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A count for quality: Child care center directors on rating and improvement systems A study of child care center directors' views of child care quality rating and improvement systems and their components, based on interviews with 48 directors from 9 states and a roundtable forum with 15 of the 48 directors |
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Supporting state child care efforts with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds An examination of states’ uses of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act allotments to improve the financing of early childhood education and care programs, including a discussion of targeted program characteristics or content for improvement, based on a survey of early childhood advocates in each state |
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State child care assistance policies 2009: Most states hold the line, but some lose ground in hard times A study of changes to state child care assistance policies from February 2008 to February 2009, including changes to income eligibility limits, waiting lists, parent co-payments, and reimbursement rates, based on a survey of state child care administrators |
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State developments in child care, early education, and school-age care: 2001 An overview of developments in early education policy and states' investments in early childhood education and care in 2001 |
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State developments in child care, early education, and school-age care: 2000 A compendium of state actions regarding child care, early education, and school age child care issues in the year 2000, including comparative state tables for areas such as subsidies and standards |
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Bringing it together: State-driven community early childhood initiatives An account of what states and communities can do to successfully implement community based early childhood initiatives and experiences from states already using this approach |
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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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A fragile foundation: State child care assistance policies A report on state-level child care assistance policies and changes that have occurred between 1995 and 2001, examining the impact of policies on families' access to care and child care choices. |
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State child care assistance policies 2007: Some steps forward, more progress needed Results of a survey of state child care administrators investigating changes in state child care policies from February 2006 to February 2007, including changes in income eligibility limits, waiting lists, parent co-payments, and reimbursement rates |
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State child care assistance policies 2011: Reduced support for families in challenging times A study of changes to state child care assistance policies between February 2010 and February 2011 and between 2001 and February 2011, 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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Downward slide: State child care assistance policies 2012 A study of changes to state child care assistance policies between February 2011 and February 2012 and between 2001 and February 2012, 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 child care administrators in each state and the District of Columbia |
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State developments in child care and early education: 1999 Highlights and updates regarding state actions on child care and early education issues during 1999 collected through written and phone surveys with advocates in each state |
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Statement of Helen Blank, National Women's Law Center A written testimony given to the House Committee on Ways and Means regarding low income working families and their child care needs |
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Close to home: State strategies to strengthen and support family, friend, and neighbor care An overview of policy options for states to support family, friend, and neighbor child care and early education |
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Building community collaboration to support early learning: Local councils for early care and education A discussion of the need for local-level organizations to complement federal and state early childhood education and care collaborative efforts, including recommendations for the structure and role of such local councils |
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State child care and early education developments: Highlights and updates for 1998 A national survey of highlights and updates regarding state actions on child care and early education issues among advocates in each state in 1998 |
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The welfare reform debate: Implications for child care A discussion of the welfare reform debate of 1996 and the policy’s possible implications for poverty stricken and low-income working families' ability to access child care, as well as its potential implications on the child care market as a whole |
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In their own voices: Parents and providers struggling with child care cuts A presentation of personal accounts of families and providers affected by budget cuts to programs providing early childhood education and care |
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Getting organized: Unionizing home-based child care providers An examination of statewide efforts to allow home-based child care workers, including licensed family child care providers and regulation-exempt family, friend, and neighbor caregivers receiving subsidies, to join unions |
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A center piece of the preK puzzle: Providing state prekindergarten in child care centers An examination of the benefits and challenges for child care centers providing state-funded prekindergarten program services, with policies and strategies for increasing child care center provision of prekindergarten services, based on interviews with child care center directors |
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