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Air Force/NACCRRA Quality Family Child Care (QFCC) project: Final report
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, January, 2007
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.

An evaluation of a joint Air Force-National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies initiative to increase the supply of high-quality family child care in civilian communities near Air Force bases by implementing the Air Force model of family child care among local providers

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Assessing the development of young children in child care: A survey of formal assessment practices in one state
Allen, Susan F., June 2007
Early Childhood Education Journal, 34(6), 455-465

A survey based study of Florida counties' use of specific tools and formal assessment procedures for the development of young children in subsidized child care

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A center piece of the preK puzzle: Providing state prekindergarten in child care centers
Schulman, Karen, November 2007
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

An examination of the benefits and challenges for child care centers providing state-funded prekindergarten program services, with policies and strategies for increasing child care center provision of prekindergarten services, based on interviews with child care center directors

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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

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The determinants and consequences of child care subsidies for single mothers in the USA
Blau, David M., October 2007
Journal of Population Economics, 20(4), 719-741

A study of the effects of child care subsidies on the employment, school, and welfare participation of single mothers following the passage of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA)

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Evaluation of Child Care Subsidy Strategies: Findings from Project Upgrade in Miami-Dade County
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, March 2007
Washington, DC: U.S., Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

Findings from an experimental study of the impacts of three different language and literacy interventions on teacher behavior, classroom environment, and children's language development and early literacy skills in classrooms of 4-year-olds at child care centers serving children from low-income families in Miami-Dade County

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First year report for Early Get smART study: Implementation of Early Get smART in early childhood education programs
Goodson, Barbara D., October 31, 2007
Miami, FL: Children's Trust.

Findings from the first year of the implementation of Early Get smARTin Miami, Florida, an initiative to integrate the arts into early childhood education programs

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Head Start and hurricane recovery: Using a family outcomes measure to assess the impact of program services
Janiak, Richard, August 2007
NHSA Dialog, 10(2), 98-108

Findings from a preliminary study on the influence of Head Start services and family supports on the family well-being of victims of Hurricane Charley in Florida in 2004 using the Family Outcomes Matrix, a newly developed instrument to assess family status and outcomes

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Helping families shine: Evaluation of the Family and Community Partnership Palm Beach County, Florida: Final report
Lyons, Sandra, 2007
Chicago: University of Chicago, Chapin Hall Center for Children.

A three-year evaluation of the operation and experiences of Palm Beach County, Florida’s Family & Community Partnership (FCP)--established to increase the functioning of, and collaboration among, programs providing early intervention and prevention services in four high-need areas--based on surveys of partner organizations, interviews with administrators and staff, reviews of partnership documents, and observations of partnership meetings and events

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Implementation study of the Comprehensive Services program of Palm Beach County, Florida: Final report
Lyons, Sandra, 2007
Chicago: University of Chicago, Chapin Hall Center for Children.

A three-year, multi-method implementation study of the Palm Beach County, Florida, Comprehensive Services (CS) program--established to improve the school readiness of children from low income families through identification of need and provision of early intervention services--based on analyses and observations of CS staff and activities, interviews with CS organizational partners, a survey of child care centers served by CS, and an analysis of school readiness indicators

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Infant/toddler early learning guidelines
National Infant & Toddler Child Care Initiative (U.S.), 2007
Washington, DC: National Infant & Toddler Child Care Initiative.

An overview of the Early Learning Guidelines (ELGs) published by 17 states and 3 territories

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Oral health promotion, prevention, & treatment strategies for Head Start families: Early findings from the Oral Health Initiative evaluation: Vol. II. Site profiles
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, September 05, 2007
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

Interim findings from a two-year implementation evaluation of the Head Start Oral Health Initiative, which provided grants to Head Start programs to design and implement oral health promotion strategies, based on 1) interviews with program directors, 2) a web-based record-keeping system for grantees, and 3) site visits. This volume is based on data from the first source

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The Palm Beach County Family Study: Second annual report
Spielberger, Julie, 2007
Chicago: University of Chicago, Chapin Hall Center for Children.

Findings from the second year of an eight-year longitudinal study of service usage and child and family outcomes related to the comprehensive system of early intervention and prevention services for low income families developed by the Children's Services Council (CSC) of Palm Beach County, Florida, based on administrative data on family characteristics and service use, structured interviews with a sample of parents, and qualitative in-depth interviews with a subsample of parents

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Parents and the high price of child care: 2007 update
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, 2007
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.

A study of the prices of center-based and family child care for infants, toddlers, and preschool-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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Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes
Weber, Roberta B. (Bobbie), May 2007
Corvallis, OR: Oregon Child Care Research Partnership

Findings from a study examining current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, territories, and tribes, including descriptions of challenges faced by jurisdictions in conducting surveys, and methods of providing study data

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Second error rate pilot report
United States. Child Care Bureau, June, 2007
Washington, DC: U.S. Child Care Bureau.

A study of a methodology for measuring improper payments in states' administration of the Child Care and Development Fund

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The state of preschool 2007: State preschool yearbook
Barnett, W. Steven, 2007
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

An annual review of access, quality, and resources in state-funded preschool programs for children ages three and four, in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, during the 2006-2007 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs

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Using vouchers to deliver social services: Considerations based on the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program experiences
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, November 02, 2007
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.

An examination of the role of voucher systems in delivering social services through the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs, based on interviews with state program administrators, conversations with local area staff, and in-depth site visits and case studies

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