2012 report: Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Supplement to the National Agricultural Worker Survey
Findings on the characteristics of families with children under 6 years old from the National Agricultural Worker Survey (NAWS), a national random sample survey of crop farmworkers, and findings on families' child care experiences from the NAWS Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Supplement, which is administered to NAWS respondents with children under the age of 6
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Are state child care regulations meeting national oral health and nutritional standards?
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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Child care workforce in Minnesota: 2011 statewide study of demographics, training and professional development
A study of the size, characteristics, and professional development experiences of the child care workforce in Minnesota, based on surveys from 352 licensed family child care providers, 315 center-based programs, and 1,166 center-based directors and teaching staff, and on six focus groups with 56 licensed family child care providers
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Downward slide: State child care assistance policies 2012
A study of changes to state child care assistance policies between February 2011 and February 2012 and between 2001 and February 2012, including changes to income eligibility limits, waiting lists, parent copayments, reimbursement rates, and assistance to parents searching for a job, based on a survey of child care administrators in each state and the District of Columbia
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Estimates of child care eligibility and receipt for fiscal year 2009
An examination of children's eligibility for and receipt of federal child care subsidies under federal parameters and state-defined rules
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Expanding access to Early Head Start: State initiatives for infants & toddlers at risk
A study of state efforts to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on interviews with Head Start-state collaboration administrators in 23 states
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Family child care associations in Minnesota: Report of the 2011 statewide survey of local associations
A study of the characteristics of, professional development opportunities and resources offered by, and professional development attitudes and awareness among representatives of family child care associations in Minnesota, based on a survey of 110 associations
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First Steps School Readiness Study
A study of the developmental status and changes in developmental status over time of 3- through 5-year-old children participating in the First Steps School Readiness Study in Rochester, Minnesota, based on data collected from 782 3-year-olds, 494 4-year-olds, and 231 5-year-olds
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Getting Ready: Final evaluation report
An evaluation of Parent Aware Getting Ready Project, a program to assist child care providers in preparing for entry into the Minnesota Parent Aware quality rating and improvement system, that examines child care provider characteristics, services received, quality improvement, and enrollment in Parent Aware, based on administrative data, project staff interviews and surveys, and provider self-assessments and surveys
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Leaving children to chance: NACCRRA's ranking of state standards and oversight for small family child care homes: 2012 update
A ranking of state regulation and oversight of family child care homes against 16 benchmarks, based on an analysis of state child care licensing regulations
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Minnesota: Early Head Start initiative
An examination of an effort in Minnesota to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on interviews with state program administrators
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Minnesota out-of-school time primary funding streams: Fiscal year 2011
An examination of funding sources for out-of-school time programs at the federal, state, and foundation levels in Minnesota, based on youth-serving organization surveys, key informant interviews, and a literature review
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Parents and the high cost of child care: 2012 report
A state-by-state study of the prices of center-based and family child care for infants, 4-year-old children, and school-age children in 2011, 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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Potential return on investment of the Project Early Kindergarten
An estimation of the cost savings produced by Project Early Kindergarten, a high-quality prekindergarten program for at risk children in St. Paul, Minnesota, based on school graduation and expenditure data, poverty and crime rates, and other data for Minnesota, and on estimates of the economic benefits of early childhood education programs from research literature
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Professional development through reflective consultation in early intervention
A study of the perceptions of participants on the usefulness of a professional development model that includes both a workshop on reflective practice in the field of infant mental health and a reflective consultation provided once a month throughout the school year, based on data from 14 early childhood professionals who provide Part C services in Minnesota through the Bridging Education and Mental Health (BEAM) project
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Project Early Kindergarten evaluation: Results of a longitudinal study of a Saint Paul Public Schools initiative, 2005-06 through 2011-12
An evaluation of Project Early Kindergarten (PEK), a high-quality prekindergarten program for at risk children in St. Paul, Minnesota, that examines classroom quality and kindergarten teacher perceptions of PEK and that compares longitudinal developmental and educational outcomes of participants and nonparticipants, based on teacher surveys, classroom observations, and child assessments
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Ready for success: Creating collaborative and thoughtful transitions into kindergarten
An examination of state- and local-level approaches to the kindergarten transition process in California, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Virginia, based on interviews with 24 key informants
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The state of preschool 2012: State preschool yearbook
An annual review of access to, quality standards in, and resources devoted to state-funded preschool programs for 3- and 4-year-old children in all 50 states and the District of Columbia during the 2011-2012 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs
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State pre-k assessment policies: Issues and status
A discussion of considerations for and approaches to the assessment of young children and a study of state prekindergarten child assessment policies in the 2011-2012 school year, based on a survey of state prekindergarten program personnel
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Tools for student parent success: Varieties of campus child care
An examination of approaches to providing child care services at institutions of higher education, based on Internet searches, brief surveys of members of a campus child care organization listserv, and interviews with leaders in the field
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