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Children in the States (Data from 2008) Language: English
Description: This website provides state and national data on children. Data is provided for each individual state as well as some national comparisons and rankings of states in areas such as low birthweight, infant mortality, immunizations, and poverty.
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ChildWelfare.com Language: English
Publisher: Child Welfare Research Institute (2009)
Description: This Web site offers a variety of information on child welfare topics. Sections on adoption, foster care, and abuse are included as well as "report cards" for child welfare in each state.
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National Center for Children in Poverty Language: English
Publisher: National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) (2009)
Description: This website provides information on identifying and promoting strategies that prevent child poverty in the United States and that improves the lives of low-income children and families.
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National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center (NCCIC) Language: English
Publisher: Child Care Bureau (CCB), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services (2009)
Description: The NCCIC, a service of the Child Care Bureau, is a national clearinghouse and technical assistance (TA) center that provides comprehensive child care information resources and TA services to Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Administrators and other key stakeholders. This Web site provides information and resources for child care providers, parents, and community. There are publications on a variety of topics and an individual section on child care topics.
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National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY) Language: Spanish, English
Publisher: National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY) (2009)
Description: NICHCY (formerly called National Information Center for Handicapped Children and Youth) is the national information and referral center that provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues for families, educators, and other professionals. Their special focus is children and youth (birth to age 22). The Web site is available in Spanish by following a link from the home page.
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State Child Care Profiles Language: English
Publisher: NCCIC (2007)
Description: This Web site provides state profiles including demographic information about the children, families and child care in each state, as well as contact information for different state agencies involved in child care. The profiles also contain links to additional state and national resources.
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A Comparison Study of Nevada Child Care Regulations and the National Health and Safety Standards for Child Care Programs Land Grant Institution or Extension Resource

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Language: English
Author: Thomas, Dawn
Publisher: Illinois Early Childhood Asset Map Project University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012)
Description: Illinois faces the challenge of connecting data from disparate systems that contain demographic data and information related to young children and their families to help assess the needs of Illinois families. This report is divided into three parts, delineated by guiding questions; “What are the demographics of children and their families in Illinois?”, “What services are young children receiving?”, and “What do we know about the quality and eﬀectiveness of programs?” Data was collected to answer these questions and to provide needed next steps.
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Building Strong Systems of Support for Young Children’s Mental Health: Key Strategies for States and a Planning Tool Language: English
Author: Smith, Sheila
Publisher: National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) (June 2011)
Description: This report describes key strategies for creating a comprehensive system of supports for young children’s mental health and provides examples from states using these strategies. It also includes a tool that state planners can use to assess progress and plan steps toward building a strong system of early childhood mental health supports.
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CDC's State-based Nutrition and Physical Activity Program to Prevent Obesity Land Grant Institution or Extension Resource

Language: English
Description: Created in 1999, CDC's Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (DNPAO) currently funds 25 states to address the problems of obesity and other chronic diseases through statewide efforts coordinated with multiple partners. The program's primary focus is to create policy and environmental changes that will improve the health of places where Americans live, work, learn, and play. working to build lasting and comprehensive efforts to address obesity and other chronic diseases through a variety of nutrition and physical activity strategies.
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Charting Progress for Babies in Child Care: Expand Monitoring and Technical Assistance Language: English
Author: Lim, Teresa
Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) (June 2011)
Description: CLASP's Charting Progress for Babies in Child Care project links research to policy ideas and examples that support the healthy growth and development of infants and toddlers in child care settings. The project provides resources to help states make the best decisions for infants and toddlers in child care. This recommendation discusses monitoring and technical assistance for programs that provide care to infants and toddlers. Resources are included.
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Child Care and Development Fund: Report of State and Territory Plans FY 2006-2007 Language: English
Publisher: Child Care Bureau, U.S. Dept. HHS (2006)
Description: The report describes policies that state Lead Agencies have implemented to help low-income families pay for child care and to improve the quality and supply of child care. This report offers useful information for policymakers and leaders in the child care field as they plan and launch innovative approaches to respond to the needs of our nation's children and families. This report summarizes information in the biennial plans submitted by States and Territories (Lead Agencies) and approved by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) for the period beginning October 1, 2005, and ending September 30, 2007.
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Child Care and Early Education Legislative Update: 2007 Language: English
Publisher: National Conference of State Legislatures (March 2008)
Description: In this report you will find a comprehensive look at state legislative activity that NCSL has tracked for the 2007 legislative sessions on child care and early education. The first section provides links to highlights of legislation and summaries of all state's enacted legislation. The second section provides information about proposed legislation from the beginning of the legislative sessions in 2007.
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Child Care Lasts a Lifetime - Supporting Quality Child Care: What Should We Do? Land Grant Institution or Extension Resource

Language: English
Author: Oesterreich, Lesia
Publisher: Iowa State University Extension (2006)
Description: This newsbrief provides information from 12 community forums conducted in the fall, 2005, with more than 300 Iowans. The participants discussed three policy approaches for helping communities enhance the quality of child care: • increasing government regulation • informing and educating parents • supporting parental care. At the conclusion of the forums, participants shared ideas about actions they planned to take.
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Child Care Oversight: Assuring Safety, Health and Learning in Early Care and Education Services Language: English
Publisher: Citizens Committee for Children (2004)
Description: A study of the monitoring and oversight of center based and family child care in New York City, focusing on licensing, staffing, facilities, health and safety, with quality enhancement recommendations for city and state agencies.
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Child Care Subsidy Policies and Practices: Implications for Child Care Providers Language: English
Author: Adams, Gina
Publisher: The Urban Institute (2003)
Description: This brief (and the larger report upon which it is based) takes initial steps toward filling the gap in our knowledge of child care providers and how they experience the subsidy system, and the effects of subsidy policies and practices on provider’s willingness and ability to participate. These issues are particularly important because one of the cornerstones of the federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) is the principle that families receiving subsidies should have “equal access” to child care that is comparable to the care available to nonsubsidized children.
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Child Care, Parents, & Work: The Economic Role of Child Care in Iowa Language: English
Author: Kathlene, Larson
Publisher: Iowa State University Extension (2005)
Description: This report examines child care usage patterns for the two types of families: households with a youngest child under 5 years of age and households with a youngest child aged 5 to 12 years. The report points to the significance of child care costs for families and the child care industry. Nearly half of parents with a youngest child under 5 years do not agree that child care in their community is affordable. Yet, reports from child care directors and family child care providers point to the delicate balance the child care industry is currently facing as it attempts to maintain and improve the quality of care, while meeting parents’ demands for cost of care that fits the household budget.
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Children of Immigrants: National and State Characteristics Land Grant Institution or Extension Resource

Language: English
Author: Fortuny, Karina
Publisher: Urban Institute (May 2009)
Description: This brief describes the national and state characteristics of children of immigrants based on recent American Community Survey data. Since children of immigrants account for almost a quarter (24 percent) of children under age 5, their share in the school-age population will increase, with important implications for education policy. In addition, children of immigrants' poverty and low-income rates vary across states, highlighting the importance of state and local policies in promoting children's well-being. Also see the accompanying Urban Institute's interactive Children of Immigrants Data Tool, http://capwiz.com/naeyc/utr/1/CQFLMBCQVP/COCZMBCQZT/4690456521.
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Climbing the Ladder of Reading Proficiency: Atlanta Civic Site Language: English
Publisher: The Annie E. Casey Foundation (2012)
Description: This report tells how a group of parents, educators, community-based service providers, funders, and education experts created the Dunbar Learning Complex with the goal of permanently changing the path of children living in poverty. This unique educational model was launched in January 2010. Since then, 374 children, ages six weeks to PreK, have enrolled at the ELLRC and 385 are currently enrolled at Dunbar Elementary School, an Atlanta public school serving children from kindergarten through fifth grade. The report shares the impact of those efforts on children and their parents, two years later.
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Comparison of Financial Incentives in State’s Quality Improvement and Rating Systems Language: English
Author: Kerr, Kristen
Publisher: Alliance for Early Childhood Finance (2008)
Description: This document compares the quality improvement and rating systems in 12 states and the District of Columbia. It includes specifics on each program and links to their websites.
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Comparison of Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) with Department of Defense Standards for Quality Language: English
Author: Kendall, Rosemary
Publisher: National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (NACCRRA) (August 2009)
Description: In this report, NACCRRA examines Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) standards for child care centers and family child care homes in the 19 states with state-wide QRIS to provide information about which QRIS level (or levels) in each state meet U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) criteria for quality. Appendix A includes state by state comparisons of QRIS and DoD Standards. The document includes recommendations for states as they explore, design, implement or modify their quality rating and improvement systems. A Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) is a comprehensive approach to improving quality for children in child care and other early education settings. Similarly, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has used a systems approach to ensure quality for children in military child care.
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Comprehensive Obesity Prevention in Early Childhood: Promising Federal and State Initiatives Language: English
Author: Banghart , Patti
Publisher: National Center for Children in Poverty- Columbia University (March 2012)
Description: This report presents a range of early childhood obesity prevention initiatives to inform states of ways they can build strong cross-system efforts to reduce childhood obesity rates. The report includes information on: the scope of the childhood obesity challenge in the U.S.; early care and education initiatives to prevent obesity; innovative state efforts; obesity prevention strategies in other early childhood systems; and state policy recommendations.
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Continuity and stability: Dynamics of child care subsidy use in Oregon Language: English
Publisher: National Center for Children in Poverty (2002)
Description: A comparative study of child care subsidy programs in five states, focusing on length of subsidy receipt and provider stability for Oregon families, compared to those in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Texas.
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Early Care and Education: Realizing a Collective Vision Language: English
Author: Traill, Saskia
Publisher: NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND LAW CENTER (2005)
Description: National Economic Development and Law Center worked in California, Minnesota, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio, Illinois, and Hawai’i and partnered with a number of national organizations to replicate the model originally developed in California. The model educates policymakers, business and civic leaders and economic development professionals about the importance of early care and education. By engaging these stakeholders in an on-going, collaborative dialogue, the model serves as a catalyst for systemic change in investment strategies and programs to grow and sustain the formal early care and education industry
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Early Childhood Care and Education: What are States Doing? Family Impact Seminars Language: English
Publisher: University of Wisconsin-Extension (2002)
Description: This resource contains briefing reports and articles summarizing the seminar. Family Impact Seminars are a series of seminars, briefing reports, newsletters, and discussion sessions that provide up-to-date, solution-oriented research on current issues for state policymakers, legislators, legislative staff, Governor's Office staff, legislative support bureau personnel, and state agency representatives. Family Impact Seminars analyze the consequences an issue, policy, or program may have for families.
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Early Childhood Education for All: A Wise Investment Language: English
Publisher: Legal Momentum's Family Initiative & MIT Workplace Center (April 2005)
Description: Recommendations arising from “The Economic Impacts of Child Care and Early Education: Financing Solutions for the Future” a conference sponsored by Legal Momentum’s Family Initiative and the MIT Workplace Center.
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Early Childhood State Policy Profiles Language: English
Publisher: National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) (2011)
Description: NCCP has recently updated their Early Childhood State Policy Profiles, which provide a comprehensive view of state policies in the areas of health, early care and education, parenting and economic supports affecting the health and well-being of young children in low-income families. Includes state by state data in a searchable database.
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Early Childhood Supports in New Mexico: Challenges and Opportunities Language: English
Publisher: New Mexico Voices for Children (2010)
Description: For many children, New Mexico is a difficult place to grow up. This newsbrief provides information on the challenges of being a child in New Mexico and what it being done to support children. Several agencies, from state-level departments to nonprofit advocacy groups, are working toward better outcomes for New Mexico’s youngest residents through improvements in direct services and public policies.
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Early Learning and the Early Grades Language: English
Publisher: Education Commission of the States (2010)
Description: The website for the Education Commission of the States provides information on early learning and the early grades. This issue site is dedicated to issues relating to learning and development of children from birth to age 8.
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Early Learning Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers: Recommendations for States Language: English
Publisher: Zero to Three (2008)
Description: ZERO TO THREE presents recommendations to assist states in creating or revising Early learning Guidelines for infants and Toddlers (ElG/iTs). These guidelines consist of “widely accepted expectations for learning” for children from birth to three.
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Effects of a School-Based, Early Childhood Intervention on Adult Health and Well-being Language: English
Author: Reynolds, Arthur
Publisher: Journal of the American Medical Association (2007)
Description: This article describes a follow-up study of children from the Child-Parent Center at age 24 years to assess CPC program links with measures of educational attainment, economic status, crime, health status and behavior, and mental health. The study looks at the impact on children as they reached the third decade, examines direct measures of health status and behavior including health insurance coverage, substance use, and out-of-home placement. It also investigates the effects of intervention variance by child and family characteristics.
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Estimated Participation and Hours in Early Care and Education by Type of Arrangement and Income at Ages 2 to 4 in 2010 Language: English
Author: Barnett, W. Steven
Publisher: National Institute for Early Education Research (December 2012)
Description: This working paper by estimates participation in early childhood education programs by child’s age, program setting, family income level, and child’s household language. By combining data from the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (CPS), the National Household Education Survey (NHES), and information collected by NIEER for the State of Preschool Yearbook, their estimates provide a detailed look at primary and secondary care arrangements for children ages 2 to 4 in 2010.
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Geography Matters: Child Well-Being in the States Language: Spanish, English
Author: Various,
Publisher: Every Child Matters Education Fund (April 2008)
Description: The Every Child Matters Education Fund just published a report explaining how a child's geographical location can affect that child's well-being. The report highlights the large gaps among states on a wide variety of child well-being indicators.
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Getting and retaining child care assistance: How policy and practice influence parents experiences Language: English
Author: Adams, Gina
Publisher: Urban Institute (2002)
Description: A study of parents' interaction with the child care subsidy system and how state and local subsidy policies and practices affect parents' experiences. Particular attention is paid to the process of applying for and retaining subsidies.
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Getting Organized: Unionizing Home-Based Child Care Providers Language: English
Author: Chalfie, Deborah
Publisher: The National Women’s Law Center (February 2007)
Description: The authors of this report highlight how communities benefit when workers join unions. The report focuses on three states where home-based child care providers have joined unions, and have used their political power to advocate for increased wages and improved working conditions.
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Head Start by the Numbers: 2008 PIR Profile Language: English
Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy (2009)
Description: CLASP has created state fact sheets analyzing Head Start Program Information Report (PIR) data for 2008, which all grantees are required to report annually to the federal government. Each profile includes all Head Start programs in the state: Early Head Start, Head Start preschool, American Indian and Alaskan Native Head Start, and Migrant/Seasonal Head Start. More specifically, the information includes data on participants, families, staff, and programs. This URL will provide the information for all programs in the US. Go to CLASP's In the States to read the fact sheet for your state (http://www.clasp.org/in_the_states/).
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Healthy Birth Day Language: English
Publisher: Healthy Birth Day (2009)
Description: Healthy Birth Day is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, dedicated to the prevention of stillbirth and infant death through education, advocacy, and support. This group was instrumental in initiating the Iowa Stillbirth Surveillance Project which is currently collecting data on stillbirths and infant deaths in Iowa. They also support the Parent-to-Parent Network for parents who have lost infants to stillbirth or infant deaths.
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Horizons for Homeless Children Language: English
Publisher: Horizons for Homelesss Children (2009)
Description: This is the website of Horizons for Homeless Children whose mission is to improve the lives of homeless children and their families in MA. We provide homeless children in Massachusetts with the nurturing, stimulation and opportunities for early education and play that all children need to learn and grow in healthy ways. Horizons for Homeless Children improves the lives of homeless children by providing early care and education in our Community Children's Centers, creating Playspaces (recreational spaces) in shelters throughout Massachusetts and recruiting thousands of volunteers to help us in our efforts. Horizons for Homeless Children is a leader in advocating for homeless children and their families. At the local, state and federal levels, we promote and support policies that will benefit homeless children and families. We also share our knowledge and expertise with other service providers.
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Improving and Rating the Quality of Early Care and Education in Florida Language: English
Author: Mitchell, Anne
Publisher: Alliance for Early Childhood Finance (June 2007)
Description: The Policy Group for Florida’s Families and Children commissioned this issue brief to offer information and guidance on a critical issue facing Florida (and the nation): how to improve the quality of early care and education for our youngest citizens. Drawing on information both from the experience of other states and the pioneering efforts in several Florida counties, this brief outlines the context and case for action in Florida.
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Investing in a Bright Future for all of Colorado's Kids: The Importance of Providing Early Childhood Care and Education to Children in Immigrant Families Language: English
Publisher: Colorado Children’s Campaign (2011)
Description: This report takes a comprehensive look at key indicators of child well-being to assess how Colorado’s 254,000 children in immigrant families are faring in areas such as economic well-being, family structure and English proficiency. It offers recommendations to improve the outcome of immigrant children in Colorado.
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Issues for the Next Decade of Quality Rating and Improvement Systems Language: English
Author: Tout, Kathryn
Publisher: Child Trends (May 2009)
Description: This issue brief draws on a review of the literature on QRSs and meetings of experts and stakeholders. This brief describes key themes from the meetings, then concludes with a description of follow-up steps Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation is taking in collaboration with partners to address the issues raised.
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Linking Home-Based Child Care and State-Funded Preschool: The Community Connections Preschool Program Language: English
Author: Forry, Nicole
Publisher: The Annie E. Casey Foundation (2011)
Description: This report describes an evaluation of the Community Connections preschool program model, which incorporates classroom-based and home provider-based elements. The report concludes with recommendations, based on the findings, for strengthening the Community Connections model and its implementation. These recommendations are provided to facilitate readiness of the program for formal evaluation of outcomes, so that the Illinois State Board of Education can extend it throughout Illinois, and so that education agencies in other states can adapt it to their prekindergarten programs.
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Measure by Measure: The Current Poverty Measure v. the National Academy of Sciences Measure Language: English
Author: Smith, Dorothy
Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy (November 2009)
Description: This report highlights alternative poverty measures for each state and the District of Columbia using a Census tool that calculates alternative measures based on a National Academy of Sciences recommendation and an NAS recommendation that considers geographic price difference adjustment.
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Meeting the Early Learning Challenge: A Checklist for High Quality QRIS Language: English
Author: Johnson-Staub, Christine
Publisher: CLASP (2011)
Description: To compete for the Department of Education's Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC), each state is required to at minimum have a "high quality plan" to adopt a common, statewide tiered Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) based on a set of tiered program standards. While more than half of states currently operate a QRIS, they vary in design and effectiveness. States can use this document to review their RTT-ELC plans and assess whether they've included important policy goals and recommendations for designing a high quality QRIS, or strengthening existing QRIS, to meet the challenge.
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Michigan Great Start Readiness Program Evaluation 2012: High School Graduation and Grade Retention Findings Language: English
Author: Lawrence, Schweinhart
Publisher: High Scope and Michigan Dept of Education (March 2012)
Description: This report includes information on the findings of evaluations of early childhood education programs. It looks at the methods and previous findings of the Great Start Readiness Program Evaluation. It then presents the analysis of the high school graduation, the analysis of grade retention, and the analysis of how they relate to each other, and the analysis of Michigan Merit Examination scores. It ends with summary, consideration of the study limitations, and conclusions.
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Missed Opportunities: The Possibilities and Challenges of Funding High Quality Preschool through Title I of the No Child Left Behind Act Language: English
Author: Ewen, Danielle
Publisher: CLASP (March 2005)
Description: This paper from the Center for Law and Social Policy provides general background on the legislation behind Title I and gives an overview of the available data on the use of Title I funds for preschool. Examples of how some states and communities have used Title I funds for preschool programs are given. This paper examines the availability of Title I funds for preschool programs from both a legal and practical perspective.
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NAEYC Accreditation, Quality Rating and Improvement Systems Language: English
Publisher: NAEYC (July 2010)
Description: This NAEYC public policy fact sheet identifies states that currently have quality rating and improvement systems, how they link to NAEYC accreditation, whether the system includes center based programs and family child care, and if the system is connected to tiered reimbursement.
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NAEYC Quality Rating and Improvement Systems Toolkit Language: English
Publisher: NAEYC (July 2010)
Description: The NAEYC Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) Toolkit was developed to provide assistance in understanding and advocating for a systems-building approach to improving the quality of early childhood programs at the state and local levels. Each section of the Toolkit contains background information on a specific topic. The topics that the Toolkit covers include: Overview of Quality Rating and Improvement Systems, Planning a Quality Rating and Improvement System, and Quality Rating and Improvement Systems Nuts and Bolts (Financing, Tiers, Program and Provider Supports, and NAEYC Early Childhood Program Accreditation). Following these topics, the Toolkit also includes supplemental materials and additional resources.
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Navigating the child care subsidy system: Policies and practices that affect access and retention Language: English
Author: Adams, Gina
Publisher: Urban Institute (2002)
Description: This news brief summarizes the results of a study of child care subsidy policies and practices that can affect parents' interaction with the subsidy agency, the subsidy application process, and subsidy retention.
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Parents and the High Cost of Child Care: 2012 Report Language: English
Publisher: Child Care Aware of America (2012)
Description: This report provides information about the cost of child care from a recent survey of Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) State Network offices and local agencies. Child care costs were reported for infants, 4-year-olds, and school-age care in centers and family child care homes.
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Practices for Promoting Young Children’s Learning in QRIS Standards Language: English
Author: Smith, Sheila
Publisher: National Center for Children in Poverty (September 2012)
Description: This brief provides a examination of the strength of supports for children’s early learning in QRIS standards. An analysis of QRIS standards in 23 states, and ELGs in a subset of these states, addresses questions about early learning standards as support for QRIS and overal quality improvement for early childhood programs.
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Pre-Kindergarten Standards: Building the Framework for Learning Land Grant Institution or Extension Resource

Language: English
Author: Bixler, Mikki
Publisher: University of Nevada Cooperative Extension (2006)
Description: This fact sheet provides information on pre-kindergarten standards for the state of Nevada. A definition is included as well as the subject areas and examples of standards. Where to go for more information is also provided.
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Predictors of child care subsidy use Language: English
Publisher: Child Care & Early Education Research Connections (2005)
Description: A review of research on factors influencing child care subsidy use among eligible families.
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Preservice Qualifications for Child Care Center Staff Working with Infants and Toddlers Language: English
Publisher: National Child Care Information Center (2006)
Description: State childcare licensing regulations provide a baseline of protection for the health and safety of children in out-of-home care. Licensing rules seek to prevent various forms of harm to children and represent the required level of quality in each state.
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Protecting Children in a Time of Crisis: Save the Children Annual Report 2008 Language: English
Publisher: Save the Children (June 2009)
Description: This news brief is a report card developed by Save the Children that highlights the need for policies and procedures to be put into place to allow all disaster and recovery efforts to include a plan for children. Included are recommendations for policy changes and a report card on how states on doing in including children in their disaster recovery planning. Most states are failing to consider the unique needs of children in their planning.
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Quality Rating and Improvement System Financial Incentives Language: English
Author: Mitchell, Anne
Publisher: National Technical Assistance Center (Nov 2008)
Description: The information in this table was collected in spring and fall 2008 from publicly available information on websites and in publications regarding states' efforts to provide financial incentives in their early childhood quality rating and improvement systems.
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Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) and NAEYC Accreditation Language: English
Publisher: NAEYC (July 2010)
Description: This NAEYC public policy fact sheet identifies states that currently have quality rating and improvement systems and how they link to NAEYC accreditation.
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Ready for School: The Case for Including Babies and Toddlers As We Expand Preschool Opportunities Language: English
Author: Rubins Wilen, Julie
Publisher: Ounce of Prevention Fund (2003 )
Description: How do we ensure that children enter school eager to learn and ready to succeed? This report from the Ounce of Prevention Fund argues that if policymakers fail to include babies and toddlers as plans are made for universal preschool, in five years our conversations about "school readiness" will instead be about "preschool readiness."
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Recommended Measures in Early Childhood Screening Language: English
Author: Gooden, Caroline
Publisher: Kentucky Early Childhood Data System, Human Development Project, University of Kentucky (January 2012)
Description: Best practice for the appropriate use of Kentucky approved screening instruments, including a definition, resources, methods, guidance for administrators and distinctions between screening and assessment of young children.
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Reflective Supervision: Supporting Reflection as a Cornerstone for Competency Language: English
Author: Weatherston, Deborah
Publisher: Zero to Three (November 2010)
Description: Reflective supervision has now become well established in the infant-family field as an essential tool for supporting effective work with very young children and their families. This article present views on the nature and importance of reflective supervision and describes the ongoing efforts of a unique multistate collaboration to expand and deepen our understanding of a reflective process that is critically important to professional competence for all who work with infants, toddlers, very young children and their families.
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Smart Class-Size Policies for Lean Times Language: English
Author: Gagne, Jeff
Publisher: Southern Regional Education Board (2012)
Description: Small class sizes are crucial for learning at the younger grades but may be a little less important as children mature, according to a study from the Southern Regional Education Board. The report comes at a time when education departments have repeatedly cut costs by increasing class sizes.
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Starting Off Right: Promoting Child Development from Birth in State Early Care and Education Initiatives Language: English
Author: Schumacher, Rachel
Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy (2006)
Description: This paper seeks to support state leaders who endeavor to develop early care and education policies that promote child development from birth. Specifically, this paper: Provides background data on infants and toddlers and their participation in early care and education; Outlines a framework and highlights state examples of both policy initiatives to promote child development from birth to age 3 and state governance and funding strategies to support birth to 3 policies; Suggests key steps and considerations for state leaders; and, Discusses emerging themes that cut across birth to 3 early care and education policy issues.
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Starting Smart & Finishing Strong: Fixing the Cracks in America's Workforce Pipeline Through Investments in Early Childhood Development Language: English
Publisher: Institute for a Competitive Workforce (2010)
Description: The Institute for a Competitive Workforce, a nonprofit affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, recently collaborated with the Partnership for Success to create a new brochure which supports investing early in a child's life as a means to develop the workforce America needs for a 21st-Century economy. This brief describes the issues facing employers in finding qualified employees, and how early programs can help alleviate those problems.
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State Budget Cuts: America’s Kids Pay the Price Language: English
Publisher: National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (NACCRRA) (January 2010)
Description: The report provides an illustrative list of budget cuts in 2009 affecting children. Through December 2009, 42 states cut children's programs, including public health programs, higher education programs, programs for children with disabilities, and K-12 and early education programs such as child care.
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State Early Care and Education Public Policy Developments: Fiscal Year 2012 Language: English
Publisher: National Association for the Education of Young Children (2012)
Description: NAEYC has created a summary of state early care and education developments, categorized by issue areas. It highlights selected enacted legislation; new initiatives approved by the state executive branch; major funding increases, decreases, or level-funding; and additional significant fiscal or policy changes that impact early childhood education for Fiscal Year 2012. Also available as an interactive pdf at http://www.naeyc.org/policy/statetrends/state-early-care-education-policy-developments_FY12.
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State Infant and Toddler Credentials Language: English
Publisher: National Child Care Information Center (2006)
Description: This summary from the National Child Care Information Center includes information about a sample of states with an infant and toddler credential and overview of the states providing specialized training for infant and toddler teachers.
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State Innovations: Iowa’s Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program for Four-Year-Old Children Language: English
Publisher: National Association of the State Boards of Education NASBE (July 2011)
Description: This fact sheet provides an overview of the Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program for Four-Year-Old Children (SWVPP) in Iowa. The purpose of the preschool program is to provide an opportunity for all 4-year-old children in the state of Iowa to enter school ready to learn by expanding access to research-based preschool curricula and licensed teaching staff. Requirements of the program and the impact of the first year are included.
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State Issues and Innovations in Creating Integrated Early Learning and Development Systems Language: English
Author: Schumacher, Rachel
Publisher: U.S. Department of Health and Human Service (2011)
Description: This report discusses an “integrated state early learning and development system.” Such a system consists of interrelated services and systems that work toward a common goal: to ensure the healthy growth and optimal development of young children within their families and communities. It would include early care and education; early intervention and special education; health, mental health and nutrition; and services to strengthen and engage families in their children’s development and learning.
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State Vaccine Requirements for School Entry Language: English
Publisher: National Network for Immunization Information (2011)
Description: This Web page allows you to search for the immunizations required for school entry in a particular state.
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Status Report on State Implementation Efforts: Action Plan to Improve Access to Child Care Assistance for Low-Income Families in the South Language: English
Publisher: Southern Institute on Children and Families (January 2004)
Description: A survey of actions taken by southern states to implement a regional action plan to improve access to child care assistance for low-income families. Includes a table with action steps and progress of specific southern states. (AL, AR, DE, DC, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, MO, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)
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Stepping Up for Kids: What Government and Communities Should Do to Support Kinship Families Language: English
Publisher: The Annie E. Casey Foundation (2012)
Description: In this policy report, the Annie E. Casey Foundation Foundation explores the increased number of children living with extended family and close friends, a longtime practice known as kinship care. "Stepping Up for Kids: What Government and Communities Should Do to Support Kinship Families" includes the latest data for states, the District of Columbia, and the nation, as well as a set of recommendations on how to support kinship families. The report finds that in the past decade there has been an 18% increase in children living with relatives or close family friends, because their parents can no longer care for them.
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Strategies to support child care subsidy access and retention: Ideas from seven Midwestern states Language: English
Author: Snyder, Kathleen
Publisher: The Urban Institute (2006)
Description: An overview of the child care subsidy policies and strategies in place in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin in 2005, focusing on access to and retention of subsidies.
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Success Stories: State Investment in Early Care and Education in Illinois, North Carolina and Rhode Island Language: English
Author: Mitchell, Anne
Publisher: Alliance for Early Childhood Finance (2005)
Description: By telling the story of how investments in early care and education were made over time in three states – Illinois, North Carolina, and Rhode Island – this report aims to shed light on the forces and factors that contribute to state success. TThe report’s premise is that it is useful to offer policymakers and practitioners in states around the country not only a discussion of the broad outlines of how change is made but in-depth accounts of the practical, on-the-ground details of, leadership and coalition building that form the foundations of successful reform.
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The 2007 Child Care Licensing Study Language: English
Publisher: National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center (February 2009)
Description: The 2007 Child Care Licensing Study provides information collected in 2007 about child care licensing programs and policies and the regulations for child care centers, small family child care (FCC) homes, and large/group FCC homes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Licensing is a process administered by state governments that sets a baseline of requirements below which it is illegal for facilities to operate. States have regulations that include the requirements facilities must comply with and policies to support the enforcement of those regulations.
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The 2008 Child Care Licensing Study Language: English
Publisher: National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center (May 2010)
Description: The 2008 Child Care Licensing Study provides information collected in 2008 about child care licensing programs and policies and the regulations for child care centers, small family child care (FCC) homes, and large/group FCC homes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Licensing is a process administered by state governments that sets a baseline of requirements below which it is illegal for facilities to operate. States have regulations that include the requirements facilities must comply with and policies to support the enforcement of those regulations. This URL provides links to specific portions of the report rather than the full report.
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The Abecedarian Project: High-Quality Early Child Care Has Long-Lasting Effects Language: English
Author: Campbell, Frances
Publisher: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (April 2012)
Description: Follow-up data from the Abecedarian Project indicate life-enduring benefits at age 30 for those participating in the high quality early child care intervention project as infant/toddlers/preschoolers.
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The Children of Immigrants Data Tool Land Grant Institution or Extension Resource

Language: English
Publisher: Urban Institute (2010)
Description: This tool is a comprehensive interactive resource for exploring the lives of the nation's 16.4 million children with foreign-born parents. The online tool uses recent American Community Survey data and enables users to generate detailed charts of the characteristics of children age 0 to 17 nationwide and by state. Users can create charts and tables featuring one or more of 21 demographic, social, and economic characteristics, including citizenship and immigrant status of children and their parents; children's race, ethnicity, and school enrollment; parents' education and English proficiency; and family composition, income, and work effort. The tables can be downloaded in Excel. To help improve the Data Tool, users can provide feedback by email or by completing the brief online survey at the end of a session. A companion publication, "Children of Immigrants: National and State Characteristics," highlights key national data and variations across states, http://www.urban.org/publications/411939.html.
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The Disaster Decade: Lessons Unlearned for the United States Language: English
Publisher: Save the Children (June 2009)
Description: This news brief is a report card developed by Save the Children that highlights the need for policies and procedures to be put into place to allow all disaster and recovery efforts to include a plan for children. Included are recommendations for policy changes and a report card on how states on doing in including children in their disaster recovery planning. Most states are failing to consider the unique needs of children in their planning.
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The dynamics of child care subsidy use: A collaborative study of five states Language: English
Publisher: National Center for Children in Poverty (2002)
Description: A multi-state study of child care subsidy dynamics from July 1997 to June 1999 in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Texas.
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The Early Care and Education Consortium Language: English
Publisher: Early Care and Education Consortium (2002)
Description: The Early Care and Education Consortium is a non-profit alliance of America's leading providers of quality early learning programs. Consortium members operate more than 7,500 licensed centers in every state, caring for and educating over one million children every day across the country. The Early Care and Education Consortium is an advocacy voice for child care providers as policies for child care and early learning develop and change across the country. The website provides up to date information about advocacy issues relating to early care and education.
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The Economic Research Service State Fact Sheets Language: English
Publisher: Economic Research Service-U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (January 2013)
Description: The Economic Research Service State Fact Sheets that contain frequently requested data for each state and for the entire United States. The sheets include current data on population, per-capita income, job earnings, poverty rates, employment and unemployment rates, farm and farm-related jobs, farm characteristics, farm financial characteristics, top agricultural commodities, top export commodities, and the top agricultural counties in sales.
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The Impact of High Quality Early Childhood Programs on Improving the Educational Achievement of At-Risk Children Language: English
Publisher: Voices for America's Children (April 2010)
Description: This report examines the educational and life outcomes of at-risk children associated with three types of early childhood programs: publicly funded high quality preschool, high quality early childhood pilot programs, and evidenced-based home visitation programs.
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The Next Step in Systems-Building: Early Childhood Advisory Councils and Federal Efforts to Promote Policy Alignment in Early Childhood Language: English
Author: Satkowski, Christina
Publisher: New America Foundation (November 2009)
Description: The New America Foundation has also conducted a 50-state study on the status of state early childhood advisory councils. Findings from the study are presented in a new report that compiles information, based on interviews with state early childhood personnel, on actions states have taken to create early childhood advisory councils. As of November 2009: * 19 states have officially designated an existing coordinating body to be their early childhood advisory council. * 30 states have not yet assigned an advisory council, although the majority can predict whether they will use an existing council or create a new one; only four states reported that they were undecided. * One state has chosen not to apply for federal funding for an advisory council and will not have a council. The report describes some of the varying approaches that states are using to establish a council and offers recommendations for ensuring that the councils are effectively formed. The full report with state information can be found at http://www.newamerica.net/sites/newamerica.net/files/policydocs/Early_Childhood_Advisory_Councils_Nov_09_0.pdf.
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The Relationship Between Licensing and QRIS: Challenges and Opportunities Language: English
Author: Johnson-Staub, Christine
Publisher: CLASP (Sept 2011)
Description: This powerpoint pdf is an explanation of how child care licensing and QRIS interact and how CLASP can provide support in creating a high quality system in the states.
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The Status of Preschool in Iowa: Opportunities for Continuous Improvement and Development Language: English
Publisher: Child & Family Policy Center (March 2010)
Description: This policy brief from Child and Family Policy Center outlines some of the next steps that might be taken by the state of Iowa in order to complete its work on creating a system of preschool programs where all children can participate. It includes next steps and legislative direction that might be provided to achieve the targeted results.
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Unequal Opportunities for Preschoolers: Differing Standards for Licensed Child Care Centers and State-Funded Prekindergarten Programs Language: English
Author: Kendall, Rosemary
Publisher: National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (NACCRRA) (February 2009)
Description: This 2009 report compares state licensing regulations for center-based child care and early learning programs with standards for state-funded prekindergarten initiatives. The report highlights the gap between state standards for child care and standards for state-funded prekindergarten. Differing standards for licensed child care centers and state-funded prekindergarten programs result in unequal opportunities for the majority of young children. Children in state-funded prekindergarten programs were more likely to be in classrooms that met NIEER benchmarks for quality than were children in center-based child care and early learning programs licensed by the states. The state in which a child lives, as well as the family’s income level, determines the child’s chances of benefiting from state-funded or federally-funded programs. This page provides links to an online copy of the full report as well as the executive summary and state fact sheets.
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Uninsured Children in the South (Third Edition) Language: English
Author: Ravenell, Nicole
Publisher: Southern Institute on Children & Families (December 2007)
Description: This third edition of Uninsured Children in the South is the first since the inception of SCHIP. In addition to providing state-by-state estimates of uninsured children in the southern region, this report also provides state estimates of uninsured pregnant women at the time of delivery to the extent that these data are available. This report defines the southern region as 17 states and the District of Columbia and contains fact sheets showing estimates of uninsured children for each of these states as well as for the District of Columbia. This report reviews the impact of expanding Medicaid and SCHIP to those states.
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What Happens When Child Care Inspections and Complaints are Made Available on the Internet? Language: English
Author: Dryden Witte, Ann
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research (2004)
Description: An assessment of how making child care provider inspection reports available on the internet affected the quality of care received by children using child care subsidies in Broward County, Florida, between 1999 and 2002
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What We Know and Don't Know About Measuring Quality in Early Childhood and School-Age Care and Education Settings Language: English
Publisher: Child Trends (May 2009)
Description: This issue brief draws on a review of the literature on QRSs and meetings of experts and stakeholders. This brief describes key themes from the meetings, then concludes with a description of follow-up steps Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation is taking in collaboration with partners to address the issues raised.
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Who Cares for Iowa’s Children? Land Grant Institution or Extension Resource

Language: English
Author: Oesterreich, Lesia
Publisher: Iowa State University Extension (Feb 2012)
Description: This fact sheet highlights early care and education data from the state of Iowa. Nearly 70 percent of Iowa's children under age six spend time in early care while their parents work. The fact sheet includes key factors that impact early learning, including teacher and provider education. Also included is data on the current wages and benefits of the early care and education workforce in Iowa.
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Who's Caring for the Kids? Language: English
Author: Fowler, Susan
Publisher: McCormick Tribune Center for Early Childhood Leadership National-Louis University (Nov 2008)
Description: This report lays out the status of early care and education in Illinois in terms of the range of program options available; the demographics, qualifications, and compensation of the workforce; and the professional opportunities available to the workforce. The report concluded with five major findings and recommendations.
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Why Business Should Support Early Childhood Education Language: English
Author: Rocha, Elena
Publisher: Institute for a Competitive Workforce (2010)
Description: The business case for early education is further explained in a new report by the Institute for a Competitive Workforce, an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The authors provide an overview of the short- and long-term impacts of high-quality early learning, including the financial return on public investments, and describe current challenges in funding, access and quality. The report also details business leadership activities in several states – Virginia, North Carolina, Minnesota, California and Washington – aimed at advancing early childhood programs and outlines specific actions businesspeople and organizations can take to get involved.
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Why do they leave?: Child care subsidy use in Oregon Language: English
Publisher: Oregon State University. Family Policy Program (2006)
Description: An investigation into why Oregon parents leave the child care subsidy system and a comparison of those findings to studies examining why eligible parents did not take up subsidies.
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Young Child Risk Calculator Language: English
Publisher: National Center for Children in Poverty (2011)
Description: The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) has released an online tool, The Young Child Risk Calculator, which shows users how many children under age six in each state are experiencing serious risks to their development. The tool allows users to select from three age groups: 0-3, 3-5, and 0-6, as well as three economic and various other risk factors known to affect children’s development.
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Young Children at Risk: National and State Prevalence of Risk Factors Language: English
Author: Robbins, Taylor
Publisher: National Center for Children in Poverty (October 2012)
Description: The Young Child Risk Calculator provides national and state-specific information about the number of young children who are at risk of poor outcomes in such areas as school performance, health, and mental health due to family or life circumstances known as “risk factors.” T
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Professional Development

Connecticut's Early Care & Education Workforce Report Language: English
Publisher: Connecticut Charts-A-Course (March 2011)
Description: This report, prepared for the Higher Education and Workforce Advancement Committee by CT Charts-A-Course using data from the Early Childhood Professional Registry, gives you comparison data on the early childhood workforce, as well as Connecticut specific data that will profile the current workforce in our state.
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Geography Matters: Child Well-Being in the States Language: Spanish, English
Author: Various,
Publisher: Every Child Matters Education Fund (April 2008)
Description: The Every Child Matters Education Fund just published a report explaining how a child's geographical location can affect that child's well-being. The report highlights the large gaps among states on a wide variety of child well-being indicators.
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Guidelines for Early Learning in Child Care Home Settings Language: English
Publisher: California Department of Education (2010)
Description: Recognizing that many children receive their early care and education in home-based settings, the CA Dept. of Education developed Guidelines for Early Learning in Child Care Home Settings specifically for family child care and exempt-care providers. This document covers the same topics as those in the Prekindergarten Guidelines (school and center based early learning guidelines), but it also addresses the specific concerns that home-based providers face every day as they strive to nurture and teach the children in their care. Additionally, it addresses the reality that many family child care and license-exempt providers serve infants and toddlers side by side with preschool-age children.
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Losing Ground in Early Childhood Education Language: English
Author: Herzenberg, Stephen
Publisher: Economic Policy Institute (2005)
Description: This study by the Economic Policy Institute and the Keystone Research Center analyzes data from 1979-2004 and shows a substantial decline in workforce qualifications in center-based early care and education (ECE) programs and the even lower qualifications in home-based ECE.
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Professional Development Needs and Interests of Early Childhood Education Trainers Language: English
Author: Byington, Teresa
Publisher: Early Childhood Research & Practice (2011)
Description: The purposes of this study were to assess the professional development needs and interests of Nevada’s ECE trainers and to determine any differences in needs and interests between new and experienced trainers. Teaching techniques and resources commonly used by trainers were also identified. The advisory committee of the Nevada Registry (a clearinghouse of all trainer and training approval) recommended that ECE trainers be required to meet predetermined trainer criteria based on education and experience. The researchers in collaboration with the Nevada Registry conducted a statewide online survey to determine the current status of ECE trainers in Nevada. This information now guides the development of ECE trainer criteria. The results of this survey suggest that greater consideration should be given to the professional development of ECE trainers.
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QRIS National Learning Network Language: English
Publisher: QRIS National Learning Network (2010)
Description: A website devoted to the development and effective use of quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) was recently launched by the BUILD Initiative and Smart Start National Technical Assistance Center. The QRIS National Learning Network (NLN) features reports, state-by-state resources, links to facilitate the exchange of information, and a list of organizations that can provide more intensive technical assistance.
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The Economic Research Service State Fact Sheets Language: English
Publisher: Economic Research Service-U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (January 2013)
Description: The Economic Research Service State Fact Sheets that contain frequently requested data for each state and for the entire United States. The sheets include current data on population, per-capita income, job earnings, poverty rates, employment and unemployment rates, farm and farm-related jobs, farm characteristics, farm financial characteristics, top agricultural commodities, top export commodities, and the top agricultural counties in sales.
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Programming Resource

An Effectiveness-Based Evaluation of Five State Pre-Kindergarten Programs Language: English
Author: Wong, Vivian
Publisher: Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Published online in Wiley InterScience (2007)
Description: The Volume 27, Number 1 issue of the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management contains an article by Vivian C. Wong, Thomas D. Cook, W. Steven Barnett, and Kwanghee Jung who discuss the considerable methodological problems of comparing the impacts of Head Start with state-funded pre-kindergarten programs.
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Child Care and Development Fund Report of State Plans for the Period 10/01/99 to 9/30/01 Language: English
Publisher: National Child Care Information Center (April 2001)
Description: This report is a summary of each state's plan to implement the Child Care and Development Fund. A 1996 law requires each state to submit an implementation plan.
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Child Care Arrangements for Children Under Five: Variation Across States Language: English
Author: Capizzano, Jeffery
Publisher: Urban Institute (March 15, 2000)
Description: This report provides information on child care options for children under five and discusses the variations from state to state.
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Child Care: State Efforts to Enforce Safety and Health Requirements Language: English
Publisher: United States General Accounting Office (2000)
Description: This GOA government report describes state efforts to abide by health and safety requirements for child care. It discusses state enforcement activities for child care health and safety such as background checks, inspection visits and sanctions.
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Child Care: State Requirements for Background Checks Language: English
Publisher: United States General Accounting Office (2000)
Description: This report expands on the information about background checks found in the report entitled "Child Care: State Efforts to Enforce Safety and Health Requirements." It provides detailed information about what type of background checks are required in each state for various types of child care providers.
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Child Trends Databank Language: English
Publisher: Child Trends (2008)
Description: The Child Trends Data Bank supports extensive listing of data related to child well-being. Data briefs are available on specific indicators of child well-being. Color graphics and tables can be downloaded directly into reports.
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Full-Day Kindergarten: A Study of State Policies in the United States Language: English
Author: Kauerz, Kristie
Publisher: Education Commission of the States (2005)
Description: This report provides a state policy overview of full-day kindergarten in the United States. It is intended, however, to accomplish more than simply describing current policies. Based on an Education Commission of the States’ (ECS) review, the report identifies four key areas where states need to strengthen their full-day kindergarten policies. For each of these four areas, the report discusses efforts that state policymakers should undertake to better position full-day kindergarten as an important experience for student learning and development.
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Inspiring Innovation: Creative State Financing Structures for Infant-Toddler Services Language: English
Author: Cohen, Julie
Publisher: ZERO TO THREE AND OUNCE OF PREVENTION FUND (2009)
Description: ZERO TO THREE and the Ounce of Prevention Fund have released a joint policy brief that highlights the work of four states – Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma – that have developed innovative financing structures to support services for at-risk infants and toddlers. It reveals key policy elements that cut across all four states, as well as strategic decisions, lessons, and recommendations critical to the establishment of particular financing structures that support high-quality programs for infants and toddlers. Our hope is that the brief will inspire other states to advocate for, develop, and implement new financing structures to support services for at-risk infants and toddlers
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Key Components of a Successful Early Childhood Home Visitation System: A Self-Assessment Tool for States Language: English
Publisher: Zero to Three (2010)
Description: ZERO TO THREE has published a EARLY CHILDHOOD HOME VISITATION SYSTEM Self-Assessment Tool for States to use to • Define the home visiting system • Assess the home visiting system’s capacity • Prioritize areas for improvement In addition to assisting states in preparing for the federal home visiting grant application process, the tool will be useful for ongoing assessment and continuous quality improvement.
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National Center for Health Statistics: Fast Stats Language: English
Description: This part of the NCES website has statistics by state and topic on health issues.
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Office of Migrant Education Language: English
Publisher: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (2010)
Description: The Office of Migrant Education works to improve teaching and learning for migratory children. Their Web site contains information about their programs, publications, grant funding, and state initiatives.
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Professional Development Systems to Support the Infant-Toddler Workforce Language: English
Publisher: Zero To Three (March 2011)
Description: This website provides access to a Webinar hosted by Zero to Three on the topic of Professional Development Systems to Support the Infant-Toddler Workforce. This policy brief focuses on strengthening systems that support professional development for the multidisciplinary infant-toddler workforce. The paper summarizes related research and the policy context. Ten recommendations are offered to ensure that policymakers invest in comprehensive, integrated professional development systems for those who work with infants, toddlers, and their families. Access to the webinar is provided along with the Powerpoint presentations and other information.
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School-Age Care Environment Rating Scale (SACERS) Language: English
Author: Harms, Thelma
Publisher: University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (March 2011)
Description: This website provides information on the environmental rating scale that is used to evaluate school-age child care programs, SCHOOL-AGE CARE ENVIRONMENT RATING SCALE. Information includes the history of the tool, overview of the subscales and items, and how to purchase the tool.
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Successful Early Childhood Home Visitation State Systems Language: English
Publisher: Zero to Three (2010)
Description: ZERO TO THREE has published a collection of resources related to its June 22, 2010, webinar on Successful Early Childhood Home Visitation State Systems. Resources include: Key Components of a Successful Early Childhood Home Visitation System: A Self-Assessment Tool for States; one-page descriptions of four model states (CO, NJ, VA, WA); and a recording of the webinar and all webinar materials.
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Supporting Infants and Toddlers in the Child Welfare System: The Hope of Early Head Start Language: English
Publisher: U.S. Department of Health and Human Service (2005)
Description: This technical assistance paper will discuss the health, developmental, and mental health risks to infants and toddlers in the child welfare system and how EHS can have a positive effect. The second half of the paper will highlight some of the unique ways that EHS programs participating in a demonstration project have established formal partnerships with their local child welfare agencies to better meet the needs of the children and families who are involved in the child welfare system in their communities.
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The New Mexico PreK Evaluation: Impacts From the Fourth Year (2008-2009) of New Mexico’s State-Funded PreK Program Language: English
Author: Hustedt, Jason
Publisher: National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) (2010)
Description: The New Mexico PreK evaluation, from the 2008-2009 school year, finds positive impacts from the state-funded prekindergarten program for young children, consistent with previous findings. With statistically significant increases observed in vocabulary, math, and literacy scores for children participating in New Mexico PreK, the authors find New Mexico PreK is helping prepare young children for later school success. The New Mexico PreK initiative began in 2005 and has expanded rapidly. From the beginning, the National Institute for Early Education Research has been evaluating the program using the regression-discontinuity approach.
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The State of Preschool 2009 Language: English
Author: Barnett, W. Steven
Publisher: National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) (2009)
Description: The 2009 State Preschool Yearbook is the seventh in a series of annual reports profiling state-funded prekindergarten programs in the United States. State-funded preschool programs represent an important and sizeable component of the nation's patchwork of early childhood education programs. The National Institute for Early Education Research has developed the State Preschool Yearbook series to provide information on services offered through these programs to children at ages 3 and 4. We hope that this report will serve as a resource for policymakers, advocates, and researchers to make more informed decisions as state-funded preschool education moves forward. Profiles are available for every state and access to an interactive dataset which allows the user to create their own data tables.
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The State of Preschool 2010 Language: English
Author: Barnett, W. Steven
Publisher: National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) (2010)
Description: The 2010 State Preschool Yearbook is the eighth in a series of annual reports profiling state-funded prekindergarten programs in the United States. This latest Yearbook presents data on state-funded prekindergarten during the 2009-2010 school year. The first report in this series focused on programs for the 2001-2002 school year and established a baseline against which we may now measure progress over nine years. Tracking these trends is essential, since changes in states' policies on preschool education will influence how successfully America's next generation will compete in the knowledge economy.
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The State of Preschool 2011 Language: English
Author: Barnett, W. Steven
Publisher: National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) (2012)
Description: The 2011 State Preschool Yearbook is the newest edition of our annual report profiling state-funded prekindergarten programs in the United States. This latest Yearbook presents data on state-funded prekindergarten during the 2010-2011 school year as well as documenting a decade of progress since the first Yearbook collected data on the 2001-2002 school year. Tracking these trends is essential to ensuring states prioritize early childhood education, which influences how successfully America's future generations will compete in a global knowledge economy.
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Toward a Bright Future for Our Youngest Children: Building a Strong Infant-Toddler Workforce Language: English
Publisher: Zero To Three (2010)
Description: This policy brief by Zero to Three focuses on strengthening systems that support professional development for the multidisciplinary infant-toddler workforce. The paper summarizes related research and the policy context. Ten recommendations are offered to ensure that policymakers invest in comprehensive, integrated professional development systems for those who work with infants, toddlers, and their families.
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Research

A Comparison Study of Nevada Child Care Regulations and the National Health and Safety Standards for Child Care Programs Land Grant Institution or Extension Resource

Language: English
Author: Martin, Sally
Publisher: University of Nevada Cooperative Extension (August 2004)
Description: This study compared 209 National Standards from Stepping Stones to Caring For Our Children with 288 regulations for child care in Nevada. The National Standards represent current best practice in reducing injury, illness, and death of children in child care. State child care regulations represent minimum requirements for licensed child care programs in Nevada.
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A Portrait of Pre-Kindergarten Language: English
Publisher: Frank Potter Graham Child Development Institute at UNC at Chapel Hill (February 2006)
Description: The Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten by the National Center for Early Development & Learning (NCEDL) offers a first glance at pre-K children, teachers, and classroom quality in six states. This Snapshot overviews three recent articles co-authored by FPG scientists that summarize findings of the study.
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A Review of School Readiness Practices in the States: Early Learning Guidelines and Assessments Language: English
Author: Daily, Sarah
Publisher: Child Trends, Inc. (June 2010)
Description: This Child Trends research brief provides an overview of state Early Learning Guidelines and school readiness assessments. The brief also outlines key policy considerations for developing and utilizing school readiness assessments at the state level. Researchers analyzed state approaches to school readiness assessments in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, identifying seven states that utilize assessments in order to monitor statewide levels of school readiness.
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Advancing the Early Childhood Workforce: Implimentation of Training and Retention Initiatives in the Bay Area Language: English
Author: Johnson, Laura
Publisher: Policy Analysis for California Education, University of California, Berkley (January 2004)
Description: Policy brief that outlines retention programs implemented in San Francisco early childhood education centers.
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An Economic Analysis of Four-Year-Old Kindergarten in Wisconsin: Returns to the Education System Language: English
Author: Belfield, Clive
Publisher: pre[k]now (September 2005)
Description: Parents have long recognized the strides their young children make when they attend a high-quality pre-kindergarten program. Now economists can actually quantify the benefits of pre-k, not just to children and families, but to schools and society. This report provides compelling economic evidence of the cost savings associated with high-quality pre-k.
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An Effectiveness-Based Evaluation of Five State Pre-Kindergarten Programs Language: English
Author: Wong, Vivian
Publisher: Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Published online in Wiley InterScience (2007)
Description: The Volume 27, Number 1 issue of the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management contains an article by Vivian C. Wong, Thomas D. Cook, W. Steven Barnett, and Kwanghee Jung who discuss the considerable methodological problems of comparing the impacts of Head Start with state-funded pre-kindergarten programs.
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Are Child Care Options Expanding? Language: English
Author: Jacobson, Linda
Publisher: University of California, Graduate School of Education (PACE) (2000)
Description: This policy brief explores whether increased funding into child care subsidy is actually expanding child care options for families.
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CDSS-PACE ChildCare Planning Project: Descriptive Findings from the Child Care Subsidy Interview Language: English
Author: Hirshberg, Diane
Publisher: Policy Analysis for California Education, University of California, Berkley (August 2002)
Description: The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) and Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) have been involved in an effort to understand the impact of welfare reform and the implementation of the CalWORKs program on child-care supply and demand in California.
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CDSS-PACE ChildCare Planning Project: Findings from the Child Care Providers Focus Groups Language: English
Author: Hirshberg, Diane
Publisher: Policy Analysis for California Education, University of California, Berkley (July 2002)
Description: As part of the CDSS-PACE Child Care Planning Project, PACE set out to learn how California’s child-care subsidy system and the CalWORKs program affects licensed and license exempt child-care providers. PACE also wanted to understand the day-to-day issues facing providers as well as their opinions about the system within which they work. This report represents the findings from this study, and hopefully offers some insight into the lives and experiences of these crucial persons who care for the state’s young children.
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Child care and employment: Evidence from random assignment studies of welfare and work programs Language: English
Publisher: MDRC (2003)
Description: An investigation into the effects of welfare reform policies and links between employment and child care choices, using data from random assignment pilot welfare programs begun between 1993 and 1996 in a variety of urban and rural areas in the United States.
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Child Care Arrangements for Children Under Five: Variation Across States Language: English
Author: Capizzano, Jeffery
Publisher: Urban Institute (March 15, 2000)
Description: This report provides information on child care options for children under five and discusses the variations from state to state.
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Child care as a barrier to employment Language: English
Publisher: University of Michigan. Program on Poverty and Social Welfare Policy (2004)
Description: An analysis of the relationship between labor market, health, family, and child care problems and work outcomes for a random sample of mothers receiving cash assistance in an urban Michigan county in February 1997.
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Child Care Assistance Helps Families Work: A Review of the Effects of Subsidy Receipt on Employment Language: English
Author: Matthews, Hannah
Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy (April 3, 2006)
Description: This policy brief reviews relevant research on the relationship between child care assistance/subsidy and employment and finds that accessing child care subsidy is associated with positive employment outcomes for low-income workers. Low-income mothers who receive child care assistance are more likely to be employed, to stay off welfare, and to have higher earnings.
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Child Care Demand and Supply Under CalWORKS: The Early Impacts of Welfare Reform for California's Children, 1998 - 2000 Language: English
Author: Hirshberg, Diane
Publisher: Policy Analysis for California Education, University of California, Berkley (October 2002)
Description: The TANF and CalWORKs welfare reform initiatives included significant changes in the work support systems for parents on public aid. In California this led to both a restructuring of the child-care subsidy system, as well as new investments in child-care capacity building efforts. Prompted by changes in the child-care system and welfare reform, the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) asked PACE researchers to look at how new welfare-to-work and child-care capacity building were affecting supply and demand in the child-care system. This paper provides an overview of findings.
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Child Care in Poor Communities: Early Learning Effects of Type, Quality, and Stability Language: English
Author: Loeb, Susanna
Publisher: University of California, Graduate School of Education (PACE) (February 2004)
Description: This paper reports on the observed quality of center and home-based child care settings that were selected by single mothers soon after they entered welfare reform programs in 1998. They examine how young childrens exposure to center versus home-based care, care quality, and care stability affect early cognitive and social development.
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Child care subsidies promote mothers' employment and children's development Language: English
Author: Henry, Colleen
Publisher: Institute for Women's Policy Research (2003)
Description: A summary of research on the relationship between high-quality child care, mothers' employment and child development.
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Child Care Subsidy Policies and Practices: Implications for Child Care Providers Language: English
Author: Adams, Gina
Publisher: The Urban Institute (2003)
Description: This brief (and the larger report upon which it is based) takes initial steps toward filling the gap in our knowledge of child care providers and how they experience the subsidy system, and the effects of subsidy policies and practices on provider’s willingness and ability to participate. These issues are particularly important because one of the cornerstones of the federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) is the principle that families receiving subsidies should have “equal access” to child care that is comparable to the care available to nonsubsidized children.
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Child care subsidy use and employment outcomes for TANF mothers during the early years of welfare reform: A three-state study Language: English
Author: Joo Lee, Bong
Publisher: Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago (September 2004)
Description: An analysis of the child care subsidy take-up rate, type of child care chosen, and relation between child care subsidy use and employment outcomes for single working mothers receiving TANF in Illinois, Maryland and Massachusetts.
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Community Voices: California Preschool Directors Speak on Policy Options Language: English
Author: Fuller, Bruce
Publisher: Policy Analysis for California Education, University of California, Berkley (2007)
Description: PACE's statewide survey of 439 directors of community preschools, those funded outside of school districts, inquired about basic facts and their perceptions of long-term issues. Preschool access and quality remain unfairly distributed among California's diverse communities. Persisting questions examined include how to grow more plentiful and higher quality preschools, and how to ensure a robust balance between organizations run by schools or community organizations. PACE's working paper amplifies the views and voices of local practitioners.
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Continuity and stability: Dynamics of child care subsidy use in Oregon Language: English
Publisher: National Center for Children in Poverty (2002)
Description: A comparative study of child care subsidy programs in five states, focusing on length of subsidy receipt and provider stability for Oregon families, compared to those in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Texas.
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Does child care assistance matter?: The effects of welfare and employment programs on child care for very young children Language: English
Author: Gennetian, Lisa
Publisher: MDRC (2001)
Description: An examination of the effects of welfare and employment policies on child care outcomes for single parents, and their preschool- to young school-aged children, using data from experimental programs implemented between the late 1980s and the mid-1990s.
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Early Care and Education Career Lattices in Los Angeles Language: English
Author: Amer, Tarecq
Publisher: Insight Center for Community Economic Development (Jan 2008)
Description: This 70-page report outlines findings from the study "The Economic Impact of the Early Care and Education Industry in Montana" and offers policy recommendations based on these findings for the state of Montana. The executive summary can be accessed at http://www.insightcced.org/uploads///publications/ece/EIR-exec-summ-MT.pdf.
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From Science to Policy: Research on Issues, Programs, and Policies in Early Care and Education Language: English
Author: Groark, Christina
Publisher: Universities Children (September 2002)
Description: This report was prepared for the Governor's Task Force on Early Childhood Education in Pennsylvania. It reports findings on best practices in early childhood education. Although the report was created for the state of Pennsylvania much of the information could be applicable to programs in other states.
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Funding the Future: States' Approaches to Pre-K Finance Language: English
Author: Stone, Diana
Publisher: Pre-K Now (2008)
Description: This report examines current funding strategies for state pre-K programs; the range of different financial approaches states employ, how effective they have been in identifying funds, how sustainable those funding sources are, and how investments can be increased to improve pre-k quality and expand program access.
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Getting and retaining child care assistance: How policy and practice influence parents experiences Language: English
Author: Adams, Gina
Publisher: Urban Institute (2002)
Description: A study of parents' interaction with the child care subsidy system and how state and local subsidy policies and practices affect parents' experiences. Particular attention is paid to the process of applying for and retaining subsidies.
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Going to Scale with High-Quality Early Education: Choices and Consequences in Universal Pre-Kindergarten Efforts Language: English
Author: Christina, Rachel
Publisher: RAND Corporation (2005)
Description: This report is an initial effort to describe efforts of a number of states that are seeking to create statewide system of high-quality pre-kindergarten services, as well as some of the progress they have made in doing so.
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How child care assistance in welfare and employment programs can support the employment of low-income families Language: English
Publisher: MDRC (2002)
Description: An analysis of the effects of changes in child care policies on the child care choices of families participating in pilot welfare and employment programs from the late 1980s to the early 1990s.
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How to Expand and Improve Preschool in California: Ideas, Evidence, and Policy Options Language: English
Author: Fuller, Bruce
Publisher: Policy Analysis for California Education, University of California, Berkley (2006)
Description: This working paper discusses the question, "Should California build and run a universal system of preschool, or should public support be targeted on these children who reap the greatest benefits and families who face the highest barriers to access?"
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KIDS COUNT Language: English
Publisher: KIDS COUNT and Child Trends (2006)
Description: This Web site provides information about KIDS Count initiatives throughout the United States. KIDS COUNT is a program of the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
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Longitudinal Follow-up of the Brookline Early Education Project Language: English
Author: Palfrey, Judith
Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics (July 1, 2005)
Description: This article presents findings from a longitudinal follow-up of a family-based early childhood program that ran from 1973 to 1978. Participation in the Brookline Early Education Project was found to impact young adults' education, income, and health.
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Minimizing risks to children in licensed child care settings: A literature review and state survey Language: English
Author: Colbert, Judith
Publisher: Washington (State). Division of Child Care and Early Learning (2005)
Description: A multi-state study of the relationship between child care licensing requirements and risks of care-related injuries to children, with recommendations for strengthening licensing rules in Washington State.
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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: State and Community Substudy: Interim report Language: English
Publisher: Abt Associates (2000)
Description: A study of the responses of 17 states and 25 communities to the child care needs of low-income families.
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Navigating the child care subsidy system: Policies and practices that affect access and retention Language: English
Author: Adams, Gina
Publisher: Urban Institute (2002)
Description: This news brief summarizes the results of a study of child care subsidy policies and practices that can affect parents' interaction with the subsidy agency, the subsidy application process, and subsidy retention.
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Parallel Play - Preschool and K-12 Finance Reform in New Jersey and Texas Language: English
Author: Fuller, Bruce
Publisher: Policy Analysis for California Education, University of California, Berkley (July 2007)
Description: This working paper discusses how two states, New Jersey and Texas, are attempting to link preschool and K-12 finance so that finance reforms can be interwoven over time and implemented in concert to raise quality at both levels. This PACE study yields three set of lessons for other states.
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Parents receiving child care subsidies: Where do they work? Language: English
Publisher: Linn-Benton Community College. Family Resources and Education Division (2001)
Description: A view from four states and the District of Columbia: A summary of findings from seven studies of the employment patterns of low-income parents receiving child care subsidies.
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Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) Language: English
Publisher: University of California Berkeley (2001)
Description: PACE is an independent, non-partisan research center based at the University of California – Berkeley, the University of Southern California, and Stanford University. PACE seeks to define and sustain a long-term strategy for comprehensive policy reform and continuous improvement in performance at all levels of California’s education system, from early childhood to post-secondary education and training. PACE bridges the gap between research and policy, working with scholars from California’s leading universities and with state and local policymakers to increase the impact of academic research on educational policy in California. Their Web site has sections for early childhood, secondary and higher education. You can also view their publications and learn about their seminars.
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Pre-Kindergarten in Eleven States: NCEDL's Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten & Study of State-Wide Early Education Programs (SWEEP) Language: English
Author: Early, Diane
Publisher: Frank Potter Graham Child Development Institute at UNC at Chapel Hill (May 2005)
Description: This report is the first presentation of the combined data from these two studies. It provides a descriptive picture of pre-k children and classrooms, only. This report is a “first glance” at what pre-kindergarten looks like. It provides a descriptive picture of pre-k children and classrooms, only. Future reports and research articles will cover more in-depth and finegrained analyses.
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Pre-Kindergarten in Eleven States: NCEDL’s Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten & Study of State-Wide Early Education Programs (SWEEP) Language: English
Author: Early, Diane
Description: This NCEDL (the National Center for Early Development and Learning) working paper reports results from a study of 240 state-funded PK programs. Compared to other preschool settings these state-funded PK programs maintain relatively high standards. But they still have many teachers without college degrees who are paid substantially less than public school teachers. While class size and teacher-child ratios are acceptable, opportunities for learning are lower than anticipated.
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Predictors of child care subsidy use Language: English
Publisher: Child Care & Early Education Research Connections (2005)
Description: A review of research on factors influencing child care subsidy use among eligible families.
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Preschool for California's Children: Promising Benefits, Unequal Access Language: English
Author: Bridges, Margaret
Publisher: Policy Analysis for California Education, University of California, Berkley (2004)
Description: This PACE policy brief discusses findings that corroborate national evidence that gaps in early learning are discernible, and at times quite large, as children enter kindergarten. Prolonged participation in quality center-based programs appears to raise children's developmental trajectories, after taking into account a variety of parental attributes and home practices, and offers a promising approach to reducing disparities and improving the proficiencies of all children. Discussion also includes policy decisions regarding building new preschools in poor and middle class communities versus adding additional slots and prolonged exposure to children currently participating in programs? Closing the achievement gap or improving skills for all children?
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Preserving the gains, rethinking the losses: Welfare in Illinois five years after reform: Third annual report from the Illiois Families Study Language: English
Publisher: Northwestern University Institute for Policy Research (2003)
Description: Third in a series of reports using measures of the employment outcomes and family well-being of a sample of 1998 TANF grantees to assess the ongoing value of Illinois' 1997 welfare reforms.
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Quality Rating and Improvement Systems for Early Care and Education Language: English
Publisher: Child Trends, Inc. (May 2010)
Description: This Child Trends research brief provides information on Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS). Research suggests that high quality early care and education programs can have a significant impact on improving the cognitive, academic and social skills for all children, especially those most at risk for later school failure. A number of states are developing QRIS to assess and improve the quality of early care and education programs for children ages birth to five and older. Information includes what are essential elements of QRIS, evaluation of systems, connection to child outcomes, etc.
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Readiness for School: A Survey of State Policies and Definit Language: English
Author: Saluja, Gitanjali
Publisher: Early Childhood Research and Practice (Fall 2000)
Description: This research study reports on current school readiness assessment efforts in all 50 states.
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Report on Effective Legal Proceedings to Ensure Provider Compliance Language: English
Publisher: National Association for Regulatory Administration (2005)
Description: A comparison of the child care licensing system in Washington state to systems in ten other states, with an analysis of effective licensing system components, and recommendations for improvements in enforcements capability.
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Selected Data on Families and Children for States and Counties, 1990 Census Land Grant Institution or Extension Resource

Language: English
Description: The information is provided in Excel files so you need a spreadsheet program to read them. The spreadsheet provides a comparison of data among the counties within the state and compares the individual state to the United States data.
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Stability and change in child care and employment: Evidence from three states Language: English
Publisher: MDRC (2005)
Description: An examination of patterns of child care use and employment stability among welfare recipients in Connecticut, Florida, and Minnesota.
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Status Report on State Implementation Efforts: Action Plan to Improve Access to Child Care Assistance for Low-Income Families in the South Language: English
Publisher: Southern Institute on Children and Families (January 2004)
Description: A survey of actions taken by southern states to implement a regional action plan to improve access to child care assistance for low-income families. Includes a table with action steps and progress of specific southern states. (AL, AR, DE, DC, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, MO, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)
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Staying employed after welfare: Work supports and job quality vital to employment tenure and wage growth Language: English
Publisher: Economic Policy Institute (2002)
Description: A study using longitudinal data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) 1993 and 1996 Panels to examine the effects of child care access and job quality on the employment duration and wage growth of former welfare recipients and working women.
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Still working in Minnesota?: Follow-up study on parents employment and earnings in the child care assistance program Language: English
Publisher: Minnesota Child Care Policy Research Partnership (2005)
Description: A study of the employment patterns and wage growth, from 2001 through 2003, of families in four Minnesota counties who received child care assistance in the first quarter of 2001.
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Strategies for Advancing Preschool Adequacy and Efficiency in California Language: English
Author: Karoly, Lynn
Publisher: RAND Corporation (2009)
Description: This research brief finds that California's publicly funded preschool system is not adequate in terms of access and quality or efficient in allocating resources and provides policy recommendations for improvement.
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Strategies to support child care subsidy access and retention: Ideas from seven Midwestern states Language: English
Author: Snyder, Kathleen
Publisher: The Urban Institute (2006)
Description: An overview of the child care subsidy policies and strategies in place in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin in 2005, focusing on access to and retention of subsidies.
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Targeting Investments for Universal Preschool: Which Families to Serve First? Who Will Respond? Language: English
Author: Fuller, Bruce
Publisher: University of California, Graduate School of Education (PACE) (2003)
Description: This paper asks ”How might public funds be effectively targeted to yield strong enrollment demand by parents and discernible effects on young childrens early development and school readiness?" The authors analyze how alternative targeting mechanisms if applied to Los Angeles County would yield differing allocations to various communities.
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The Costs and Benefits of Universal Preschool in California Language: English
Publisher: RAND Corporation (2005)
Description: Research has shown that well-designed preschool education programs serving disadvantaged children can generate benefits to government and the rest of society that outweigh program costs.
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The dynamics of child care subsidy use: A collaborative study of five states Language: English
Publisher: National Center for Children in Poverty (2002)
Description: A multi-state study of child care subsidy dynamics from July 1997 to June 1999 in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Texas.
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The Economic Impact of the Early Care and Education Industry in Montana Language: English
Author: Traill, Saskia
Publisher: National Economic Development and Law Center (2008)
Description: This 43-page report outlines findings from the study "The Economic Impact of the Early Care and Education Industry in Montana" and offers policy recommendations based on these findings for the state of Montana. The executive summary can be accessed at http://www.insightcced.org/uploads///publications/ece/EIR-exec-summ-MT.pdf.
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The Economic Research Service State Fact Sheets Language: English
Publisher: Economic Research Service-U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (January 2013)
Description: The Economic Research Service State Fact Sheets that contain frequently requested data for each state and for the entire United States. The sheets include current data on population, per-capita income, job earnings, poverty rates, employment and unemployment rates, farm and farm-related jobs, farm characteristics, farm financial characteristics, top agricultural commodities, top export commodities, and the top agricultural counties in sales.
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The New Mexico PreK Evaluation: Results from the Initial Four Years of a New State Preschool Initiative Language: English
Author: Hustedt, Jason
Publisher: NIEER (November 2009)
Description: The state of New Mexico funded the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) to carry out a comprehensive evaluation of the New Mexico PreK initiative, beginning in its first year of operation. Established in 2005, New Mexico's state-funded prekindergarten initiative, New Mexico PreK, is one of the most recently started prekindergarten initiatives in the United States and has expanded quickly during the past four years. Findings and recommendations are included in the report.
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The State of America's Children: 2010 Report Language: English
Publisher: Children's Defense Fund (May 2010)
Description: CDF's The State of America's Children 2010, is a compilation of the most recent and reliable national and state-by-state data on poverty, health, child welfare, youth at risk, early childhood development, education, family income and gun violence. According to the CDF report, children in America lag behind almost all industrialized nations on key child indicators. The United States has the unwanted distinction of being the worst among industrialized nations in relative child poverty, in the gap between rich and poor, in teen birth rates, and in child gun violence. Download sections in pdf by topic.
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Two worlds of welfare reform in Illinois: Fourth annual report from the Illinois Families Study Language: English
Publisher: Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Institute for Policy Research (2004)
Description: A fourth year report of the Illinois Families Study examining the overall effectiveness of welfare reform in Illinois and attempting to determine which are the most effective supports and services.
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Understanding Child Care Demand and Supply Issues: New Lessons from Los Angles Language: English
Author: Jacobson, Linda
Publisher: University of California, Graduate School of Education (PACE) ( June 2001)
Description: This policy brief examines the difficulties in identifying the need for child care and the capacity of a county or state to provide care for families that meets their needs. Discussion includes shadow capacity, parental choice, data collection issues, cost of care, vacancies, waiting lists, etc.
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Washington State Child Care Career and Wage Ladder Pilot Project Language: English
Author: Boyd, Brenda
Publisher: Washington State Department of Early Learning (2004)
Description: The state of Washington Dept of Social and Health Services funded a research project to determine if job titles and related wages based on teacher education and experience would impact teacher retention in child care programs. The pilot duration was 3 years. The results were positive for newly hired staff in those programs.
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Welfare to Work and Child Care Selection: Which Families Use Subsidies and Home-based or Center Care? Language: English
Author: Hirshberg, Diane
Publisher: Policy Analysis for California Education, University of California, Berkley (November 2002)
Description: This paper reports on subsidy use and selection patterns for 1,974 parents in three California counties. All had successfully moved from cash aid to jobs or work activities under the state CalWORKs program in 2000-2001, and therefore needed child care. All sampled parents â€” residing in Kern, Orange, or Santa Clara county â€” were eligible for child care aid when they were initially sampled.
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What Happens When Child Care Inspections and Complaints are Made Available on the Internet? Language: English
Author: Dryden Witte, Ann
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research (2004)
Description: An assessment of how making child care provider inspection reports available on the internet affected the quality of care received by children using child care subsidies in Broward County, Florida, between 1999 and 2002
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Why do they leave?: Child care subsidy use in Oregon Language: English
Publisher: Oregon State University. Family Policy Program (2006)
Description: An investigation into why Oregon parents leave the child care subsidy system and a comparison of those findings to studies examining why eligible parents did not take up subsidies.
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Working in Minnesota: Parents' employment and earinings in the Child Care Assistance Program Language: English
Publisher: Minnesota Department of Human Services (2004)
Description: An analysis of data on industry employment patterns of parents receiving subsidized child care to increase understanding of the impact of child care subsidies on their labor force participation and on the local economies in which the parents are employed
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