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Are state child care regulations meeting national oral health and nutritional standards?
Kim, Juhee, July/August 2012
Pediatric Dentistry, 34(4), 317-324

A study of state child care regulations in the United States in terms of their inclusion of selected oral health and nutrition standards related to early childhood dental cavities, based on a review of regulations in 50 states and the District of Columbia, from the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education

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Assessing Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) investments in child care quality
Porter, Toni, 2002
New York: Bank Street College of Education, Institute for a Child Care Continuum. (No longer accessible as of August 16, 2012)

A catalog, directory, and report on the evaluations of 104 local and state child care quality improvement initiatives funded through the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF)

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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

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Child care in the southern states: Expanding access to affordable care for low-income families and fostering economic development
Stoney, Louise, 2000
Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families.

An overview of the financial status of child care in southern United States, which argues that, by allowing both parents to work, child care has contributed to the economic expansion of the nation

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Child care under the Family Support Act: Early lessons from the states
Children's Defense Fund (U.S.), 1992
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund

A study of the Head Start program’s effects on disadvantaged rural students development compared with non-Head Start rural students, based on results from the analysis of variance studies in testing of 144 children in Mississippi enrolled in Head Start I and Head Start II programs, and a non-Head Start control group

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Delaware 21st Century Community Learning Centers: Evaluation report (SY 2003-04 - 2005-06)
Delaware. Department of Education, 30 October, 2006
Dover: Delaware, Department of Education.

An investigation of the achievements of children who participated in Delaware's 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC), including information on population served, staffing patterns, services provided, and program outputs, based on information on more than 3,700 program participants from 2003-2004 through 2005-2006

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A fragile foundation: State child care assistance policies
Schulman, Karen, 2001
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund. (No longer accessible as of December 7, 2012).

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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Investing in better outcomes: The Delaware Early Childhood Longitudinal Study
Delaware. Interagency Resource Management Committee, 2002
Newark: University of Delaware, Center for Disabilities Studies.

A study of the outcomes of children enrolled in early intervention services for disabilities and for those living in poverty in Delaware

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Locked doors: States struggling to meet the child care needs of low-income working families
Adams, Gina, 1998
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund

A study on the demand for affordable quality childcare in the United States

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Maternal self-efficacy in mothers of toddlers enrolled in an Early Head Start program
Hallam, Rena A., 2000
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Delaware, Newark

A study examining the links between mothers’ parental self-efficacy, participation in an Early Head Start program, and behavioral interactions between mothers and their toddlers, based on surveys, interviews, and observations of a culturally diverse sample of twenty low-income mothers

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Money matters for early education: The relationships among child care quality, teacher characteristics, and subsidy status
St.Clair-Christman, JeanMarie, Fall 2011
Early Childhood Research & Practice, 13(2)

An examination of the relationships among child care centers' acceptance of federal subsidies, teacher characteristics, and the quality of language, reasoning, and learning activities, based on observations and interviews at 62 early care and education sites in Delaware

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Parent perceptions of a parent empowerment and prevention program of four selected childcare centers
Janvier, Kathy, 2000
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Delaware, Newark

An exploration of the influence of the FAmilies and Centers Empowered Together (FACET) program on parent’s perceptions of empowerment and prevention techniques for their children, based on a survey of parents of children enrolled in four child care centers in Wilmington, Delaware

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Parents and the high cost of child care: 2010 update
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, August, 2010
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.

A state-by-state study of the prices of center-based and family child care for infants, preschool-age children, and school-age children in 2009, 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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Parents and the high price of child care: 2008 update
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, June, 2008
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. (No longer available as of December 7, 2012).

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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Poised for shaping results-based early learning systems: A report on child care resource and referral in the United States
Smith, Linda K., June, 2003
Washington, DC: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. (No longer accessible as of September 12, 2012)

A national study of child care resource and referral agencies, including services provided to parents and providers, sources and levels of agency funding, and agency data collecting activities, based on a survey of state child care resource and referral agencies

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The prevalence, accessibility, affordability, and quality of Delaware's before and after-school programs: Perceptions of community representatives, school principals, and district superintendents
Columbus, Alina M., 2003
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Wilmington College, New Castle, DE

A survey-based study examining the perceptions of the Delaware general public, school principals, and district superintendents in terms of the affordability, accessibility, and quality of the state's after school programs as well as their perceptions regarding the number of families utilizing the programs and program structure and prevalence

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Seeds of Success: State Prekindergarten Initiatives 1998-1999
Blank, Helen, 1999
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund

A study of prekindergarten initiatives across different states in order to assess the quality of prekindergarten, the accessibility of prekindergarten and the way in which prekindergarten initiatives are integrated with other early childhood programs.

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Trends in child care center licensing regulations and policies for 2011
National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement, April, 2013
(Research Brief No. 1). Fairfax, VA: National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement

An analysis of state child care center licensing requirements and policies, including those related to staffing, child-adult ratios, health and nutrition, inspections, monitoring, and enforcement, based on a survey of state child care licensing agencies and a compilation of state licensing requirements

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Trends in family child care home licensing requirements and policies for 2011
National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement, April, 2013
(Research Brief No. 2). Fairfax, VA: National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement

An analysis of state family child care home licensing requirements and policies, including those related to staffing, group size, health and nutrition, inspections, monitoring, and enforcement, based on a survey of state child care licensing agencies and a compilation of state licensing requirements

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Trends in group child care home licensing regulations and policies for 2011
National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement, April, 2013
(Research Brief No. 3). Fairfax, VA: National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement

An analysis of state group child care home licensing requirements and policies, including those related to staffing, group size, health and nutrition, inspections, monitoring, and enforcement, based on a survey of state child care licensing agencies and a compilation of state licensing requirements

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