The dynamics of child care subsidy use: A collaborative study of five states
Meyers, Marcia K., July, 2002
New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty.
A study of characteristics of child care subsidy use in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Texas from July 1997 to June 1999, including examinations of services received, continuity, duration, and stability, based on administrative data collected from state subsidy payment systems
Reports & Papers
Child care: States exercise flexibility in setting reimbursement rates and providing access for low-income children
United States. General Accounting Office, 2002
(GAO-02-894). Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office.
A survey of variations in state-level practices for the use and reimbursement of Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) subsidies, based on the questionnaire responses of 49 state child care officials and case studies of nine rural, urban and suburban communities in Illinois, Maryland, and Oregon
Reports & Papers
Building momentum--taking action: Southern states collaborate on child care financial aid and quality initiatives
Southern Regional Initiative on Child Care, 2002
Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families.
A summary of efforts to implement the Southern Regional Task Force on Child Care Action plan to improve access to child care assistance for low income families in the South, based on a survey of Task Force members and summaries of a regional child care forum and state site visits
Reports & Papers
Assessing Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) investments in child care quality
Porter, Toni, 2002
New York: Bank Street College of Education, Institute for a Child Care Continuum. (No longer accessible as of August 16, 2012)
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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Predictors of family child care providers' intentions toward professional development
Walker, Susan K., 2002
Child & Youth Care Forum, 31(4), 215-231
A survey of registered family child care providers in two large regions of the state of Maryland, investigating the conditions that influence interest in the field and engagement in professional development in order to understand ways to support the professional development needs of those in the field, and how to reduce barriers to training and continued education
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Randomized evaluation of a multi-year summer program: Teach Baltimore: Year 3 report [Draft]
Borman, Geoffrey D., 2002
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University, Center for Summer Learning.
A draft report on a longitudinal randomized evaluation of the Teach Baltimore summer program's impact on low-income elementary school children's reading achievement
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Children entering school ready to learn: School readiness baseline information: School year 2001-02 by state and county
Maryland. State Department of Education, 2002
Baltimore: Maryland State Department of Education.
A survey of teacher ratings of the school readiness of Maryland kindergartners during the fall of 2001
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