March 8-11, 2005

The Child Care Policy Research Consortium is a national alliance of research projects sponsored by the Child Care Bureau in the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Consortium's purpose is to help the Child Care Bureau increase the national capacity for sound child care research, identify and respond to critical issues, and link child care research with policy and practice.

The annual Child Care Policy Research Consortium Meeting was held on March 8-11, 2005, in Baltimore, MD. Materials from the conference, including summaries of sessions, PowerPoint presentations, posters and handouts are now available. To view a description of each session and relevant materials click on the links below.

Notes

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• Agenda (PDF 1MB)

• Plenaries

  • Frontiers in the Linkage of Child Care with Other Systems and Services

  • Measurement, Assessment and Outcomes

  • The Intersection of Child Care and Low-Wage Employment

  • Moving Forward, Thinking Creatively: Where are the Frontiers for Child Care Research?

• Breakout Sessions

  • Session 1: Assessments and Measures that Support Linkages Among Early Care and Education Programs

  • Session 2: Issues in the Linkage of Child Care, Mental Health, Health and Special Interventions

  • Session 3: Linkages Among Employment, Workplace Policies, and Child and Family Well-Being

  • Session 4: Implementation Issues in Evaluation of Quality Initiatives

  • Session 5: Issues in Measuring Quality in Home-Based Settings

  • Session 6: What are we Learning About the Relationship Between Subsidy and Welfare-to-Work Systems and Policies, and the Child Care Employment Patterns of Low-Income Parents?

  • Session 7: Defining and Measuring Content of Professional Development

  • Session 8: What Child Care Arrangements Do Low-Income Parents Use? How Do State Policies and Programs Affect Their Choices?

  • Session 9: Assessment of School Readiness and Child Outcomes in Preschool

  • Session 10: State-Level Assessments of Quality Rating Systems

  • Session 11: Linking Data From Different State Systems

  • Session 12: Getting Stability: Understanding and Measuring the Dynamics of Child Care Arrangements

• Posters

• Supplementary Materials

• Research in Progress

Plenaries

Plenary: Frontiers in the Linkage of Child Care with Other Systems and Services

• Summary (PDF 120K)

• Ramey, Craig T. Chart (JPG 944K)

• Knitzer, Jane. Research Policy and Practice: The Challenge of Early Childhood Mental Health (PPT 187K); Linkages Between Child Care and Mental Health: Challenges and Opportunities (PPT 164K)

Plenary: Measurement, Assessment, and Outcomes

• Summary (PDF 120K)

• Zaslow, Martha. The Connection Between Research and Policy: Quality Rating Systems (PPT 158K)

• Edie, David. From Research to Policy: Quality Rating Systems (PPT 158K)

Plenary: The Intersection of Child Care and Low-Wage Employment

• Summary (PDF 116K)

• Presser, Harriet B. Working in a 24/7 Economy: Challenges for American Families (PPT 1.3 MB)

• Han, Wen-Jui. Implications of Nonstandard Work Schedules to Child Well-Being (PPT 1.4 MB)

Plenary: Moving Forward, Thinking Creatively: Where are the Frontiers for Child Care Research

• Summary (PDF 120K)

• Brandon, Richard. Summary of Linkage Track, 3-11-05 (PPT 9K)

Breakout Sessions

Session 1: Assessments and Measures that Support Linkages Among Early Care and Education Programs

• Summary (PDF 108K)

Session 2: Issues in the Linkage of Child Care, Mental Health, Health and Special Interventions

• Summary (PDF 108K)

• Dayton-Fitzgerald, Mary Ann. Early Childhood Consultation Partnership (PPT 254K)

Session 3: Linkages Among Employment, Workplace Policies, and Child and Family Well-Being

• Summary (PDF 92K)

Session 4: Implementation Issues in Evaluation of Quality Initiatives

• Summary (PDF 104K)

Session 5: Issues in Measuring Quality in Home-Based Settings

• Summary (PDF 100K)

• Maxwell, Kelly. Adaptation of the CC-HOME (Bradley, Caldwell, & Corwyn, 2003) for use in the Longitudinal Study of Legal, Unregulated Family Child Care Providers (PDF 52K) and A Longitudinal Study of Legal, Unregulated Family Child Care Providers Who Participate in the Child Care Subsidy Program (PDF 52K)

• Porter, Toni. Supporting Family, Friend and Neighbor Caregivers: Findings from a Survey of State Policies (PPT 8K)

Session 6: What are we Learning About the Relationship Between Subsidy and Welfare-to-Work Systems and Policies, and the Child Care and Employment Patterns of Low-Income Parents?

• Summary (PDF 108K)

• Adams, Gina. The Relationship Between Subsidy and Welfare-To-Work Systems and Policies, and the Child Care and Employment Patterns of Low-Income Parents (PPT 46K)

• Jordan, Lucy. Child Care Subsidies & Entry to Employment Following Childbirth (PPT 15K)

• Schexnayder, Deanna. The Texas Child Care Subsidy Program After Devolution to the Local Level (PPT 6K)

• Gennetian, Lisa. How Policies Toward Low Income Families Shape Child Care Use (PPT 49K)

Session 7: Defining and Measuring Content of Professional Development

• Summary (PDF 108K)

Session 8: What Child Care Arrangements Do Low-Income Parents Use? How Do State Policies and Programs Affect Their Choices?

• Summary (PDF 96K)

Session 9: Assessment of School Readiness and Child Outcomes in Preschool

• Summary (PDF 104K)

• Maxwell, Kelly. School Readiness Assessment (PPT 120K)

• Weinraub, Marsha. Selecting Specific Instruments for Testing Young Children (PPT 22K)

Session 10: State Level Assessments of Quality Rating Systems

• Summary (PDF 104K)

Session 11: Linking Data From Different State Systems

• Summary (PDF 100K)

• Sweet, Alan. Wisconsin Data Sharing Project (PDF K)

Session 12: Getting Stability: Understanding and Measuring the Dynamics of Child Care Arrangements

• Summary (PDF 100K)

Posters

• Adams, Gina, and Rohacek, Monica. Child Care Providers and the Subsidy System. (PDF 966K)

• Adams, Gina, and Rohacek, Monica. Understanding Quality in Context: Child Care Providers, Markets, Communities and Policy. (PPT 14K)

• Bromer, Juliet. Ways of Caring: How Providers Across Settings Describe Their Care of Children and Parents. (PPT 11K)

• Bryant, Donna. QUINCE-PFI: Quality Interventions for Early Care and Education, Partnerships for Inclusion Model. (PPT 34K)

• Clark, Douglas, and Hatt-Michael, Diana. Making the Most of Connections: Illinois License-Exempt Child Care Providers' Use of Information About Early Care and Education. (PDF 714K)

• Elicker, James. Associations Between Child Care Quality and Developmental Outcomes of Children in Low-Income Working Families in Four Communities. (PPT 146K)

• Gable, Sara, and Chang, Yiting. The Impact of Cash Incentives on Early Childhood Workforce Development and Program Quality. (PPT 9K)

• King, Eden. How Organizations Can Help Child Care Work: Reducing Incidences and Consequences of Child Care Disruptions. (PPT 32K)

• Laughlin, Lynda. Working Mothers, Child Care Usage, and The Community Context. (PPT 1.2MB)

• Lim, Youngok. Asymmetric Information and The Child Care Market. (PDF 190K)

• Marshall, Nancy, et al. New England Cost and Quality Studies. (PPT 88K)

• Oldham, Erin. Massachusetts Assessment Tool Project. (JPEG 1.5MB)

• Porter, Toni. Supporting Family, Friend and Neighbor Caregivers: Findings From a Survey of State Policies. (PPT 5K)

• Raikes, Helen H., and Scott, Jackie. Quality Rating Systems: A Study of Differing Models and Methodologies. (PPT 31K)

• Rigby, Elizabeth, Tarrant, Kate, Kagan, Sharon Lynn, and Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne. State Policy Variation: Common Approaches to Early Care and Education (ECE) Policy. (PDF 566K)

• Robeson, Wendy Wagner, and Roberts, Joanne. Massachusetts Early Care and Education and School Readiness Study. (PPT 17K)

• Schexnayder, Deanna. The Devolution of Subsidized Child Care in Texas and Its Relation to Provider Turnover: How Long Does A Typical Provider Survive in the Child Care Business? (PPT 305K)

• Schexnayder, Deanna. An Interdisciplinary Approach to Research on Subsidized Child Care: Econometric Models That Draw on Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. (PPT 1.2MB)

• Schilder, Diane, Chauncey, Benjamin, Smith, Ashley, Miller, Candy, and Skiffington, Sheila. Child Care Quality Study: Does Partnering With Head Start Make a Difference? (PPT 49K)

• Southwick, Rod. Massachusetts Early Care and Education Data Warehouse. (JPEG 789K)

• Ward, Helen, Morris, Lisa, Atkins, Julie, and Herrick, Angela. Child Care and Children With Special Needs: Challenges for Low Income Families. (PPT 75K)

• Ward, Helen, Yoon, Sun Young, and Oldham, Erin. Children at Risk in the Child Welfare System: Collaborations To Promote School Readiness. (PPT 12K)

• Warner, Mildred. Economic Development Strategies to Promote Quality Child Care. (PDF 2.4MB)

• Weber, Roberta. Measuring Child Care Stability: A Study of the Relationship of Child Care Stability Measures Using Oregon Child Care Subsidy Data. (PPT 121K)

Supplementary Materials

• Agenda - Overview (PDF 313K)

• Participant List (PDF 140K)

• CCPRC Biographies (PDF 143K)

• Meeting Overview (PDF 88K)

• Child Care Bureau (CCB)

  • ACF Key Priorities (PDF 880K)

  • CCB Staff List (PDF 886K)

  • CCTA Network (PDF 177K)

  • Child Care and Development Fund (PDF 534K)

  • Conference Mangement Center Staff List (PDF 872K)

  • NCCIC (PDF 976K)

  • NCCIC Online Library (PDF 238K)

  • NCCIC website (PDF 1.4MB)

• Poster Sessions

  • Poster Description Master List (PDF 182K)

  • Research Consortium 2005 Poster List (PDF 69K)

  • Posters

• Research Connections (PDF 3.9MB)