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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Patterns of child care use among low-income families: Final report A study of families' decisions regarding employment and child care arrangements, examining variations by child's age, mother's race, and other family characteristics, and assessing the impact of child care subsidies and other state and local policies on families' choices |
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Child care: State efforts to enforce safety and health requirements 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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Evaluation of "Paths to QUALITY," Indiana's child care quality rating and improvement system: Final report An evaluation of the influence of Indiana's Paths to QUALITY (PTQ) quality improvement system on the quality of child care offerings, the awareness of child care quality issues, the child care choices of parents, and select child development indicators, based on data collected at hundreds of child care sites throughout the state |
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Immigrants families and childcare preferences: Do immigrants' cultures influence their childcare decisions? An interview-based examination of how African immigrant parents of preschool children select care for their children and the effects of their culture on this decision |
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Child care for working poor families: Child development and parent employment outcomes Findings from a study of the types and quality of child care used by low income working families in four Indiana communities, and their relation to child development and parent employment outcomes |
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Child care choices, consumer education, and low-income families A policy paper exploring issues surrounding child care choices, consumer advocacy and low-income families |
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What do parents think about child care?: Findings from a series of focus groups An exploration of parents? perceptions of child care, based on information gathered through a series of focus groups conducted by the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA) with 163 parents at 7 sites across the country |
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Welfare policies and adolescents: Exploring the roles of sibling care, maternal work schedules, and economic resources A study of the relationship between adolescent school performance and participation and maternal employment and changes in families' reliance on sibling care due to welfare reform, based on data from three longitudinal experimental evaluations of: (1) the Jobs First Evaluation conducted in New Haven and Manchester, Connecticut; (2) the Family Transition Program conducted in Escambia County, Florida; and (3) the statewide Indiana Welfare Reform Program |
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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 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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Cumulative risk and continuity in nonparental care from infancy to early adolescence An examination of the impact of nonparental care experiences on children's adjustment and well-being |
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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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Working in child care in Indiana: 2007 special report on teachers and directors working in licensed child care centers & unlicensed registered child care ministries A study of the education, training, earnings, accreditation, professional support, experience, and turnover rate of teachers and directors working in licensed child care centers and unlicensed registered child care ministries in Indiana, based on a survey of 1,185 directors and 13,003 teachers |
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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: State and Community Substudy: Final report A study of ongoing changes in state and community policies for meeting the child care needs of low-income families as a result of welfare reform implementation, including child care subsidy use and expenditures from 1997 to 2001 and child care subsidy policies and their administration from 1999 to 2002, based on administrative records, policy manuals, and key informant interviews from 17 states and 25 communities |
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Paths to QUALITY: A child care quality rating system for Indiana: What is its scientific basis? An analysis of the validity of the quality standards used in Paths to QUALITY, Indiana's child care quality rating system, based on results from pilot sites and a review of research literature related to quality indicators in the standards |
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The Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot Project: How Early Head Start programs are reaching out to kith and kin caregivers: Final interim report A preliminary descriptive evaluation of the Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot Project, analyzing participant characteristics and program design as they affect the extension of home visitation services to relatives and non-relatives caring for infants and toddlers enrolled in home-based Early Head Start programs |
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The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Defining and measuring quality: An in-depth study of five child care quality rating and improvement systems An examination of aspects of child care quality rating and improvement systems related to definitions and measures of quality, including variation in definitions and measures, processes to measure each component and determine the overall level of quality, and availability of data on quality ratings, based on in-depth case studies in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee |
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Strategies for supporting quality in kith and kin child care: Findings from the Early Head Start Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot evaluation A descriptive evaluation of the Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot Project, an initiative supporting the quality of kith and kin child care provision for infants and toddlers in Early Head Start, based on site visits, staff telephone interviews, quality observations, caregiver interviews, and administrative records |
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