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  1. Early Care and Education Policy for Low Income Families in Washington State: What We Can Learn from White Center / Boulevard Park, Executive Summary
    By Human Services Policy Center, University of Washington; July 2008
    Description: This summary presents findings from an analysis of early care and education (ECE) utilization among low-income families in White Center/Boulevard Park (WC/BP). The goals of the analysis are to strengthen...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35892 (100.00%)


  2. Early Care and Education Policy for Low Income Families in Washington State: What We Can Learn from White Center / Boulevard Park
    By Hilary Loeb, Maya Magarati, Lori Pfingst; July 2008
    Description: This report presents findings from an analysis of early care and education (ECE) utilization among low-income families in White Center/Boulevard Park (WC/BP). The goals of the analysis are to strengthen...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35891 (100.00%)


  3. Those Left Behind: Enduring Challenges Facing Welfare Applicants
    By Mark E Courtney, Amy Dworsky; May 2006
    Description: This issue brief presents findings from a 1999 study that tracked a sample of Milwaukee county parents who applied for assistance from Wisconsin’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program,...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35888 (100.00%)


  4. Conversations with the Experts: Dual Earner Couples and the Transition to Parenthood: Study Looks at Challenges Facing Working Class Families
    By Sloan Work and Family Research Network, Boston College; Summer 2003
    Description: This document presents the results of a study that explored the work and family issues faced by the working class who are transitioning into parenthood. The experiences of 150 couples were examined in...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35883 (100.00%)


  5. Family Child Care Alliance Model Cash Flows
    By Louise Stoney; 2008
    Description: This graphic presents a family child care alliance model to illustrate cash flows. With these funds, the family child care alliance pays child care providers. FMBM0082 Family 2008 2008 Alliance on Early...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35880 (100.00%)


  6. Public Support for the Alliance Model: A Summary of Interviews with State Child Care Administrators
    By Louise Stoney; August 2006
    Description: This Microsoft PowerPoint presents interviews with State child care administrators from 8 States (i.e., CT, IN, KY, MI, NJ, RI, WA, and WI) to determine potential support for a family child care alliance...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35876 (100.00%)


  7. Measuring Outcomes in Early Intervention Services
    By The ECO Center, FPG Child Development Institute at UNC-Chapel Hill; 2006
    Description: This brochure describes why it is important to measure outcomes of early intervention services for children and families. It is important to measure outcomes to show how a program is making a difference...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35829 (100.00%)


  8. An Index of Child Well-Being for States, the Nation and Low-Income Children
    By Margot Bloch, Laura Lippman, Kristin A Moore, Christina Theokas, Sharon Vandivere; 2005
    Description: This Microsoft PowerPoint describes the development of an index of child well-being. It also introduces a new source of State level child well-being data, the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH)....
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35827 (100.00%)


  9. Implementation of Building Strong Families Program, Executive Summary
    By Sarah A Avellar, M. Robin Dion, Alan M Hershey, Heather H Zaveri; January 7, 2008
    Description: This executive summary highlights key findings from an implementation analysis of seven program sites conducting Building Strong Families (BSF), a large-scale demonstration of marriage and relationship...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35772 (100.00%)


  10. Early Care and Education State Budget Actions FY 2007 and FY 2008
    By National Conference of State Legislatures; June 2008
    Description: This report presents an analysis of reported appropriations by State fiscal staff through an online survey that was distributed to all 50 States and Territories in August 2007. State-specific appropriations...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35758 (100.00%)


  11. Helping Families with Child Care Costs: Do Subsidies Affect the Child Care of Low-Income African American Families?
    By Michelle Harmon, Anne B Shlay, Henry Tran, Marsha Weinraub; 2004
    Description: This one-page document summarizes a study to assess the type and quality of child care used by low-income African American families who are either using or not using a child care subsidy to help offset...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35740 (100.00%)


  12. Child Care Preferences and Child Care Choices: What types of care do low income families usually prefer, and are subsidies successful in helping them obtain care that matches those preferences?
    By Michelle Harmon, Anne B Shlay, Henry Tran, Marsha Weinraub; 2004
    Description: This document presents research findings showing that low-income African American parents prefer child care that emphasizes the quality of care children experience in child care (i.e., intrinsic factors)...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35739 (100.00%)


  13. Semi-Annual Progress Report to ACF on the Barriers to Child Care Subsidies Project
    By MDRC; August 31, 2004
    Description: This 2004 progress report to the Administration for Children and Families represents the activities that have occurred during the no-cost extension period for three studies concerning the child care issues...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35737 (100.00%)


  14. Kids' Share 2008: How Children Fare in the Federal Budget
    By Adam Carasso, Jennifer Macomber, Gillian Reynolds, C. Eugene Steuerle, Tracy Vericker; June 24, 2008
    Description: This report indicates that children are a diminishing priority in the Federal budget. If current spending and revenue policies continue, the children’s share of gross domestic product will decline from...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35688 (100.00%)


  15. Kids to Receive Declining Share of Federal Spending
    By Urban Institute; June 24, 2008
    Description: This news release indicates that children are a diminishing priority in the Federal budget. If current spending and revenue policies continue, the children’s share of gross domestic product will decline...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35687 (100.00%)


  16. What Does Economics Tell Us About Early Childhood Policy?
    By RAND Corporation; May 12, 2008
    Description: This research brief summarizes how two economic concepts (i.e., human capital theory and monetary payoffs) contribute to a unifying framework that provides evidence-based guidance for early childhood policy....
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35683 (100.00%)


  17. Early learning conditions: Low-income families in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Summary
    By Wilder Research; April 2008
    Description: This summary presents highlights from the study, “Early learning conditions among low-income families in Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Blue Earth, and Nicollet counties.” The study provides information to private...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35682 (100.00%)


  18. Recent Changes in Wisconsin Welfare and Work, Child Care, and Child Welfare Systems
    By Jennifer Ehrle, Pat McMahon, Kristin Seefeldt, Kathleen Snyder; 2001
    Description: This report describes Wisconsin’s approach to welfare reform from the perspectives of State and local administrators, direct service providers, and in some cases, the families. The report starts with a...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35678 (100.00%)


  19. Key Steps Child Care Subsidy Agencies Can Take to Improve Subsidy Access and Retention
    By Urban Institute; February 21, 2008
    Description: This document presents four steps that child care policymakers and community leaders can take to improve customer service and family-friendly policies and to help low-income families access and retain...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35663 (100.00%)


  20. Subsidizing Child Care: How Child Care Subsidies Affect the Child Care Used by Low-Income African American Families
    By Michelle Harmon, Anne B Shlay, Henry Tran, Marsha Weinraub; 2005
    Description: This study evaluated the type and quality of child care used by low-income families who were either receiving or not receiving subsidized child care. One hundred eleven African American parents were surveyed...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35655 (100.00%)


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