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The 2011 inventory of after-school providers: Report on findings
The Children's Agenda, October, 2011
Rochester, NY: The Children's Agenda.

A study of the accessibility, program focus and curricula, nutrition and physical activity practices, quality improvement efforts, and funding of after school programs in Monroe County, New York, based on survey responses from 49 after school programs

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2012 report: Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Supplement to the National Agricultural Worker Survey
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, March, 2012
(OPRE Report No. 2012-13). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

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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4-H Science Initiative: Youth Engagement, Attitudes, and Knowledge study
Mielke, Monica, April, 2012
Chevy Chase, MD: National 4-H Council.

An evaluation of 4-H Science, an initiative to increase 4-H science, engineering, and technology program offerings, that examines: 4-H Science program characteristics and activities; the science-related attitudes, activities, and skills of participants; and the relationship of participant characteristics to their science-related attitudes, activities, and skills, based on survey responses from 182 4-H Science educators and from 486 children attending 4-H Science programs

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Alphabet knowledge in preschool: A Rasch model analysis
Drouin, Michelle, Q3 2012
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 27(3), 543-554

An examination of the dimensions of the alphabet knowledge construct and the relative difficulty of different alphabet knowledge tasks--uppercase letter recognition, names, and sounds, and lowercase letter names--within a sample of 335 children recruited from 15 child care and preschool facilities in Fort Wayne, Memphis, and New York City

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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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Best practices in summer learning programs for middle and high school youth
National Summer Learning Association,
Baltimore: National Summer Learning Association.

A study to identify best practices in high-quality summer learning programs serving middle school and high school students, based on a literature review, surveys from 25 programs, and follow-up interviews with some programs

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Bringing transmedia to expanded learning settings: Emerging practices
Agrawal, Nina, February, 2013
New York: Collaborative for Building After-School Systems.

An examination of efforts by 11 public television stations to incorporate transmedia storytelling, which links interactive games, television series, and websites to established children's educational characters, into out-of-school time programs serving young children, based on site visits, progress reports, and interviews with television station staff

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Building the capacity of nonprofits to support high-quality youth programs
Policy Studies Associates, March, 2012
Washington, DC: Policy Studies Associates.

Findings and lessons learned from an evaluation of Strengthening Our Core, an initiative to improve the organizational capacity of nonprofit organizations operating out-of-school time programs in New York City, that examines the sustainability of organizations' capacity-building practices, based on a document review, interviews with nonprofit organization staff and technical assistance providers, and out-of-school time program 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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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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Community Place 2011-12 after school program: Data summary
Lotyczewski, Bohdan S., July, 2012
(Technical Report and Works in Progress Series: No. T12-005). Rochester, NY: Children's Institute.

A study of changes in the socioemotional competencies of students participating in after school programs in Rochester, New York, during the 2011-2012 school year, based on teacher reports for 180 students

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A comparison of workshop training versus intensive, experiential training for improving behavior support skills in early educators
Fabiano, Gregory A., Q2 2013
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 28(2), 450-460

A comparison of the effects of two training approaches--a one-day workshop and an intensive training condition that included a one-day workshop plus an additional four days of practice--on teachers' use of positive behavioral supports for preschool children, based on data from 88 teachers and aides randomly assigned to one of the two training conditions in Head Start classrooms in Western New York

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Contracts, vouchers, and child care subsidy stability: A preliminary look at associations between subsidy payment mechanism and stability of subsidy receipt
Holod, Aleksandra, August, 2012
Child & Youth Care Forum, 41(4), 343-356

An examination of the relationship between contracts paid directly to providers or through vouchers and stability of receipt of care, and if that relationship is dependent upon child care setting--specifically family child care homes or center-based settings, based on data from 311 subsidy recipients who had a history of participating in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash assistance and administrative files on subsidy recipients in New York City

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Downward slide: State child care assistance policies 2012
Schulman, Karen, 2012
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

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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Effect of early educational intervention on younger siblings: The Infant Health and Development Program
McCormick, Marie C., October, 2012
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 166(10), 891-896

A study of the relationship between participation of an older sibling in an early intervention program and the younger sibling's measures of intelligence, youth behavioral problems, and expectations of the future, based on data from the Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP), an eight-site randomized trial of three years of early education for premature low-birth-weight infants who were followed up through age 18, and 229 siblings of participating children born within 5 years of the IHDP study participants

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Estimates of child care eligibility and receipt for fiscal year 2009
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, December, 2012
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.

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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Evaluation of the 4-H Science Initiative: Year 2 implementation study
LaFleur, Jennifer Johnson, November, 2010
Chevy Chase, MD: National 4-H Council.

An evaluation of 4-H Science, an initiative to increase 4-H science, technology, engineering, and applied math program offerings, that examines state-level implementation of 4-H Science and characteristics of successful 4-H Science programs, based on interviews with state and county 4-H leaders

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Examining cost fulfillment: Child care policy and strategies
Jordan, Lucy P., 2012
Journal of Social Service Research, 38(3), 313-329

A study of correlations among a variety of characteristics of child care subsidy eligibility policies in 20 cities across 15 states, and an identification of four categories of similar types of city-specific subsidy offerings, based on an examination of the local policies regarding the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) subsidies

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Expanding access to Early Head Start: State initiatives for infants & toddlers at risk
Colvard, Jamie, September, 2012
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.

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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GRASA after-school assessment: 2011-2012 seventh annual report
Story, Moria, October, 2012
(No. T12-015). Rochester, NY: Children's Institute.

A study of the quality of after school programs in Rochester, New York, based on 25 program observations at 17 sites

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New York City parent voices
Campaign for Children, 24 May, 2012
New York: Campaign for Children.

An examination of parent reactions to hypothetical after school and child care program closures, based on survey responses from 4,168 parents

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Parents and the high cost of child care: 2012 report
Child Care Aware of America, 2012
Arlington, VA: Child Care Aware of America.

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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Partners in Family Child Care 2008-2011 summary report
Peterson, Shira May, December, 2011
(No. T11-015). Rochester, NY: Children's Institute.

A study of implementation activities, services, family engagement, provider readiness to change, program quality, and child developmental outcomes in Partners in Family Child Care, a 10-month home visiting program in Rochester, New York, to increase the quality of family child care and improve child early literacy and socioemotional outcomes, based on provider and home visitor surveys, provider observations, and child assessments

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Predicting acceptance of diversity in pre-kindergarten classrooms
Sanders, Kay, Q3 2012
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 27(3), 503-511

A study of the relationships between diversity-promoting practices in prekindergarten classrooms and classroom composition, process quality, and teacher characteristics, based on data from 692 publicly-supported prekindergarten classrooms across 11 states, from both the Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten and the State-Wide Early Education Programs Study (SWEEP)

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Print books vs. e-books: Comparing parent-child co-reading on print, basic, and enhanced e-book platforms
Chiong, Cynthia, Spring 2012
New York: Joan Ganz Cooney Center.

A study of variations in interactions, engagement, and child story comprehension in parent-child co-reading across print book, basic e-book, and enhanced e-book formats, based on observations of 32 parent-child pairs reading a print book and either its basic e-book or enhanced e-book counterpart

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