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Family support initiatives An overview of two national family support initiatives: the National Even Start Evaluation, and the National Evaluation of Family Support Programs (NEFSP) |
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Family Support Scale |
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Family support in public school programs |
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Family Support Scale: Reliability and Validity |
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Investing in the child care industry: An economic development strategy for Louisiana An exploration of the economic impact of the child care industry in Louisiana |
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Louisiana standards for infants and toddlers [Draft document] A presentation by the Louisiana Department of Social Services on standards for infant and toddler programs for program trainers, directors, and caregivers, to insure quality care, including description of elements of quality programs’, infant and toddler developmental strands, Louisiana’s birth to three standards, social and emotional development, and communication standards |
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Investing in the child care industry: An economic development strategy for Louisiana [Executive summary] A summary of an exploration of the economic impact of the child care industry in Louisiana |
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Child care services for children in out-of-home care An examination of federal funding streams for child care programs, including data on States’ use of child care subsidies, and a review of five child care programs for children at risk of abuse or living in out-of-home care |
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Family support: A Key Topic Resource List A compilation of selected Research Connections resources focused on family support, including a summary of issues addressed in the literature and a listing of resources in the areas of: overview of family support; child care, early education, and family support; and evaluation of family support programs |
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State investments in family support: Appendix D A concise description of components of State family support services, with detailed references to family support initiatives of Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, and Missouri |
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Creating family support systems: In Head Start and beyond A discussion of the public policy interest in creating adequate family support systems through early childhood programs funded by state and federal initiative, such as the Family Services Center funded by the Head Start and Even Start programs and projects funded by the Child Care and Development Care Block Grant |
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Family support in the home: Programs, policy and social change A discussion of research and policy on home visiting parent support programs and their potential benefits for families |
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Family support: The role of early years' centers A longitudinal mixed quantitative and qualitative examination of changes in parents’ support networks and family well-being among 85 families using child care services in 6 child care centers in a disadvantaged urban area in Scotland |
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The Family Support Act and children: Potential pathways of influence A discussion of the economic and non-economic impacts that maternal participation in the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) training program may have on child outcomes. |
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School breakfast clubs, children and family support A national evaluation of the introduction of school breakfast programs in the United Kingdom, using a multidisciplinary approach to examine the characteristics of the program, the experiences of participants and families, the effectiveness of the program in terms of a range of potential outcomes, and economic issues |
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The price of a loaf of bread: Some conceptions of family support An investigation of the implementation the 1989 Children Act in one local authority in a northwest borough of Britain |
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Assessing strengths-based delivery of services for children and families: Data Trends: #113 March 2005 An overview of the development of the Strengths-Based Practices Inventory (SBPI), a measure designed to assess the usage of strengths-based practices within early childhood and family support programs |
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Mental health consultation in child care centers: Data Trends, April 2004 #96 A discussion of mental health consultations in early childhood settings |
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Child care as family support: Caregiving practices across child care providers A conceptual model of the family support role played by child care providers |
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Family support in Romania and the UK: Different circumstances, similar challenges An overview of the challenges of refocusing family social work services towards family support in Romania and the United Kingdom |
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Family support policy in Central and Eastern Europe: A decade and a half of transition A synthesis report comparing and contrasting developments in family support policies in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine since the early 1990s |
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Can family-support policies explain differences in working hours across countries? An exploration of the role of public family-support programs in variations in mothers' working hours across countries, based on an analysis of household data from the European Household Panel (ECHP) and the United States Current Population Survey (CPS) from 1998 through 2001 |
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Preschoolers with autism spectrum disorders: The impact on families and the supports available to them A study of parents of children with autism regarding their perceptions of their childrens' difficulties and impact on family life, and the support programs available and potentially available to their families, based on a survey of 104 parents in Northern Ireland |
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The work-family support roles of child care providers across settings A qualitative investigation of provider perceptions of their supportive roles for families meeting work- and family-related needs, based on interviews and questionnaire responses of a sample of 29 child care providers serving low income families in the Chicago area |
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Evaluating parent involvement and family support in early intervention and preschool programs A description of potential accountability areas for use in assessing the provision of supportive services to families participating in early intervention and preschool programs for children with special needs |
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