July 31-August 2, 2007

This was a joint meeting of the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) State administrators and members of the Child Care Policy Research Consortium (CCPRC), a national alliance of research projects sponsored by the Child Care Bureau and the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation in the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to exchange new ideas and build partnerships across research and practice.

Materials from the conference, available below, include summaries of all plenary and breakout sessions for days 1 and 2, along with PowerPoint presentations and relevant handouts. Materials for Researchers' Day, the third day, include summaries of all presentations and discussions.

Note

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Contents

Plenary Sessions Day 1:

• Welcome and Federal Update

  • Summary (PDF 13 KB)

• Supporting Parent Choice and Access: State Strategies to Support Families

  • Summary (PDF 42 KB)

  • Child Care Decisions: What We Know About How Parents Make Child Care Decisions (PDF 223 KB)

  • The Role of Vouchers in Supporting Parent Choice in the Child Care Subsidy System (PDF 104 KB)

  • Making Child Care Subsidy Systems Work: State Strategies to Support Subsidy Access and Retention (PDF 234 KB)

  • Key Steps Child Care Subsidy Agencies Can Take to Improve Subsidy Access and Retention (PDF 30 KB)

  • Parental Choice and Provider's Access (PDF 468 KB)

Plenary Sessions Day 2:

• Linking Quality Indicators to Child Outcomes Across Age Groups and Child Care Settings: The Use of Quality Measures in Research Policy, and Practice

  • Summary (PDF 44 KB)

  • Measures of Quality: At the Intersection of Research, Practice, and Policy (PDF 232 KB)

  • Measures of Quality: At the Intersection of Research, Practice and Policy-Take Away Message (PDF 144 KB)

  • Predictors and Outcomes of Early Childhood Classroom Quality (PDF 152 KB)

  • Linking Quality Measures and Outcomes: The Case of Family Child Care (PDF 120 KB)

• Early Childhood Education: An Equal Opportunity Investment

  • Summary (PDF 32 KB)

Breakout sessions Day 1:

• Miniplenary: Research Tools for Achieving Program Goals

  • Summary (PDF 36 KB)

  • Child Care Research Strategies (PDF 72 KB)

  • EEC Supportive Childcare Expansion (PDF 424 KB)

• What About Quality Matters for Children's School Readiness?

  • Summary (PDF 40 KB)

  • What About Quality Matters for Children's School Readiness (PDF 928 KB)

• Balancing Access and Quality in Payment Policies

  • Summary (PDF 28 KB)

  • Balancing Access and Quality in Payment Policies (PDF 76 KB)

  • Quality-Based Rates: Concepts, Challenges, Opportunities (PDF 92 KB)

  • Market-Based and Publicly Managed Child Care Assistance: Role of Market Rate Surveys (PDF 226 KB)

  • Rates in Massachusetts (PDF 121 KB)

• Supporting Immigrant, Limited-English Families

  • Summary (PDF 42 KB)

  • Task Force on Quality Child Care for Immigrant Communities (PDF 135 KB)

  • US Department of Education: Early Childhood Education (PDF 1.44 MB)

  • Improving the Access & Responsiveness of Early Care & Education for Culturally & Linguistically Children & Families (PDF 226 KB)

• Policies That Support Continuity of Cares

  • Summary (PDF 36 KB)

• Inclusive Settings - Policy and Practices

  • Summary (PDF 36 KB)

  • Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Plans for FY 2006-2007: Subsidy Reimbursement Rates for Providers Serving Children With Special Needs (PDF 63 KB)

  • State Initiatives Regarding Inclusion of Children With Special Needs in Child Care (PDF 90 KB)

  • Quality Rating System Standards About the Inclusion of Children With Special Needs (PDF 79 KB)

  • Pediatricians in Partnerships Quality Early Care and Education (PDF 899 KB)

  • Virgin Islands Department of Human Services Office of Child Care and Regulatory Services (PDF 2.04 MB)

  • The Pyramid Model: Promoting Social Emotional Competence for ALL Young Children (PDF 786 KB)

  • Supporting Inclusive Placements Through Individualized Services and Rate Setting (PDF 218 KB)

  • Research Synthesis Points on Early Childhood Inclusion: What Do We Know? (PDF 166 KB)

• Public Assistance Reporting Information System Project

  • Summary (PDF 33 KB)

  • Public Assistance Reporting Information System: Paris Is Now for Kids! (PDF 242 KB)

• Miniplenary: Emerging Findings From the Evaluations of Three Models of Professional Development: Implementation, Contexts, and Outcomes

  • Summary (PDF 29 KB)

  • Preliminary Findings From the QUINCE Study: Quality Interventions for Early Care and Education (PDF 207 KB)

  • Right From Birth: A Model of Professional Development That Builds on the Science of Early Child Brain and Behavior Development (PDF 95 KB)

  • Developing Effective Early Childhood Teachers: Findings From Project Upgrade (PDF 126 KB)

• Aligning Quality Rating Systems and Professional Development Systems

  • Summary (PDF 37 KB)

  • Early Childhood Educators as E-Learners (PDF 4.2 MB)

  • Professional Development, Staff Qualifications, and/or Training Quality Criteria in Quality Rating Systems (PDF 236 KB)

  • Professional Development Systems: A Simplified Framework With State Examples (PDF 558 KB)

  • Quick Facts: Quality Rating Systems (PDF 1.25 MB)

• Strategies for Creating a More Efficient and Accessible Subsidy Program

  • Summary (PDF 23 KB)

  • Making Child Care Subsidy Systems Work: A Workshop on Strategies to Support Access and Retention of Subsidies (PDF 248 KB) (PDF 248 KB)

  • Pennsylvania: Strategies to Support Child Care Subsidy Access and Retention (PDF 1.13 MB)

• Improving Access to Quality Care for Infants and Toddlers: The Growing Body of Knowledge

  • Summary (PDF 26 KB)

  • Primary Child Care Arrangements of U.S. Infants at Nine Months of Age: Patterns of Utilization by Household Income, and Maternal Work Status and Schedule (PDF 80 KB)

  • Improving Access to Quality Care for Infants and Toddlers: The Growing Body of Knowledge (PDF 1.34 MB)

• Supporting Family Choices in Home-Based Child Care

  • Summary (PDF 36 KB)

  • Supporting Family Choices in Home-Based Care: The Kansas Approach (PDF 77 KB)

  • Supporting Family Choices in Home-Based Care: Approaches for Improving Child Care Quality (PDF 70 KB)

  • Supporting Family Choices in Home-Based Care: The California Approach (PDF 36 KB)

  • Care in the Home: Family Child Care Providers and the Families That Use Them (PDF 101 KB)

• Strengthening Vulnerable Families Through Early Care and Education

  • Summary (PDF 29 KB)

  • Strengthening Vulnerable Families Through Early Care and Education (PDF 43 KB)

  • The Strengthening Families Initiative (PDF 185 KB)

  • Strengthening Families Through Early Care and Education in New Hampshire (PDF 93 KB)

  • State Partnerships for Prevention (SPP) Project-Strengthening Families Arkansas (PDF 139 KB)

• Using Data To Track and Promote Outcomes for Children and Families

  • Summary (PDF 26 KB)

  • Using Data to Track and Promote Outcomes for Young Children With Disabilities (PDF 422 KB)

  • Kids Integrated Data System (KIDS): Who, What, and How (PDF 945 KB)

Breakout Sessions Day 2:

• Miniplenary: System - Building Across Programs

  • Summary (PDF 20 KB)

• Research-Based Quality Measures in Quality Rating Systems

  • Summary (PDF 22 KB)

• Supporting a Diverse, Stable, and Quality Early Childhood Workforce

  • Summary (PDF 16 KB)

• Meeting Mental Health Needs of Children

  • Summary (PDF 26 KB)

  • Meeting Mental Health Needs of Children: SAMI and CCPRC Institute (PDF 1.76 MB)

  • Meeting Mental Health Needs of Children: New Hampshire's Experience of Serving Children in Child Care Programs (PDF 97 KB)

  • Meeting Mental Health Needs of Children: Maryland's Early Childhood Mental Health Project (PDF 430 KB)

• Modeling Eligibility for Child Care Subsidy

  • Summary (PDF 33 KB)

  • The Early Education/Child Care Model (PDF 539 KB)

  • Modeling Eligibility for CCDF-Funded Subsidies With TRIM3 (PDF 30 KB)

• Parental Choice: Intersection Between Research and Policy

  • Summary (PDF 50 KB)

  • Parental Choice: A Review of Research (PDF 61 KB)

• Use of Administrative Data Systems for Program Monitoring, Research, and Evaluation

  • Summary (PDF 71 KB)

  • Use of Administrative Data for Research and Evaluation (PDF 400 KB)

  • South Carolina's Integrated Database: Changing Hearts and Minds With Data (PDF 1.46 MB)

  • Linking Administrative Data and the Types of Questions These Data Can Address: How to Get Your Feet Wet (PDF 139 KB)

• Miniplenary: Strategies to Prevent Childhood Obesity and Promote Healthy Development for Children in Child Care

  • Summary (PDF 40 KB)

  • Nutrition and Physical Activity in Child Care: The NAP SACC Program (PDF 458 KB)

  • Opportunities for Promoting Healthy Weight Gain in Child Care (PDF 709 KB)

  • Head Start "I am Moving, I am Learning" Obesity Prevention Program and Implementation Evaluation (PDF 276 KB)

• Changing Practice Through Professional Development

  • Summary (PDF 28 KB)

  • Changing Practice Through Professional Development (PDF 1.4 MB)

  • National Child Care Information Center Resource List (PDF 709 KB)

  • Elements of a Professional Development System for Early Care and Education: A Simplified Framework (PDF 180 KB)

  • Early Childhood Professional Development: What We Know and Don't Know (PDF 67 KB)

• Choosing Quality Indicators for Quality Rating Systems and Other Quality Improvement Initiatives

  • Summary (PDF 37 KB)

  • Pennsylvania: Early Learning Keys to Quality (PDF 475 KB)

  • The Tennessee Report Card and Star-Quality Child Care Program (PDF 169 KB)

  • Step Up To Quality Info Session (PDF 170 KB)

• New Research and Administrator Perspectives on the Characteristics and Experiences of Providers in the Subsidy System

  • Summary (PDF 27 KB)

  • Child Care Providers & the Subsidy System: A Study of 5 Counties (PDF 175 KB)

  • New Research and Administrator Perspectives on the Characteristics and Experiences of Providers in the Subsidy System; New Jersey's Response (PDF 50 KB)

• Parental Perspectives Concerning Child Care for Children With Special Needs

  • Summary (PDF 16 KB)

  • Access to Child Care for Children With Emotional or Behavioral Challenges: An Essential Element of Family Support (PDF 209 KB)

  • Great Child Care Includes Everyone (PDF 485 KB)

• Child Care and Development Fund Program Performance Measures

  • Summary (PDF 32 KB)

  • Oregon's Measurement of Child Care System Performance: Linking Accountability and Planning (PDF 221 KB)

  • Using Performance Measures for Program Improvement (PDF 173 KB)

  • Using Performance Measures to Monitor Core Functions: NY Office of Children and Family Services (PDF 30 KB)

• School-Age Care Collaborations

  • Summary (PDF 30 KB)

  • Maine After School Network (PDF 17 KB)

  • Connecticut After School Collaborations (PDF 28 KB)

Researchers' Day Meeting

• Processing the 2007 Joint SAMI/CCPRC Sessions

  • Summary (PDF 30 KB)

• Panel on Unionization

  • Summary (PDF 45 KB)

• Measurement Issues in Our Child Care Research: The Cutting-Edge Questions

  • Summary (PDF 39 KB)

• Quality, Access, and Choice of Care as They Relate to Parental Outcomes: What Kind of Research Do We Need?

  • Summary (PDF 23 KB)

• Working Lunch: Universal Pre-Kindergarten and Sustaining Interest in Issues Around Child Care

  • Summary (PDF 27 KB)