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			Building partnerships between Early Head Start grantees and family child care providers: Lessons from the Early Head Start for Family Child Care project: Final report United States. Office of Head Start, 12 December, 2011 Washington, DC: U.S. Office of Head Start. An evaluation of Early Head Start (EHS) for Family Child Care, a project to support partnerships between EHS grantees and family child care providers, that examines the characteristics of participating grantees and providers, the implementation, types, and sustainability of the partnerships, and lessons learned, based on project administrative data, interviews with 13 partnership teams, descriptive quality indicators and Head Start Program Information Report (PIR) data, and project documents	Reports & Papers
			A compilation of initiatives to support home-based child care United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, March 31, 2010 Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. A compilation of profiles of 96 initiatives that target and support home-based child care	Reports & Papers
			Are Denver's communities ready for kids?: A brief for individuals and organizations working to improve child outcomes in Denver, Colorado Barry, Matthew, September, 2008 Washington, DC: Urban Institute, National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership. An analysis of neighborhood indicators to determine Denver, Colorado's ability to prepare children to enter school ready to learn and succeed, including information on family demographics, availability of early childhood programs, and children's academic achievement	Reports & Papers
			The state of preschool: 2003 state preschool yearbook Barnett, W. Steven, 2003 New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research. The first of a series of annual reviews of access, quality, and resources in state funded preschool programs for children aged 3 and 4, in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, during the 2001-2002 program year	Reports & Papers
			Satisfaction with child care: Perspectives of welfare mothers Sonenstein, Freya Lund, 1991 Journal of Social Issues, 47(2), 15-31 A survey of mothers� perspectives on their ideal of child care in 1983-1984 before welfare reform on Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)	Reports & Papers
			Beyond parallel play: Emerging state and community planning roles in building early learning systems Coffman, Julia, September 2006 Des Moines, IA: State Early Childhood Policy Technical Assistance Network. 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	Reports & Papers
			Colorado child readiness scan Barry, Matthew, Summer 2008 Denver, CO: Piton Foundation. An overview of early childhood education and care programs and support services in Denver, Colorado, including information on organization initiatives to improve the coordination and delivery of services	Reports & Papers
			Maternal grandmothers as child care providers for rural, low-income mothers: A unique child care arrangement Reschke, Kathy L., 2006 Journal of Children & Poverty, 12(2), 159-174 An examination of the positive and challenging aspects of grandmothers providing child care for their grandchildren, investigating the experiences of the grandmothers as well as the effects on the sample of low income mothers from rural communities	Reports & Papers
			Building connections: Six state case studies of early childhood system building at the state and local levels Bruner, Charles, June 2006 Cross Lanes, WV: Build Initiative. Case studies from six states of local efforts to develop a comprehensive system early childhood education and care supported by the Build Initiative	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			State-based home visiting: Strengthening programs through state leadership Johnson, Kay, February, 2009 New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty. 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	Reports & Papers
			Colorado local early childhood systems evaluation report Riley, Kim, 30 June, 2010 Denver: Colorado, Division of Child Care. An evaluation of Colorado local Early Childhood Councils' efforts to build early childhood systems, based on a document and literature review and surveys of, focus groups with, and interviews with council staff and members	Reports & Papers
			Building a local system for early childhood: Case studies on Arapahoe and Fremont Counties Birchard, Alison, April, 2010 Denver: Colorado, Department of Education. Case studies of early childhood councils in Arapahoe and Fremont Counties, Colorado, that examine community early childhood systems-building efforts, based on a document review, observations of council meetings, and key informant interviews	Reports & Papers
			State case studies of infant and early childhood mental health systems: Strategies for change Lyman, David Russell, July 2010 New York: Commonwealth Fund. Case studies from Colorado, Indiana, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island that examine efforts to develop early childhood mental health systems for children from birth to 5	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Measuring improper payments in the child care program: A pilot project of the ACF Child Care Bureau: Final report United States. Child Care Bureau, 2005 Washington, DC: U.S. Child Care Bureau. A study conducted to find and reduce erroneous payments in specific Health and Human Services programs in California, Nebraska, Arizona, Kansas, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Ohio and New Hampshire	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Child care choices, consumer education, and low-income families Mitchell, Anne W., 1992 New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty A policy paper exploring issues surrounding child care choices, consumer advocacy and low-income families	Reports & Papers
			Child care: Recent state policy changes affecting the availability of assistance for low-income families United States. General Accounting Office, 2003 (GAO-03-588). Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office. An examination of state policy developments affecting the availability of child care assistance for low-income families	Reports & Papers
			The challenges of change: Learning from the child care and early education experiences of immigrant families Matthews, Hannah, May 2007 Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. A study of the child care and early education participation of children of immigrants and barriers to accessing child care and early education services for immigrant families, based on interviews with local leaders, policymakers, child care and early education service providers, and immigrant parents conducted during community site visits	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Strategies for supporting quality in kith and kin child care: Findings from the Early Head Start Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot evaluation United States. Head Start Bureau, 28 July, 2006 Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research. 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	Reports & Papers
			National evaluation of the Even Start Family Literacy Program: 1994-1997 final report United States. Department of Education. Planning and Evaluation Service, 1998 Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Planning and Evaluation Service. The second national evaluation of the Even Start Family Literacy Program, examining what has changed and what has remained stable over its first eight years, specifically addressing who and what is served by the program, federal funding methods, participant's developmental and educational gains, best practices, and the success with which the program is reaching its target population	Reports & Papers
			Leading the way: Characteristics and early experiences of selected Early Head Start programs: Volume I: Cross-site perspectives United States. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, December 1999 Washington, DC: U.S. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families. A description of the characteristics and early implementation experiences of the 17 research programs participating in the National Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project in fall 1997, with a focus on similarities and differences across programs in the characteristics of the families they serve, their goals and expected outcomes, the services they offer, and their early challenges and successes	Reports & Papers
			Influence of behavioral concerns and early childhood expulsions on the development of early childhood mental health consultation in Colorado Hoover, Sarah D. , May/June 2012 Infant Mental Health Journal, 33(3), 246-255 An examination of child care providers responses to challenging social, emotional, and behavioral interaction behavior of children in their care, including removal or expulsion, based on data from 1,075 providers responding to a statewide survey of licensed child care providers in Colorado	Reports & Papers

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