Building connections: Six state case studies of early childhood system building at the state and local levels
Case studies from six states of local efforts to develop a comprehensive system early childhood education and care supported by the Build Initiative
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Common vision, different paths: Five states’ journeys toward comprehensive prenatal-to-five systems
An examination of the people, perspectives, processes, and products of the comprehensive and coordinated systems for children aged prenatal to five in California, Illinois, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania
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Putting it together: A guide to financing comprehensive services in child care and early education
An examination of sources of federal funding for comprehensive services in early childhood settings, with examples of promising collaborations as part of state and local funding models, based on interviews with national experts, as well as with policymakers, advocates, and administrators
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Estimating sustainability and comprehensiveness in the Quality Child-Care Initiative: Final report
An analysis of participating states' post-grant prospects for sustaining and broadening programs funded under the Quality Child-Care Initiative, federally funded grants for states to address child care quality and labor issues by applying the apprenticeship training method to the child care workforce
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Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) report to Congress: Submitted January 2003
A report providing various state and federal information regarding the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF)
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Assessing Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) investments in child care quality
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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The Build Initiative: Building early learning systems in the states: A report on the fourth year
An examination of the contributions of the Build Initiative in its fourth year of fostering of state partnerships to develop comprehensive systems of early learning and care
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Head Start programs: Participant characteristics, services, and funding
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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Strengthening Latino parental involvement forming community-based organizations/school partnership
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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A 21st Century Community Learning Center: A case study of collaboration and partnerships
A case study examining the amount of collaboration between a 21st Century Community Learning Center after school program and the cooperating stakeholders, investigating the effect of collaboration on the community outside of the school and on the children participating in the program
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Early care and education partnerships: State actions and local lessons
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
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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Unequal opportunities for preschoolers: Differing standards for licensed child care centers and state-funded prekindergarten programs
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
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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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
A study of the characteristics of prekindergarten teachers throughout the United States
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Child care health consultation initiatives: A status report
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
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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Evaluating the Quality Child-Care Initiative: Child-care worker apprenticeships in the Western states: Final report
A process evaluation of the first two rounds of the Quality Child-Care Initiative, federally funded grants for states to address child care quality and labor issues by applying the apprenticeship training method to the child care workforce, in Western states, based on site visits
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The Build Initiative: Building early learning systems in the states: A report on the third year
A report on the contributions of the Build Initiative in efforts to build statewide systems of early learning and care
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Solving the puzzle: The gap in Minnesota's early care & education finance and governance structures
A comparison of the early care and education system governance and finance structures in Minnesota to structures in other states, based on stakeholder interviews
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Beyond parallel play: Emerging state and community planning roles in building early learning systems
An examination of the role of community participation in developing early learning systems, particularly in relation to state-level planning, based on six state case studies in Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Vermont
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Coming together for children with disabilities: State collaboration to support quality, inclusive child care
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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State legislative investments in school-age children and youth
A discussion of policy approaches towards the funding of programs for children outside of school time
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Poised for shaping results-based early learning systems: A report on child care resource and referral in the United States
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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State-based home visiting: Strengthening programs through state leadership
A study of the characteristics of state-based home visiting programs, including their structure, financing, and design, and of state efforts to strengthen programs, based on a survey of state program staff and administrators and on a roundtable discussion
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