The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Compendium of quality rating systems and evaluations
A compendium of information on quality rating systems of child care and early education programs, including a proposal of an analytic framework for the assessment and evaluation of quality rating systems and profiles of such systems in 26 states
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The Missouri quality rating system school readiness study
A comparison of the improvement of the school readiness in children who attend high quality early childhood programs and those who attend lower quality programs as rated by the Missouri Quality Rating System (QRS), based on a sample of 350 children aged 3 to 5 years old from 32 centers and 6 family child care homes in Missouri
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Trends in child care center licensing regulations and policies for 2011
An analysis of state child care center licensing requirements and policies, including those related to staffing, child-adult ratios, health and nutrition, inspections, monitoring, and enforcement, based on a survey of state child care licensing agencies and a compilation of state licensing requirements
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Trends in family child care home licensing requirements and policies for 2011
An analysis of state family child care home licensing requirements and policies, including those related to staffing, group size, health and nutrition, inspections, monitoring, and enforcement, based on a survey of state child care licensing agencies and a compilation of state licensing requirements
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Trends in group child care home licensing regulations and policies for 2011
An analysis of state group child care home licensing requirements and policies, including those related to staffing, group size, health and nutrition, inspections, monitoring, and enforcement, based on a survey of state child care licensing agencies and a compilation of state licensing requirements
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Soaring to new heights: The status of early learning in Greater Kansas City 2010: Full report & comprehensive findings
An examination of the early learning system in the Greater Kansas City area, including access to quality programs, support for families, public policy, and workforce development, based on a literature review, information from state and local agencies, and a 2009 regional survey of 840 family child care homes and 390 child care centers
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The status of early learning in Greater Kansas City 2007-2008
An exploration of early learning in the Greater Kansas City area, including access to quality programs, early learning workforce development, and planning and policy, based on a survey of child care providers
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From dream to reality: The growth of early learning in Kansas City
A historical account of efforts to improve the quality and accessibility of early childhood programs in Greater Kansas City from 1989 through 2006
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State-level indicators for social-emotional development: Building better systems
A discussion of systems of child socioemotional wellbeing indicators and an examination of state efforts to develop such systems, based on a survey of state early childhood comprehensive systems coordinators
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State early childhood advisory councils: An overview of implementation across the states
An examination of developments and variation among state early childhood advisory councils, based on a review of state applications for grants provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), as well as updates provided by council leadership
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Child care health consultation initiatives: A status report
A study profiling child care health consultant initiatives in the states and territories and examining factors associated with successfully implementing and sustaining these initiatives
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Increasing state investments in early care and education: Lessons learned from advocates and best practices
A discussion of lessons learned and future guidance resulting from child advocates' successful efforts in 10 states to increase public funding for early care and education programs, based on interviews with representatives of child advocacy organizations
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The status of early learning in Greater Kansas City 2005
An exploration of family support and preschool programs in the Greater Kansas City area
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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
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
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Building quality improvement systems: Lessons from three emerging efforts in the youth-serving sector
Three case studies of quality-improvement efforts in programs providing out-of-school time services
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Assessing Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) investments in child care quality
A catalog, directory, and report on the evaluations of 104 local and state child care quality improvement initiatives funded through the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF)
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Parent experiences with state child care subsidy systems and their perceptions of choice and quality in care selected
A study of parents' experiences using Child Care and Development Fund and other state-dispersed child care subsidies, reasons for choosing their current child care program, and perceptions of the quality of child care received from their current program, based on a survey of 659 parents receiving child care subsidies in 4 states
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Early care and education state budget actions FY 2009
A study of state appropriations of state funds for early care and education programs in fiscal year 2009, based on a survey of legislative fiscal staff in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories
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Early care and education state budget actions FY 2010
A study of state appropriations of state funds for early care and education programs in fiscal year 2010, based on a survey of legislative fiscal offices in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories
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Making quality count: Lessons from the Ready by 21 Quality Counts initiative
A description of the Ready by 21 Quality Counts initiative, a systems-building model for the improvement of the quality and capacity of out of school time programming, based on information from the implementation of the model at 7 community sites and 6 state sites
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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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Early care and education state budget actions: FY 2007 and FY 2008
A study of state appropriations of state funds for early care and education programs in fiscal years 2007 and 2008, based on a survey of the 50 states and territories
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The state of preschool 2008: State preschool yearbook
An annual review of access to, quality in, and resources devoted to state-funded preschool programs for three- and four-year-old children in all 50 states during the 2007-2008 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs
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The state of preschool 2010: State preschool yearbook
An annual review of access to, quality in, and resources devoted to state-funded preschool programs for 3- and 4-year-old children in all 50 states and the District of Columbia during the 2009-2010 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs
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We can do better: Child Care Aware of America's ranking of state child care center regulations and oversight: 2013 update
A review of program requirements and oversight in state child care center licensing regulations, based on an analysis of state child care licensing regulations and a survey of child care licensing directors in each state, the District of Columbia, and at the United States Department of Defense
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