in California, Georgia, Illinois (Chicago only), New York and Texas.
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Getting and retaining child care assistance: How policy and practice influence parents experiences
Adams, Gina, 2002
(Occasional Paper No. 55). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.
A study of parents' interaction with the child care subsidy system and how state and local subsidy policies and practices affect parents' experiences. Particular attention is paid to the process of applying for and retaining subsidies.
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The Texas child care experience since 1996: Implications for federal and state policy
Sabo, Jason, 2002
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A study of the discrepancy between the amount of impoverished Texan children and the availability of federal and state-funded subsidies, and recommendations for more federal and state fiscal responsibility and improvements
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Employment and earnings of child-care subsidy recipients in Harris County, Texas
Olson, Jerome A., June 2002
Austin: University of Texas at Austin, Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources.
An identification of the economic, personal, and policy variables influencing employment and earnings among recipients of subsidized child care in Harris County, Texas, during a period of welfare reform
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Structural predictors of child care quality in child care homes
Burchinal, Margaret, 2002
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 17(1), 87-105
An article examining whether structural features of family child care predict quality better than other features
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Decodable texts for beginning reading instruction: The year 2000 basals
Hoffman, James V., 2002
(CIERA Report No. 1-016). Ann Arbor, MI: Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement.
A 2000 study of the nature and effect of changes in the texts used for beginning reading instruction in Texas
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Differential effects of high-quality child care
Hill, Jennifer, 2002
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 21(4), 601-627
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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Family child care finances and their effect on quality and incentives
Helburn, Suzanne W., 2002
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 17(4), 512-538
A study of expenditures and revenues for paid family child care providers, and monetary incentives to enter the field, using financial data from telephone interviews with a subset of regulated and unregulated providers from the Family Child Care and Relative Care (FCCRC) data set
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