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Building on the promise: State initiatives to expand access to Early Head Start for young children and their families
Schumacher, Rachel, April 2008
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.

A study of state efforts to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on in-depth interviews with state program administrators

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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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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

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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

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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

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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)

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Child care for children with special needs
Maryland Family Network, November, 2009
Baltimore: Maryland Family Network.

A study of Maryland child care providers' perceptions, experiences, and training needs related to child care for children with special needs, based on a survey of 1,556 center-based and family child care providers

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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 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

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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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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

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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

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Child care services in the JOBS program
Hagen, Jan, 2004
Children and Youth Services Review, 26(8), 697-710

A study on the implementation of child care services under the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program from 1990 to 1992 in 10 states.

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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)

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Child care: States exercise flexibility in setting reimbursement rates and providing access for low-income children
United States. General Accounting Office, 2002
(GAO-02-894). Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office.

A survey of variations in state-level practices for the use and reimbursement of Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) subsidies, based on the questionnaire responses of 49 state child care officials and case studies of nine rural, urban and suburban communities in Illinois, Maryland, and Oregon

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Child care: States increased spending on low-income families
United States. General Accounting Office, 2001
(GAO-01-293). Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office.

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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Child care subsidy use and employment outcomes of TANF mothers during the early years of welfare reform: A three-state study
Lee, Bong Joo, 2004
(Chapin Hall Working Paper). Chicago: University of Chicago, Chapin Hall Center for Children.

An analysis of the child care subsidy take-up rate, type of child care chosen, and relation between child care subsidy use and employment outcomes for single working mothers receiving TANF in Illinois, Maryland and Massachusetts

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Child care survey results on funding and related policies in the Southern states
Southern Institute on Children and Families, 2004
Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families.

Results from a survey of care funding and state-initiated policy changes related to funding shortages in the southern region of the United States

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Childcare teachers as mentors of parents: Exploration of mentoring practices, teacher competencies and structural supports
Karuskina-Drivdale, Svetlana, 2006
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

An exploration of how child care teachers could informally mentor low-income parents to foster parenting skills and knowledge of at-home learning activities, and provide emotional support and motivation for behavior changes, based on interviews with center-based, infant and preschool teachers in low-income communities in District of Columbia area

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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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Child care use by low-income families in rural areas: A contemporary look at the influence of women's work and partner availability
Walker, Susan K., 2004
Journal of Children & Poverty, 10(2), 149-167

A descriptive analysis of child care patterns of 323 low-income women living in rural counties, in relation to women's employment status, partner availability, and child age

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Children caring for themselves and child neglect: When do they overlap?
Zielewski, Erica H., 2006
(Discussion Paper No. 06-03). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

A study of how child welfare agencies distinguish between cases of self care and child neglect based on interviews and focus groups with child protective services staff and a review of administrative forms

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Children entering school ready to learn: 2008-2009 Maryland model for school readiness
Maryland. State Department of Education, 2008
Baltimore: Maryland, State Department of Education.

A survey of teacher ratings of the school readiness of Maryland kindergartners during the fall of 2008

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Children entering school ready to learn: 2009-2010 Maryland model for school readiness
Maryland. State Department of Education, 2009
Baltimore: Maryland, State Department of Education.

A survey of teacher ratings of the school readiness of Maryland kindergartners during the fall of 2009

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Children entering school ready to learn: 2010-2011 Maryland Model for School Readiness
Maryland. State Department of Education, 2011
Baltimore: Maryland, State Department of Education.

A survey of teacher ratings of the school readiness of Maryland kindergartners during the fall of 2010

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