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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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Effectiveness of comprehensive professional development for teachers of at-risk preschoolers
Landry, Susan H., May 2009
Journal of Educational Psychology, 101(2), 448-465

An investigation into the effect of the Center for Improving the Readiness of Children for Learning and Education (CIRCLE) Preschool Early Language and Literacy Training professional development intervention coupled with 4 combinations of mentoring and electronic or written feedback on teachers’ promotion of at-risk children’s development of early language and emergent literacy skills, based on samples of 262 early childhood teachers placed in one of 4 variations of the CIRCLE intervention or in a control group, and 1,786 preschool students

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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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Development of the Baltimore BETTER Family and Community Partnership
Belcher, Harolyn M. E., 2002
NHSA Dialog, 5(2&3), 149-173

A study reporting on demographic and service utilization of children and their caregivers enrolled in Head Start Centers participating in the Baltimore Behavioral Enhancement through Training and Treatment to Expand Resiliency Family and Community Partnership program

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Head Start programs: Participant characteristics, services, and funding
United States. General Accounting Office. Health, Education, and Human Services Division, 1998
(GAO/HEHS-98-65). Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office.

A study of several factors of the Head Start program, including the number of participants, participants' characteristics, services provided, service delivery methods, federal and non-federal dollars received and spent, and other programs providing similar early childhood services

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Strategies for promoting prevention and improving oral health care delivery in Head Start: Findings from the Oral Health Initiative evaluation: Vol I. Final technical report
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, October 01, 2008
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

Final 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 interviews with program directors, a web-based record-keeping system for grantees, and site visits

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Strengthening Latino parental involvement forming community-based organizations/school partnership
Osterling, Jorge P, 2004
NABE Journal of Research and Practice, 2(1), 270-284

A discussion of the use of partnerships between schools and Latino community-based organizations to improve the involvement of Latino parents in children’s schooling

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Migrant and seasonal Head Start and child care partnerships: A report from the field
Kloosterman, Valentina I., 2003
Newton, MA: Education Development Center, Center for Children and Families.

A study conducted by the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Collaboration Office and the Quality in Linking Together (QUILT) to determine the scope of collaborative efforts between Migrant and Seasonal Head Start and state-funded child care services

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Early care and education partnerships: State actions and local lessons
Schilder, Diane, 2003
Newton, MA: Education Development Center, Center for Children and Families.

An inquiry into the nature and durability of partnerships between early childhood education and care providers and community organizations that support parents’ child care needs

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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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Funding summer learning programs: A scan of public investments in Maryland
Padgette, Heather, 2009
Baltimore: National Summer Learning Association.

A study of public funding for summer programs in four jurisdictions in Maryland, based on a survey of public agencies

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Unequal opportunities for preschoolers: Differing standards for licensed child care centers and state-funded prekindergarten programs
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, February, 2009
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.

A comparison of state licensing regulations for center-based child care and early education programs to state prekindergarten program standards, as well as to Head Start standards and military child care regulations, using a quality standards checklist

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State child care assistance policies 2010: New federal funds help states weather the storm
Schulman, Karen, September 2010
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

A study of changes to state child care assistance policies between February 2009 and February 2010, 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 state child care administrators

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Municipal leadership for afterschool: Citywide approaches spreading across the country
Institute for Youth, Education, and Families, 2011
Washington, DC: Institute for Youth, Education, and Families.

An examination and profiles of city-led efforts to build comprehensive out-of-school time systems, based on surveys and interviews with representatives from 27 cities

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From capitols to classrooms, policies to practice: State-funded prekindergarten at the classroom level: Part 1: Who's teaching our youngest students?: Teacher education and training, experience, compensation and benefits, and assistant teachers
Gilliam, Walter S., 2005
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

A study of the characteristics of prekindergarten teachers throughout the United States

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The influence of home-based reading interactions on 5-year-olds' reading motivations and early literacy development
Sonnenschein, Susan, 2002
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 17(3), 318-337

An examination of the effect of home reading interactions (quality, comments made while reading) on low income children's literacy development (phonological awareness, print orientation, story comprehension) and reading motivation

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An analysis of influence of Judy Center services on the Maryland Model for School Readiness (MMRS) Kindergarten Assessment outcomes: 2008-2009
Research, Evaluation & Measurement, Inc., December 2009
Baltimore: Maryland, State Department of Education.

A study of the impact on school readiness of prekindergarten participation in Judy Centers, which provide comprehensive services for at risk children from birth through age 5 in Maryland, based on a comparison of assessments of children who participated in the program prior to kindergarten with assessments of children who joined at the beginning of kindergarten

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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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State early childhood advisory councils: An overview of implementation across the states
National Governors' Association. Center for Best Practices, 2011
Washington, DC: National Governors' Association, Center for Best Practices.

An examination of developments and variation among state early childhood advisory councils, based on a review of state applications for grants provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), as well as updates provided by council leadership

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Coming together for children with disabilities: State collaboration to support quality, inclusive child care
Mezey, Jennifer, 2003
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.

A study of state policies which would provide special education and early intervention services to low-income children with disabilities in child care programs

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Barriers to quality child care & out of school time activities in Maryland
Maryland State Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities, November, 2012
Baltimore: Maryland State Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities.

A study of families' and child care providers' experiences with accessing and providing child care for children with disabilities in Maryland, based on survey responses from 446 families and 481 child care providers

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What works?: A study of effective early childhood mental health consultation programs
Duran, Frances, August, 2009
Washington, DC: Georgetown University, Center for Child and Human Development.

A study of the components of effective early childhood mental health consultation programs, based on case studies of 6 programs, an online scan of all state early childhood mental health consultation activities, and a meeting of experts

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State legislative investments in school-age children and youth
Langford, Barbara, 2001
Washington, DC: Finance Project.

A discussion of policy approaches towards the funding of programs for children outside of school time

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2008-2009 Maryland school readiness report: Children entering school ready to learn
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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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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