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  1. 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%)


  2. 2008 ASCD Legislative Agenda
    By Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development; 2008
    Description: This paper by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) proposes a broader definition of student and school district accountability that promotes the development of the whole child....
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35622 (100.00%)


  3. Reconsidering the Federal Poverty Measure
    By Douglas J Besharov, Peter Germanis, American Enterprise Institute, Welfare Reform Academy; June 14, 2004
    Description: This report describes a project to explore whether the current poverty measure can be improved to reflect more accurately the material well-being of low-income Americans or, if not, whether other measures...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35617 (100.00%)


  4. Summary of the Starting Early Starting Right Act
    By National Women's Law Center; May 6, 2008
    Description: This document presents a summary of the Starting Early Starting Right Act, introduced by Senator Robert Casey of Pennsylvania. The bill amends the Child Care and Development Block grant with a focus on...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35616 (100.00%)


  5. Measuring Poverty in America
    By Douglas J Besharov; 2007
    Description: This paper describes the technical flaws of the Federal poverty measure. The official poverty measure does a poor job accounting for inflation and counting market income. DSSU0086 Measuring 2007 2007 American...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35611 (100.00%)


  6. Child Care Data in the Survey of Income and Program Participation: Inaccuracies and Corrections, Summary
    By Douglas J Besharov, Anne Fengyan Shi, Jeffrey A Morrow; June 9, 2006
    Description: This paper indicates that there were data problems with the Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). The SIPP is not a high quality, accurate longitudinal survey of income and...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35604 (100.00%)


  7. Child Care, A Workforce Issue: Report of the Secretary's Task Force
    By U.S. Department of Labor; April 1988
    Description: This 1988 report by the U.S. Department of Labor examines child care as a workforce issue. Topics include a survey of activities, examination of work-related trends and needs, and analysis of potential...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35601 (100.00%)


  8. Considerations for Grantees with Multiple Sources of Funding
    By U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Head Start Bureau; 2001
    Description: This document provides clarification of existing policies, such as the Financial Assistance Award, the total approved budget, and cost allocation principles, in light of changing circumstances in the Head...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35420 (100.00%)


  9. Public Assistance Use Among Two Parent Families: An Analysis of TANF and Food Stamp Program Eligibility and Participation, Final Report
    By U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation ; January 2005
    Description: This study explored how many low-income married-parent families participate in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Food Stamp Program (FSP) and why fewer eligible married-parent...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35287 (100.00%)


  10. Making Programs and Policies Work
    By Coalition for America's Children; 1993
    Description: This guide presents strategies to implement eight recommendations issued by the National Commission on Children to encourage a more collaborative, comprehensive, and effective service delivery system....
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35202 (100.00%)


  11. Behind the Numbers: Interviews in 22 States about Achievement Data and the No Child Left Behind Act Policies
    By Center on Education Policy; October 2007
    Description: This report presents findings from a series of interviews with education leaders in 22 States. The interviews are intended to highlight student achievement trends since the enactment of No Child Left Behind...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34836 (100.00%)


  12. Developing a National Plan to Help Children Cope with Disaster
    By Society for Research in Child Development; 2007
    Description: This document indicates that up to 28,000 child care providers have won the right to unionize in New York due to an executive order signed by Governor Eliot Spitzer. The child care providers are mostly...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34793 (100.00%)


  13. Improper Payments Information Act of 2002: Background, Implementation, and Assessment
    By Garrett L Hatch, Virginia A McMurtry; September 10, 2007
    Description: This report presents the background, implementation, and assessment of the Improper Payments Information Act (IPIA). The IPIA is intended to increase financial accountability in the Federal government,...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34719 (100.00%)


  14. Losing Ground: Federal Investments in Children Will Shrink Over the Next Decade if Present Policies Continue
    By Partnership for America's Success; 2006
    Description: This document indicates that between 2006 and 2017, the share of the budget that the Federal government will invest in children is projected to decline by 14 to 29 percent. Between 1965 and 2006, the Federal...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34699 (100.00%)


  15. Federal Investment in Children Projected to Weaken by 2017
    By Urban Institute; September 10, 2007
    Description: This document indicates that according to the Urban Institute study for the Partnership for America’s Economic Success, the Federal investment in children is likely to decline within the next decade. The...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34698 (100.00%)


  16. A Quality Teacher in Every Classroom: Improving Teacher Quality and Enhancing the Profession
    By The White House; 2007
    Description: This document describes a variety of new tools to enable the Federal Government, States, and local districts to improve teacher quality and elevate the teaching profession. Every child in America deserves...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34660 (100.00%)


  17. Special Needs Rates: Supporting Inclusion of Children with Disabilities In Child Care Programs
    By Abby J Cohen; 1999
    Description: This 1999 issue brief responds to the most commonly asked questions about the issue of special needs rates, primarily in the context of the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). The Americans with Disabilities...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34599 (100.00%)


  18. Trends in Education and Care for Young Children
    By Gwen Morgan, Sarah Nadig; September-October 2006
    Description: This article addresses the trend toward universal prekindergarten as a means to integrate care and education and increase quality. States are generally taking one of two approaches: (1) focus on the prekindergarten...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34576 (100.00%)


  19. Las Guías Alimentarias para los Estadounidenses, 2005
    By U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA); 2005
    Description: This Spanish language document provides an executive summary of The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which provides science-based advice to promote health and to reduce risk for major chronic diseases...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34563 (100.00%)


  20. Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005, Executive Summary
    By U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA); 2005
    Description: This document provides an executive summary of The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which provides science-based advice to promote health and to reduce risk for major chronic diseases through diet and...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34562 (100.00%)


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