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			Beyond parallel play: Emerging state and community planning roles in building early learning systems Coffman, Julia, September 2006 Des Moines, IA: State Early Childhood Policy Technical Assistance Network. An examination of the role of community participation in developing early learning systems, particularly in relation to state-level planning, based on six state case studies in Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Vermont	Reports & Papers
			Building connections: Six state case studies of early childhood system building at the state and local levels Bruner, Charles, June 2006 Cross Lanes, WV: Build Initiative. Case studies from six states of local efforts to develop a comprehensive system early childhood education and care supported by the Build Initiative	Reports & Papers
			Building a local system for early childhood: Case studies on Arapahoe and Fremont Counties Birchard, Alison, April, 2010 Denver: Colorado, Department of Education. Case studies of early childhood councils in Arapahoe and Fremont Counties, Colorado, that examine community early childhood systems-building efforts, based on a document review, observations of council meetings, and key informant interviews	Reports & Papers
			Building partnerships between Early Head Start grantees and family child care providers: Lessons from the Early Head Start for Family Child Care project: Final report United States. Office of Head Start, 12 December, 2011 Washington, DC: U.S. Office of Head Start. An evaluation of Early Head Start (EHS) for Family Child Care, a project to support partnerships between EHS grantees and family child care providers, that examines the characteristics of participating grantees and providers, the implementation, types, and sustainability of the partnerships, and lessons learned, based on project administrative data, interviews with 13 partnership teams, descriptive quality indicators and Head Start Program Information Report (PIR) data, and project documents	Reports & Papers
			Building their futures: How Early Head Start programs are enhancing the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2001 Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 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.	Reports & Papers
			Building their futures: How Early Head Start programs are enhancing the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families: Volume I. Technical report United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2001 Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 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	Reports & Papers
			Caregiver training and classroom quality in child care centers Burchinal, Margaret, 2002 Applied Developmental Science, 6(1), 2-11 A study of the association between classroom quality and both formal education and informal training of caregivers, based on data from 533 child care center classrooms in four states	Reports & Papers
			Can consumers detect lemons?: An empirical analysis of information asymmetry in the market for child care Mocan, H. Naci, October, 2007 Journal of Population Economics, 20(4), 743-780 A study and comparison of parent and trained observer ratings of child care quality based on data from a stratified random sample of infant-toddler and preschool classrooms in approximately 100 child care centers	Reports & Papers
			Can consumers detect lemons?: An empirical analysis of information asymmetry in the market for child care Mocan, H. Naci, October, 2007 Journal of Population Economics, 20(4), 743-780 An examination of the influence of asymmetrical information and adverse selection on the quality of available child care, as well as parents' ability to discern different qualities of care, based on data gathered from 228 infant and toddler classrooms and 518 preschool rooms from 100 programs in California, Colorado, Connecticut, and North Carolina	Reports & Papers
			The challenges of change: Learning from the child care and early education experiences of immigrant families Matthews, Hannah, May 2007 Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. A study of the child care and early education participation of children of immigrants and barriers to accessing child care and early education services for immigrant families, based on interviews with local leaders, policymakers, child care and early education service providers, and immigrant parents conducted during community site visits	Reports & Papers
			Championing success: Business organizations for early childhood investments ReadyNation, 2013 Washington, DC: ReadyNation. A study of the early childhood policy and advocacy efforts of formal business membership organizations, based on survey responses from 104 local chambers of commerce and from 121 state business roundtables, state chambers of commerce, and city chambers of commerce	Reports & Papers
			The child care arrangements of preschool-age children in immigrant families in the United States Brandon, Peter D., 2004 International Migration, 42(2), 65-87 A comparison of the use of child care arrangements among immigrant families to non-immigrant families	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Child care choices, consumer education, and low-income families Mitchell, Anne W., 1992 New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty A policy paper exploring issues surrounding child care choices, consumer advocacy and low-income families	Reports & Papers
			Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) report to Congress: Submitted January 2003 United States. Child Care Bureau, 2003 Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families. A report providing various state and federal information regarding the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF)	Reports & Papers
			Child care health consultation initiatives: A status report United States. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, December, 2006 Newton, MA: Education Development Center, Healthy Child Care Consultant Network Support Center. (No longer accessible as of September 12, 2012) A study profiling child care health consultant initiatives in the states and territories and examining factors associated with successfully implementing and sustaining these initiatives	Reports & Papers
			Child care in Colorado: Making care more affordable for working families Dinan, Kinsey, November, 2007 New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty. An examination of the effectiveness of child care subsidies in increasing low-income families' access to high-quality child care in Colorado, based on a simulation of public benefits' effects on a hypothetical family's income	Reports & Papers
			Child care in rural areas: Top challenges Smith, Linda K., 09 July, 2010 Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. An examination of child care challenges facing child care providers and parents in rural areas, based on survey responses from child care resource and referral agencies in 42 states	Reports & Papers
			Child care: An investment that works for Colorado: A child care data report Clancy, Monica, 1999 Englewood: Colorado Office of Resource and Referral Agencies. An examination of child care in Colorado including appropriations, early intervention, benefits for children and parents, as well as profiles child care supply, quality, affordability and availability	Reports & Papers
			Child care licensing regulations and child care quality in four states Gallagher, James J., 1999 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 14(3), 285-312 An analysis of child care regulations in four states, comparing regulations aimed at child welfare and safety versus those aimed at child development	Reports & Papers
			Child care provider training and a supportive feeding environment in child care settings in 4 states, 2003 Sigman-Grant, Madeleine, September, 2011 Preventing Chronic Disease, 8(5) A comparison of feeding practices between child care centers that did and did not receive funding and support from the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and an assessment of training factors that could account for differences among centers, based on surveys of 203 directors and 567 staff in child care centers serving low-income children in 4 states	Reports & Papers
			Child-care quality rating and improvement systems in five pioneer states: Implementation issues and lessons learned Zellman, Gail L., 2008 (MG-795-AECF/SPF/UWA). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation. A study of the quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) in five early QRIS-adopting states, including descriptions of: the theory of action underlying QRISs; each state's system, including the aspects of quality included in the system; the development of each state's system; and challenges facing system designers and lessons learned from these states, all based on in-depth interviews with 4 key stakeholders in each state	Reports & Papers
			The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Compendium of quality rating systems and evaluations United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, April, 2010 Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. A compendium of information on quality rating systems of child care and early education programs, including a proposal of an analytic framework for the assessment and evaluation of quality rating systems and profiles of such systems in 26 states	Reports & Papers
			Child care: Recent state policy changes affecting the availability of assistance for low-income families United States. General Accounting Office, 2003 (GAO-03-588). Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office. An examination of state policy developments affecting the availability of child care assistance for low-income families	Reports & Papers
			Child care: State efforts to enforce safety and health requirements United States. Government Accountability Office, 2004 (GAO-04-786). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Accountability Office. A report by the Government Accountability Office to House Representative Sander M Levin regarding the regulation of child care health and safety requirements in states supported by the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)	Reports & Papers

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