Building their futures: How Early Head Start programs are enhancing the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families
An interim report of the random assignment, impact evaluation of the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project, analyzing child and family outcomes through the first two years of children's lives.
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State child care profile for children with employed mothers: Michigan
A profile of child care in Michigan that analyzed the types and number of child care arrangements used by families, the hours children spent in care, and the amount of money families spent on care, as well as variations by the child's age and family income status.
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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Patterns of child care use among low-income families: Draft
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 policies on families' choices
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Welfare-to-work transitions for parents of infants: In-depth study of eight communities [Final report]
A qualitative study of the relationship between various child care policies and the ability of low income parents of infants to meet the work or school requirements for receipt of public assistance, based on interviews with service providers and both teenage and adult parents receiving Temporary Aid for Needy Families (TANF) from 8 purposively-selected communities across 6 states
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A fragile foundation: State child care assistance policies
A report on state-level child care assistance policies and changes that have occurred between 1995 and 2001, examining the impact of policies on families' access to care and child care choices.
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Child care: States increased spending on low-income families
A study of how states spend child care funds made available through Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF) and the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and how they provide child care subsidies to eligible families.
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Does child care assistance matter?: The effects of welfare and employment programs on child care for preschool- and young school-aged children
An examination of the effects of welfare and employment policies on child care outcomes for single parents, and their preschool- to young school-aged children, using data from experimental programs implemented between the late 1980s and the mid-1990s
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Cultural aspects of preschool education: Ojibwa, Odawa and Potawatomi Indian children's ''ways of knowing and communicating'' in early intervention and Head Start programs
An ethnographic interview-based investigation of how Anishinabe values and beliefs affect instructional strategies, learning methods, and student teacher relationships in the Inter-Tribal Council Early Intervention and Head Start programs
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Preliminary findings on the adequacy of child care funding from the child care case studies of the Assessing the New Federalism (ANF) Project
An inquiry into factors affecting the utilization of child care subsidies, based on interviews of and focus groups with parents, administrators, and policymakers at 17 sites in 12 states
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Who's caring for our youngest children?: Child care patterns of infants and toddlers
A compendium of child care arrangements and characteristics for children under three years old, based on data from the 1997 National Survey of America’s Families (NSAF)
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Child care, subsidy receipt and state of residence: Comparisons by age and parent work schedule
A study of the differences in child care arrangements as it relates to costs of care and state of residence among children in families eligible for subsidies
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Vaccination coverage among children enrolled in Head Start programs and licensed child care centers and entering school: United States and selected reporting areas, 1999-2000 school year
A compilation of vaccination rates of children in early years settings, based on school-based surveys from 64 programs in the fifty states, eight territories, five cities, and the District of Columbia in the United States
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State legislative investments in school-age children and youth
A discussion of policy approaches towards the funding of programs for children outside of school time
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Building their futures: How Early Head Start programs are enhancing the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families: Volume I. Technical report
An evaluation of the effectiveness of Early Head Start programs in improving children's outcomes, based on a national assessment of 3,000 children at 17 sites
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A comparative report on the frequency and types of human service licensing inspections: A cross-system study of assisted living, child care, developmental disabilities and child residential facilities
Results from a 2001 survey of the frequency and types of licensing inspections in 93 assisted living, special needs and residential child care facilities in the United States, the Virgin Islands and Canada
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