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
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
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The 2005 child care licensing study: Final report
National Association for Regulatory Administration, December 2006
Conyers, GA: National Association for Regulatory Administration.
A compilation of survey data on state child care licensing programs and policies, including staffing, monitoring, and enforcement, and child care center licensing regulations, for all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2005
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Child care for children with and without disabilities: The provider, observer, and parent perspectives
Knoche, Lisa, 2006
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 21(1), 93-109
A study combining survey of providers and parents and program observations to explore the characteristics of providers in inclusive and non-inclusive center-based classrooms and family child care homes, the observed quality of care, and families' perceptions of quality and satisfaction with child care services in four Midwestern states
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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
Paulsell, Diane, 2006
Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research.
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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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
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