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Searched on Exact phrase of GOVERNMENT FUNDING in the index terms;.
Returned 34 results.
- Early Childhood Development on a Large Scale
By Rob Grunewald, Art Rolnick; June 2005
Description: This essay presents a proposal for economic development at the State and local levels that capitalizes on the high returns of investment in early childhood education. The proposal envisions a private/public...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34765 (100.00%)
- Trends in Work Supports for Low-Income Families with Children
By Sheila R Zedlewski, Seth Zimmerman; 2007
Description: This report indicates that work-support spending has grown since 2002, with Medicaid accounting for most of the spending growth. Contains 28 references. FFED0086 Trends Brief 4 2007 2007 Urban Institute
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34721 (100.00%)
- Investing in Children
By Adam Carasso, Gillian Reynolds, C. Eugene Steuerle; 2007
Description: This report charts United States Federal spending on investment in total, and for children, from 1965 to 2017. Five major categories are considered to have investment components: (1) education and research,...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34706 (100.00%)
- 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%)
- Senate Appropriations Panel’s Cuts to Reading First Are Less Sharp Than in House Plan
By Alyson Klein; June 21, 2007
Description: This article indicates that the U.S. Department of Education’s fiscal 2008 budget would increase under a measure that was approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee, but many of President Bush’s priorities,...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34644 (100.00%)
- Credentialing in Out of School Time Programs
By Gwen G Morgan; November 1998
Description: This paper presents background information on credentialing, raises some issues, and suggests important decisions that need to evolve in the out-of-school time field. Creating the elements of a credential...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34334 (100.00%)
- Investing in Children is an Investment in Our Future
By Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care, Ontario Municipal Social Services Association; March 2006
Description: This report calls on the Government of Canada to do the right thing for Canada’s children and the future of the country. The Government should reconsider its intent to terminate the five-year 2005 Canada-Ontario...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34156 (100.00%)
- Build It Right! Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care Response to the Best Start Plan
By Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care; April 2005
Description: This document presents a response by the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care to the Best Start Plan for a provincial child care system. Ways for Ontario’s government to improve Best Start are suggested...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34109 (100.00%)
- Canadians' Attitudes Toward National Child Care Policy
By Environics Research Group; June 2006
Description: This report presents survey results from 2,005 Canadians (aged 18 years and older) concerning child care. Findings show that the Canadian public places a high value on child care programs and the importance...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34088 (100.00%)
- Rethinking the Child Care Sector
By Nancy Folbre; Summer 2006
Description: This paper emphasizes the importance of unpaid family work and challenges traditional models of the child care industry. Contains 47 references. REDS0263 Rethinking Community Development 37 2 38-52 2006...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=33408 (100.00%)
- The Effects of Investing in Early Education on Economic Growth
By William T Dickens, Isabel Sawhill, Jeffrey Tebbs; April 2006
Description: This policy brief analyzes the impact of a high-quality universal preschool policy on economic growth. The growth effects are estimated from a high-quality, national preschool program for all three- and...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=33202 (100.00%)
- Healthy Marriage Programs: Learning What Works
By M. Robin Dion; Fall 2005
Description: This report briefly reviews a sample of contemporary marriage education programs and presents information about their effectiveness. Most marriage education curriculums address communication, conflict...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=33102 (100.00%)
- Report of the State Center for Early Childhood Development Advisory Committee on Senate Bill 76: Feasibility of Coordinating Government-Funded Child-Care Programs in a Manner that Promotes Access to Child-Care Programs and Results in Improved School Readi
By Susan H Landry, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; September 1, 2004
Description: This report details the key findings and recommendations for promoting school readiness among three- and four-year-old children in Texas. The Texas State Legislature called for the State Center for Early...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=32735 (100.00%)
- Why Don't They Just Get Married? Barriers to Marriage among the Disadvantaged
By The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and The Brookings Institution; Fall 2005
Description: This article reviews the research on social and economic barriers to marriage among the poor. Social barriers include: marital aspirations and expectations, norms about childbearing, financial standards...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=32575 (100.00%)
- President's Budget Projects 300,000 Low-Income Children to Lose Child Care by 2010
By Danielle Ewen, Hannah Matthews; February 7, 2005
Description: This document indicates that an estimated 300,000 fewer low-income children will receive child care assistance by 2010. The President’s budget would freeze child care funding for 2006 and projects that...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=29821 (100.00%)
- Financial Evolution
By Lynn Olson; 2005
Description: This report argues that public school finance systems uniformly fail to support the nation’s education goals regarding greater student performance. Thirty-one States are debating major changes to the ways...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=29780 (100.00%)
- Comparison of Selected Publicly Funded Local Initiatives for Compensation and Retention
By Anne Mitchell; August 2002
Description: This table compares four publicly funded local initiatives for compensation and retention in early child care (i.e., San Francisco, CA WAGES Plus and Quality Plus; Kansas City Metropolitan Area Tri-county...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=29312 (100.00%)
- Comparison of Current Publicly-Funded State Initiatives For Compensation and Retention
By Anne Mitchell; August 2002
Description: This table compares nine publicly funded State initiatives for compensation and retention in early child care (i.e., North Carolina Child Care WAGE$ Project, Washington Pilot ECE Career LADDER, California...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=29311 (100.00%)
- What Does Government Spend on Children? Evidence from Five Cities
By Charles Brecher, Cynthia Searcy, Diana Silver, Beth Weitzman; March 2004
Description: This survey summarizes findings from an analysis of public expenditures on children in 5 United States cities (i.e., Baltimore, Detroit, Oakland, Philadelphia, and Richmond) between 1997 and 2000. Spending...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=28717 (100.00%)
- Early Care and Education Finance Reform: Practice, Reality and Action
By Anne Mitchell, Louise Stoney; January 2003
Description: FFFS0135 Early 2003 January 2003 Alliance for Early Childhood Finance
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=28632 (100.00%)