National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Patterns of child care use among low-income families: Final report
A study of families' decisions regarding employment and child care arrangements, examining variations by child's age, mother's race, and other family characteristics, and assessing the impact of child care subsidies and other state and local policies on families' choices
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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Patterns of child care use among low-income families: Draft
A study of families' decisions regarding employment and child care arrangements, examining variations by child's age, mother's race, and other family characteristics, and assessing the impact of child care subsidies and other state policies on families' choices
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Estimates of child care eligibility and receipt for fiscal year 2009
An examination of children's eligibility for and receipt of federal child care subsidies under federal parameters and state-defined rules
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Public preschool and maternal labor supply: Evidence from the introduction of kindergartens into American public schools
A comparative analysis of the effect of the availability of public kindergarten programs on the employment patterns of women with five-year-old children, using data from the 1950 through 1990 Decennial Censuses
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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: State and Community Substudy: Final report
A study of ongoing changes in state and community policies for meeting the child care needs of low-income families as a result of welfare reform implementation, including child care subsidy use and expenditures from 1997 to 2001 and child care subsidy policies and their administration from 1999 to 2002, based on administrative records, policy manuals, and key informant interviews from 17 states and 25 communities
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Supporting family, friend and neighbor caregivers: Findings from a survey of state policies
An examination of state regulatory policies for kith and kin child care providers receiving government subsidies
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Getting organized: Unionizing home-based child care providers: 2010 update
An examination of statewide efforts between February 2007 and March 2010 to allow home-based child care workers, including licensed family child care providers and regulation-exempt family, friend, and neighbor caregivers receiving subsidies, to join unions
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State child care assistance policies 2011: Reduced support for families in challenging times
A study of changes to state child care assistance policies between February 2010 and February 2011 and between 2001 and February 2011, including changes to income eligibility limits, waiting lists, parent copayments, reimbursement rates, and assistance to parents searching for a job, based on a survey of state child care administrators
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State child care assistance policies 2010: New federal funds help states weather the storm
A study of changes to state child care assistance policies between February 2009 and February 2010, including changes to income eligibility limits, waiting lists, parent copayments, reimbursement rates, and assistance to parents searching for a job, based on a survey of state child care administrators
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Downward slide: State child care assistance policies 2012
A study of changes to state child care assistance policies between February 2011 and February 2012 and between 2001 and February 2012, including changes to income eligibility limits, waiting lists, parent copayments, reimbursement rates, and assistance to parents searching for a job, based on a survey of child care administrators in each state and the District of Columbia
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State child care assistance policies 2009: Most states hold the line, but some lose ground in hard times
A study of changes to state child care assistance policies from February 2008 to February 2009, 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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State child care assistance policies 2008: Too little progress for children and families
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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2011 market rate survey
A study of child care market rates and their geographic distribution across the state of New Mexico in 2011 by care type, child age, and quality rating and improvement system quality level, and also including information on percentage of children receiving subsidies, hours of operation, and waitlists, based on surveys from 807 licensed providers and 125 registered, non-relative home providers
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The economic impact of early care and education in New Mexico
An analysis of the economic role of the early care and education industry in New Mexico, in terms of individuals employed and spending on services, as well as its role in supporting other industries, parental labor force participation, and child development
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Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) report to Congress: Submitted January 2003
A report providing various state and federal information regarding the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF)
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A fragile foundation: State child care assistance policies
A report on state-level child care assistance policies and changes that have occurred between 1995 and 2001, examining the impact of policies on families' access to care and child care choices.
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Locked doors: States struggling to meet the child care needs of low-income working families
A study on the demand for affordable quality childcare in the United States
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Poised for shaping results-based early learning systems: A report on child care resource and referral in the United States
A national study of child care resource and referral agencies, including services provided to parents and providers, sources and levels of agency funding, and agency data collecting activities, based on a survey of state child care resource and referral agencies
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Child care: Recent state policy changes affecting the availability of assistance for low-income families
An examination of state policy developments affecting the availability of child care assistance for low-income families
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Tribal child care
An examination of Native American Tribal Child Care and Development Fund programs (CCDF), focusing on resource utilization and program operation
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Early care and education partnerships: State actions and local lessons
An inquiry into the nature and durability of partnerships between early childhood education and care providers and community organizations that support parents’ child care needs
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Child care choices, consumer education, and low-income families
A policy paper exploring issues surrounding child care choices, consumer advocacy and low-income families
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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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State policies impacting the participation of young children with medical needs in child care: A policy analysis conducted in connection with a developmental disabilities project of national significance
An analysis of state policies that affect the participation of children with special health care needs child care, based on interviews with child care program providers and state agency representatives
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Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes
Findings from a study examining current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, territories, and tribes, including descriptions of challenges faced by jurisdictions in conducting surveys, and methods of providing study data
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