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The economic impact of the early care and education industry in Amador and Calaveras Counties
Insight Center for Community Economic Development, June, 2008
Jackson, CA: Constructing Connections of Amador and Calaveras.

An analysis of the economic impact of the early care and education industry in Amador and Calaveras Counties, California, in terms of its employment and gross receipts, as well as its role in supporting other industries, labor force participation and development, and child development

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The economic impact of the early care and education industry in Los Angeles County
Brown, Brentt, January 2008
Oakland, CA: Insight Center for Community Economic Development.

An analysis of the economic impact of the Los Angeles County, California, child care and early education industry in terms of its employment and gross receipts, as well as its role in supporting other industries and labor force participation

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State child care assistance policies 2008: Too little progress for children and families
Schulman, Karen, September, 2008
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

A study of changes to state child care assistance policies from February 2007 to February 2008, 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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Child care vouchers and unregulated family, friend, and neighbor care
Snyder, Kathleen, 2008
Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

A study of providers of unregulated family, friend, and neighbor care who participate in the voucher system of subsidized care to determine their characteristics and their perceptions of policy, and a study of the voucher agencies’ experiences with family, friend, and neighbor caregivers, among samples of caregivers and voucher agency staff in five counties from four states

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Diversity and stratification in California's early care and education workforce
Whitebook, Marcy, November, 2008
Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, Center for the Study of Child Care Employment.

An analysis of the association of ethnic and linguistic characteristics to education levels and job roles of members of the early care and education workforce in California, based on data from the California Early Care and Education Workforce Study

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Ensuring quality care for low-income babies: Contracting directly with providers to expand and improve infant and toddler care
Matthews, Hannah, July 2008
(Child Care and Early Education Series Paper No. 3). Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.

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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Learning together: A study of six B.A. completion cohort programs in early care and education: Year 1 report
Whitebook, Marcy, July, 2008
Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, Center for the Study of Child Care Employment.

Findings from the first year of a five-year longitudinal study of six cohorts of students participating in California early childhood education B.A. completion programs, in which small groups of students pursue a bachelor's degree together and receive support services, that examine students' and institutions of higher education personnel's experiences of the programs

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Child care centers, child care vouchers, and faith-based organizations
Rohacek, Monica, 2008
Washington: DC: Urban Institute.

An examination of the roles of faith-based organization in providing or supporting center-based child care, particularly for children from families receiving vouchers, in five counties in four states

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Child care and transit: Making the link in California
California Local Investment in Child Care Project, 2008
Bakersfield: California Local Investment in Child Care Project.

A study in California of the public transit use, both from home to child care and from child care to work, of parents with children in child care centers located within one-third of a mile of a transit station, based on a survey of parents and interviews with child care center directors, transportation planners, and local government officials

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A qualitative look at child care selection among rural welfare-to-work participants
De Marco, Allison, September 2008
Journal of Children & Poverty, 14(2), 119-138

A study of the child care search and selection process of a convenience sample of 33 CalWORKS welfare-to-work participants in rural areas of Northern California

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Child care voucher programs: Provider experiences in five counties
Adams, Gina, 2008
Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

A study of child care providers' experiences with the voucher systems funded by the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) and used to subsidize child care for low income families, based on a survey of approximately 300 staff and providers from five counties in four states

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Early care and education career lattices in Los Angeles
Amer, Tarecq, January 2008
Oakland, CA: Insight Center for Community Economic Development.

A study of the structure of the child care and early education industry and of career paths and lattices available to members of the child care and early education workforce in Los Angeles

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The state of preschool 2008: State preschool yearbook
Barnett, W. Steven, 2008
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

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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Early care and education state budget actions: FY 2007 and FY 2008
Clothier, Steffanie, April 2008
Denver, CO: National Conference of State Legislatures.

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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Building on the promise: State initiatives to expand access to Early Head Start for young children and their families
Schumacher, Rachel, April 2008
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.

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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It's 12 o'clock...what are our preschoolers eating for lunch?: An assessment of nutrition and the nutrition environment in licensed child care in Los Angeles County
Whaley, Shannon, July 2008
Irwindale, CA: Public Health Foundation Enterprises WIC Program.

A study of the nutrition and nutritional environment in licensed child care settings in Los Angeles County, including the relationship of nutrition quality to setting type and Child and Adult Care Food Program participation, based on observations of lunch service, the feeding environment, and food service practices at 54 child care sites

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Health matters: The role of health and the health sector in place-based initiatives for young children
Fine, Amy, November 2008
Battle Creek, MI: W. K. Kellogg Foundation.

A study of the integration of health and health services within early childhood initiatives, based on case studies of 8 initiatives

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Crystal Stairs, Inc. License Exempt Assistance Project "Community Pre-K" evaluation report: Year 1 (2007-2008)
Shivers, Eva Marie, 2008
Phoenix, AZ: Indigo Cultural Center, Institute for Child Development Research and Social Change.

An evaluation of Community Pre-K, a play and learn program to provide quality early learning experiences to children cared for by subsidized, license-exempt providers and to build providers' caregiving skills, that examined child and provider outcomes, based on data collected from 9 family, friend, and neighbor child care providers and 13 children in Los Angeles

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Race/ethnicity and the start of child care: A multi-level analysis of factors influencing first child care experiences
Fram, Maryah Stella, Q4 2008
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 23(4), 575-590

A study of the initial type of care chosen and the age of first entry into child care in several ethnic groups

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Exploring the training needs of family, friend and neighbor child care providers
Shivers, Eva Marie, 2008
Phoenix, AZ: Indigo Cultural Center, Institute for Child Development Research and Social Change. (No longer accessible as of January 18, 2013).

A study of the training concerns and needs of family, friend, and neighbor child care providers, based on focus groups with 30 providers in Phoenix, Arizona; Los Angeles; and the Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma

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Parental conceptions of school readiness: Relation to ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and children’s skills
Barbarin, Oscar, September 2008
Early Education and Development, 19(5), 671-701

A study of the family demographic characteristics and child skills associated with parental conceptions of school readiness, based on interviews with 452 parents of 4-year-olds enrolled public prekindergarten programs

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Formal education, credential, or both: Early childhood program classroom practices
Jennifer A., Vu, May 2008
Early Education and Development, 19(3), 479-504

A study of the relationship between classroom quality and the credentials and educational levels of teachers in a sample of 231 early education classrooms

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Child care health consultation programs in California: Models, services, and facilitators
Alkon, Abbey, March/April 2008
Public Health Nursing, 25(2), 126-139

An evaluative study of the Child Care Health Linkages Project, an initiative to address health and safety issues for children attending Early Childhood Education (ECE) programs by linking health consultants with ECE providers and parents in 20 California counties

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Closing the achievement gap: Report of Superintendent Jack O’Connell’s California P-16 Council
California P-16 Council, January, 2008
Sacramento, CA: California, Department of Education.

Fourteen recommendations, including two related to pre-kindergarten programs, for closing socioeconomic and ethnic achievement gaps among California students

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Parents and the high price of child care: 2008 update
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, June, 2008
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. (No longer available as of December 7, 2012).

A state-by-state study of the prices of center-based and family child care for infants, preschool-age children, and school-age children, based on a national survey of state child care resource and referral networks and local child care resource and referral agencies

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