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America After 3PM: Special report on summer: Missed opportunities, unmet demand
Afterschool Alliance, May 2010
Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance.

A study of the summer child care arrangements of kindergarten through grade 12 students during the summer of 2008, based on a survey of nearly 30,000 households

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The Beacon Community Centers middle school initiative: Report on implementation and youth experience in the initiative's second year
Russell, Christina A., May 2010
New York: New York Department of Youth and Community Development.

An account of the implementation of the Beacon Community Centers, an after school initiative targeted at children in the fifth through eighth grade at 80 sites in New York City, and an examination of the engagement of youth participants

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Chemung County school readiness project: Prekindergarten assessment community report: 2009-2010 ECERS-R results
Taylor, Crystal, September 2010
(Number T10-001). Rochester, NY: Children's Institute.

An assessment of the classroom quality of prekindergarten programs in Chemung County, New York

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Child Care and Development Fund: Undercover tests show five state programs that are vulnerable to fraud and abuse
United States. Government Accountability Office, September 2010
(GAO-10-1062). Washington, DC: United States, Government Accountability Office.

Findings from an undercover investigation of the vulnerabilities of states' fraud prevention controls for child care assistance eligibility and billing in 5 states, and an inquiry into the influence of a lack of child care on the ability of parents to maintain employment

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Child care in rural areas: Top challenges
Smith, Linda K., 09 July, 2010
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.

An examination of child care challenges facing child care providers and parents in rural areas, based on survey responses from child care resource and referral agencies in 42 states

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Child care setting affects salivary cortisol and antibody secretion in young children
Watamura, Sarah, September 2010
Psychoneuroendocrinology, 35(8), 1156-1166

A study of the relationship of illness frequency to both cortisol levels and antibody secretions, measured several times throughout each day and both at home and at child care, in a sample of 65 children from upstate New York

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Child-feeding practices and child overweight perceptions of family day care providers caring for preschool-aged children
Brann, Lynn S., September-October 2010
Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 24(5), 312-317

A study of the relationship between demographic background and child feeding practices and a second study of the relationship between child feeding practices and child weight perceptions, based on data from 123 family child care providers in New York who care for children between 2- and 5-years-old

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Children's classroom engagement and school readiness gains in prekindergarten
Chien, Nina C., September/October 2010
Child Development, 81(5), 1534-1549

A study of the relationship between child engagement in public prekindergarten classrooms and school readiness gains, based on data from 2,751 children from the Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten and the State-Wide Early Education Programs Study (SWEEP)

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Classroom academic and social context: Relationships among emergent literacy, behavioural functioning and teacher curriculum goals in kindergarten
Massetti, Greta M., April 2010
Early Child Development and Care, 180(3), 359-375

A study of the relationship between both the literacy skills and behavior of kindergarteners and the level of emphasis of each skill in the classroom curricula, based on data from a longitudinal study of 162 former Head Start children attending 54 kindergarten classrooms on Long Island

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A compilation of initiatives to support home-based child care
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, March 31, 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

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 2010
Clothier, Steffanie, April, 2010
Denver, CO: National Conference of State Legislatures.

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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Employed rural, low-income, single mothers' family and work over time
Son, Seohee, March 2010
Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 31(1), 107-120

A study of perceptions of difficulties and challenges of balancing family, child care, and work responsibilities, based on a secondary analysis of interview data with of 28 rural, low-income, continuously employed, and single mothers across 11 states over three waves of data collection between 1999 and 2003, who took part in the longitidunal Rural Families Speak Project

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Engaging older youth: Program and city-level strategies to support sustained participation in out-of-school time
Deschenes, Sarah, April 2010
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Family Research Project.

A study of the characteristics of out-of-school time (OST) programs that sustained the participation and retention of middle and high school students, and an examination of strategies used in city-level initiatives to promote OST program participation, based on survey and in-depth interview data collected from programs in San Francisco; Washington, DC; Chicago; New York City; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Providence, Rhode Island

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Evaluation of the 4-H Science Initiative: Year 2 implementation study
LaFleur, Jennifer Johnson, November, 2010
Chevy Chase, MD: National 4-H Council.

An evaluation of 4-H Science, an initiative to increase 4-H science, technology, engineering, and applied math program offerings, that examines state-level implementation of 4-H Science and characteristics of successful 4-H Science programs, based on interviews with state and county 4-H leaders

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Getting organized: Unionizing home-based child care providers: 2010 update
Blank, Helen, June 2010
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

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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Greater Rochester After School Alliance (GRASA) after-school assessment: 2009-10 fifth annual report
Taylor, Crystal, September 2010
(Number T10-003). Rochester, NY: Children's Institute.

An annual report of the quality of after school programs in Rochester, New York, based on program observations

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Hours of opportunity: Vol. 1. Lessons from five cities on building systems to improve after-school, summer school, and other out-of-school time programs
Bodilly, Susan, 2010
(MG-1037-WF). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.

A study of the planning and early progress of initiatives to build out-of-school time systems in the cities of Boston, Chicago, New York City, Providence, Rhode Island, and Washington, DC

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Hours of opportunity: Vol. 2. The power of data to improve after-school programs citywide
McCombs, Jennifer Sloan, 2010
(MG-1037/1-WF). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.

A study of the use of management information systems in out-of-school time systems in Denver, Colorado, Louisville, Kentucky, and San Francisco, and in initiatives in Boston, Chicago, New York City, Providence, Rhode Island, and Washington, DC

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Hours of opportunity: Vol. 3. Profiles of five cities improving after-school programs through a systems approach
McCombs, Jennifer Sloan, 2010
(TR-882-WF). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.

In-depth case studies of initiatives to build out-of-school time systems in the cities of Boston, Chicago, New York City, Providence, Rhode Island, and Washington, DC

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Impact of maternal posttraumatic stress disorder and depression following exposure to the September 11 attacks on preschool children's behavior
Chemtob, Claude M., July/August 2010
Child Development, 81(4), 1129-1141

A comparison of parents' and preschool teachers' ratings of both preschool children’s behavioral problems and risk for behavioral problems between groups of children with mothers with depression, depression combined with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or neither, based on data collected from 113 children and parents living or attending preschool or child care in Lower Manhattan on September 11, 2001

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Improving supports for parents of young children: State-level initiatives
Higgins, Louisa B., September 2010
New York: National Center for Children in Poverty.

A discussion of the correlation between parenting quality and children's outcomes, an overview of parenting support initiatives in four states, and recommendations to guide the development of state-level parenting support programs

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Making quality count: Lessons from the Ready by 21 Quality Counts initiative
Yohalem, Nicole, October, 2010
Washington, DC: Forum for Youth Investment.

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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Partners in Family Child Care: 2009-2010 year 2 report
Peterson, Shira May, December 2010
Rochester, NY: Children's Institute.

Findings from the second year of the implementation of Partners in Family Child Care, an initiative to improve the early literacy and socioemotional outcomes of children in family child care, based on data from 60 urban family child care providers in Rochester, New York

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Professional development for the infant/toddler early care and education workforce
National Infant & Toddler Child Care Initiative (U.S.), August, 2010
Washington, DC: National Infant & Toddler Child Care Initiative.

A proposal of a framework for the coordination and development of a professional development system (PDS) for early educators of infants and toddlers, based on examples from state initiatives of professional development programs

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Rochester After-School Academy 21st Century Community Learning Centers 2009-2010 program quality assessment
Brugger, Lauri, September 2010
(Number T10-002). Rochester, NY: Children's Institute.

Findings from an assessment of the quality of 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) after school programs, based on data for 15 Rochester After-School Academy (RASA) programs in Rochester, New York

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