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Child care under the Family Support Act: Early lessons from the states A study of the Head Start program’s effects on disadvantaged rural students development compared with non-Head Start rural students, based on results from the analysis of variance studies in testing of 144 children in Mississippi enrolled in Head Start I and Head Start II programs, and a non-Head Start control group |
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Child care and working mothers in Puerto Rican families A study of urban Puerto Rican mothers’ cultural attitudes towards child care, including their influence on child care arrangements, mothering attitudes, the family support system that surrounds them, and their impact on mothers’ participation in the labor force |
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Family involvement & school performance in the Chinatown YMCA 21st Century Community Learning Center An examination of the relationship between academic achievement of Chinese and Chinese-American at-risk youth living in the Lower East Side and Chinatown neighborhoods of Manhattan who attend YMCA after school programs and the participation of their family support network members in YMCA family programs and in their at-home and school activities |
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Working Parents for a Working New York A study of the impact of Working Parents for a Working New York, an initiative to extend access to child care subsidies to low to moderate income working families and offer work-family support workshops, on participants' attendance, work performance, productivity, and retention, based on baseline and follow-up survey data collected from 92 treatment and 77 control group members |
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Taking a giant step: A case study of New York City's efforts to implement universal pre-kindergarten services A study of the universal public prekindergarten program, Project Giant Step, that would meet the cognitive, social, emotional and physical development of children and the use of family workers and support services to maximize parental involvement in New York City |
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Head Start, TANF, and child care needs assessments A description of efforts to assess family needs and provide support services to low-income families receiving Head Start, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) subsidies |
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Head Start children's entry into public school: A report on the National Head Start/Public School Early Childhood Transition Demonstration Study An overview of the impact, on children, families, schools, and communities, of 31 local demonstration programs, conducted as part of the National Head Start/Public School Early Childhood Transition Demonstration Study, in 30 states and the Navajo Nation from the 1991-92 school year through the 1997-98 school year, and implementing major initiatives related to: parent involvement; educational enhancement; family social support services; and health and nutrition |
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Promoting professionalism through family day care networks: A study of Child Care, Inc.'s Neighborhood Child Care Initiatives project A qualitative evaluation of an initiative to create family child care networks that link providers to professional development opportunities and support |
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A compilation of initiatives to support home-based child care A compilation of profiles of 96 initiatives that target and support home-based child care |
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College-student mothers and on-site child care: Luxury or necessity? A study of the effect of on-campus child care arrangements on the educational experiences of 75 student mothers attending an inner-city commuter college in New York |
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Child care services in the JOBS program A study on the implementation of child care services under the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program from 1990 to 1992 in 10 states. |
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The effects of the home instruction programs for preschooler youngsters (HIPPY) on children's school performance at the end of the program and one year later A study of the Home Instruction Program for Preschooler Children, a costless two year family-oriented home-based early childhood intervention administered to low-income children; the study included assessments of the children’s cognitive skills, adaptation to the classroom, and standardized test achievement at the end of the program |
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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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Mothers' views on child care under the JOBS program and implications for welfare reform An account of a study on mother’s participating in the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Training Program, including program participation’s effects on their children and the factors that are creating substantive benefits for some children, based on two surveys of 357 JOBS participants in local sites in Minneapolis, New York, Oregon, and Texas |
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The state of preschool: 2003 state preschool yearbook 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 |
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Neighborhood child care: Families, friends, and neighbors talk about caring for other people's children A report on the caregiving experiences of kith and kin child care providers |
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Building on the promise: State initiatives to expand access to Early Head Start for young children and their families A study of state efforts to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on in-depth interviews with state program administrators |
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Maternal grandmothers as child care providers for rural, low-income mothers: A unique child care arrangement 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 |
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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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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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Ensuring quality care for low-income babies: Contracting directly with providers to expand and improve infant and toddler care An analysis of states' use of contracts to provide subsidized child care for infants and toddlers and the potential for contracts to improve the quality or increase the supply of child care, based on interviews with policymakers and contracted providers |
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Improving supports for parents of young children: State-level initiatives A discussion of the correlation between parenting quality and children's outcomes, an overview of parenting support initiatives in four states, and recommendations to guide the development of state-level parenting support programs |
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Employed rural, low-income, single mothers' family and work over time A study of perceptions of difficulties and challenges of balancing family, child care, and work responsibilities, based on a secondary analysis of interview data with of 28 rural, low-income, continuously employed, and single mothers across 11 states over three waves of data collection between 1999 and 2003, who took part in the longitidunal Rural Families Speak Project |
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The at-risk child care program An investigation of the extent and nature of State’s participation in the At-Risk Child Care program funded and administered by the Administration for Families and Children, Department of Health and Human Services, including reports of problems and success |
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Championing success: Business organizations for early childhood investments 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 |
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