Parent experiences with state child care subsidy systems and their perceptions of choice and quality in care selected
Raikes, Helen, July, 2012
Early Education and Development, 23(4), 558-582
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
Reports & Papers
Regulation, subsidy receipt and provider characteristics: What predicts quality in child care homes?
Raikes, H. Abigail, 2005
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 20(2), 164-184
A study of the influence of family child care regulations, the concentration of children cared for who received public child care subsidies (i.e., subsidy density), providers' level of education, and reported annual training hours on global quality and caregiver sensitivity in four Midwestern states
Reports & Papers
Pathways to quality and full implementation in Early Head Start programs
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2002
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
A report characterizing the development of Early Head Start programs over the first four years of the program's existence.
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
Parent perceptions of child care choice and quality in four states
Raikes, Helen, 2005
Lincoln: University of Nebraska--Lincoln, Center on Children, Families, and the Law.
A study of parents’ child care perceptions, decision-making factors, and processes in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska
Reports & Papers
Child care quality and workforce characteristics in four Midwestern states
Raikes, Helen, 2003
Omaha, NE: Gallup Organization.
A study of observed child care quality and its relation to hypothesized and potential indicators of quality, using a representative randomly selected sample of the provider population in four Midwestern states
Reports & Papers