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Characteristics and quality of child care for toddlers and preschoolers
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2000
Applied Developmental Science, 4(3), 116-135

An investigation of the relationship between structural and caregiver characteristics and child care quality, based on a data from the National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study on Early Child Care

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Child care arrangements for children under five: Variation across states
Capizzano, Jeffrey, 2000
(Series B, No. B-7). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

A study of the primary child care arrangements of children under five whose mothers are employed, as well as of the variations in patterns of child care arrangements by state, by the child's age, and by the income status of the child's family.

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Child care as poverty policy: The effects of child care on work and family poverty
Press, Julie E., 2000
In Prismatic metropolis: Inequality in Los Angeles (pp. 338-382). New York: The Russell Sage Foundation.

A discussion of the role of child care arrangements in parents’ decision to work and familial poverty, based on a subsample from the Los Angeles Study of Urban Inequality

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Child care center quality differences: The role of profit status, client preferences, and trust
Morris, John R., 2000
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 29(3), 377-399

An investigation of the view that in a mixed child care industry providing services to poorly informed customers, for-profit producers provide lower quality care than non-profit producers by skimping on quality characteristics that buyers cannot easily observe

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Child care counts: An analysis of the supply of and demand for early care and education services in Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Child Care Planning Committee, August 2000
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County, Office of Child Care.

A study of the supply of and demand for child care and early education services in Los Angeles County, California

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Child care expenses of America's families
Giannarelli, Linda, 2000
(Occasional Paper No. 40). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

A study of the child care expenses of working families with children under age 13, with particular attention to low-income families.

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Child care needs assessment: 1999-2000 San Mateo County
Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County, 2000
San Mateo, CA: Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County.

An assessment of the supply of and demand for, as well as factors affecting access to, child care services in San Mateo County, California

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Child care practices and preferences of native- and foreign-born Latina mothers and Euro-American mothers
Buriel, J. Raymond, 2000
Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 22(3), 314-331

A comparison of the child care practices and preferences of native and foreign-born Latina mothers compared to European-American mothers in southern California

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Children's social and cognitive development and child-care quality: Testing for differential associations related to poverty, gender, or ethnicity
Burchinal, Margaret, 2000
Applied Developmental Science, 4(3), 149-165

A study of the influence of poverty, minority ethnic background, gender, and parental authoritarian beliefs on the relationship between child care quality and children’s developmental outcomes

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The consistency of perceived teacher-child relationships between preschool and kindergarten
Howes, Carollee, 2000
Journal of School Psychology, 38(2), 113-132

A longitudinal study of consistency in teacher perceptions of the quality of children’s teacher-child relationships over a three-year period encompassing both preschool and kindergarten

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The effectiveness of the Head Start Preschool Program
Camelot, Allison Renee, 2000
Unpublished master's thesis, California State University, Fullerton

A case study examining the effectiveness of a Head Start preschool program, based on observations and teacher evaluations of 31 four- year old children in two Head Start classrooms in southern California, assessed using the High/Scope Child Observation Record (COR)

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Effectiveness of influenza vaccination of day care children in reducing influenza-related morbidity among household contacts
Hurwitz, Eugene S., 04 October, 2000
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 284(13), 1677-1682

A study of the effectiveness of vaccinating child care children on reducing influenza-related illnesses among their household contacts in ten child care centers serving US Navy personnel in San Diego, California

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Enhancing the educational achievement of at-risk youth
Schinke, Steven P., 2000
Prevention Science, 1(1), 51-60

A study of an educational enhancement program, administered outside of school, offered to at-risk early adolescents living in public housing

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Enhancing emergent literacy in a preschool program through teacher-researcher collaboration
Yaden, Jr., David B., 2000
(CIERA Report No. 2-011). Ann Arbor, MI: Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement.

A description of an attempt by a research team to implement an emergent literacy intervention in a child-care setting in a high-poverty, Spanish bilingual setting in downtown Los Angeles, working with a particular preschool teacher in order to collaboratively develop an intervention that was truly responsive to the needs of the children and the community

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Evaluation of Expedition - computers and archaeology after school
Sturak, Tamara L., 2000
University of California, Berkeley, Multimedia Authoring Center for Teaching in Anthropology.

A paper examining how the program goals of Expedition, an after-school program for middle school students and involving undergraduate teaching students, were met for participants

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Evaluation of Head Start Family Child Care Demonstration: Final report
United States. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families. Commissioner's Office of Research and Evaluation, 2000
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, Commissioner's Office of Research and Evaluation.

An evaluation of the Head Start Family Child Care Demonstration Project to examine the efficacy of providing Head Start services through the alternative delivery system of family child care homes

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Evaluation of a pilot project to identify at-risk children in Head Start
Varghese, Reenu, 2000
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, United States International University, San Diego

An evaluation of the efficacy of a pilot program proposed by the Southern California County Department of Education's (SCCDE) Early Education Unit, designed to decrease antisocial behavior in identified at-risk children enrolled in Head Start

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Evaluation plan 2000-2002: Bay Area Child-Care Retention Incentive programs: Developed in cooperation with Alameda and San Francisco Counties
Fuller, Bruce, 2000
Berkeley, CA: Policy Analysis for California Education.

A description of a plan to evaluate two child care retention incentive (CRI) programs in Alameda and San Francisco counties

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Extended learning initiatives: Opportunities and implementation challenges: Profiles of six selected state-sponsored initiatives
Council of Chief State School Officers, 2000
Washington, DC: Council of Chief State School Officers.

A report presenting findings from six profiles of state-sponsored extended learning initiatives

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Factors associated with fathers' caregiving activities and sensitivity with young children
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2000
Journal of Family Psychology, 14(2), 200-219

An analysis of whether father, child and mother sociodemographic characteristics and maternal employment predict father's participation in caregiving activities and the sensitivity of fathers interactions with children, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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A framework for describing variations in state early intervention systems
Spiker, Donna, 2000
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 20(4), 195-207

A description of a framework designed to describe variations in states' early intervention programs, focusing on domains such as interagency issues, eligibility criteria, extent of within-state variation, models of intake, and models of service coordination

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Head Start-child care partnership study
Kagan, Sharon Lynn, 2000
New Haven, CT: Yale University, Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy.

An evaluation the establishment of Head Start collaboration offices designed to hasten cooperation among Head Start programs via the case study method

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The hours that children under five spend in child care: Variation across states
Capizzano, Jeffrey, 2000
(Series B, No. B-8). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

A study of the number of hours that children under five spent in child care while their mothers were at work and the variations in child care use by state, by the child's age, and by the income status of the child's family.

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Key influences on the initiation and implementation of inclusive preschool programs
Lieber, Joan, 2000
Exceptional Children, 67(1), 83-98

An investigation of barriers and facilitators to the development and implementation of different types of inclusive preschool programs (Head Start, public school, community-based) as described by teachers and administrators

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Los Angeles County child care needs assessment
Cuthbertson, Brenda Ball, 2000
Berkeley: Policy Analysis for California Education.

An assessment of the child care market in Los Angeles County, California, based on a survey of over 2,000 directors of child care centers and family child care providers

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