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- Child Care Alliance Focus Group Findings
By C Morduch; October 26, 2006
Description: This Microsoft PowerPoint presentation discusses the features that make an alliance attractive to child care providers. Focus group summaries are included for: (1) characteristics of affiliated providers,...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35882 (100.00%) - Evaluating Research Articles
By Ellen R Girden; 2001
Description: This book is intended to train students to critically read a research article from start to finish. The author describes how to dissect the method section of a study, interpret results, and evaluate the...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35844 (100.00%) - Demographics of Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care in the United States
By Patti Banghart, Amy Susman-Stillman; August 2008
Description: This brief summarizes the literature review Demographics of Family, Friend and Neighbor Child Care in the United States. Contains 28 references. REFM0036 Demographics The Reviews of Research Research Brief...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35839 (100.00%) - The Economics of Early Childhood Policy: What the Dismal Science Has to Say About Investing in Children
By Lynn A Karoly, M. Rebecca Kilburn; 2008
Description: This paper summarizes the contributions of economics to discussions about early childhood policy. Contains 58 references. DSLE0081 Economics 2008 2008 RAND Corporation
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35761 (100.00%) - Strengthening Family, Friend and Neighbor Child Care
By Maria Whelan; 2008
Description: This Microsoft PowerPoint discusses ways to strengthen family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) child care in Illinois. The strengths of FFN care include: (1) often preferred by parents, (2) convenient locations,...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35709 (100.00%) - Closing the Survival Gap for Children Under 5
By Save the Children; May 2008
Description: This report focuses on the 200 million children under age five years who do not get the basic health care that they need. This results in nearly 10 million children dying needlessly every year from highly...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35657 (100.00%) - Child Outcome Measures in the Study of Child Care Quality
By Natasha Cabrera, Tamara Halle, Laurie Martin, Martha Zaslow; October 2006
Description: This paper assesses whether there are methodological problems with child outcomes measures that may contribute to the small associations between child care quality and child outcomes found in the literature....
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35609 (100.00%) - Children's Physical Activity Drops From Age 9 to 15, NIH Study Indicates
By U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health; July 15, 2008
Description: This document summarizes findings from a long-term study by the National Institutes of Health on children’s physical activity. Data show that the activity level of American children drops sharply between...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35583 (100.00%) - Spanish Interviews for the MSHS Research Design Development Project: Parent Interview, Center/Staff Interview, and Teacher Interviews
By Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Research Design Development Team; Spring 2004
Description: These Spanish language documents form the Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Study Design Project present the Parent Interview, Center/Staff Interview, and Teacher Interviews from a study to learn about farm-worker...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35406 (100.00%) - Results from the I Am Moving, I Am Learning Stage 1 Survey, Final Interim Report
By Daniel Finkelstein, Mary Kay Fox, Elaine Hill, Robert Whitaker; October 25, 2007
Description: This report indicates that creative approaches to obesity prevention have begun in Head Start with a program enhancement called “I am Moving, I Am Learning” (IM/IL), which is intended to (1) increase the...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35278 (100.00%) - Classroom Quality and Time Allocation in Tulsa's Early Childhood Programs
By William T Gormley, Amy Lowenstein, Deborah Phillips; March 30, 2007
Description: This Microsoft PowerPoint presents a study that examined the factors that account for the learning gains of 4-year-olds in Oklahoma’s Universal Pre-K program. Classroom quality and time allocation were...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35233 (100.00%) - Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity From Ages 9 to 15 Years
By Robert H Bradley, Renate M Houts, Susan L McRitchie, Philip R Nader, Marion O'Brien; July 16, 2008
Description: This study examined the patterns and determinants of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) per day of 1,032 youth followed from ages 9 to 15 years. At age 9 years, children engaged in MVPA approximately...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35538 (100.00%) - Effective Leadership in the Early Years Sector: The ELEYS Study
By Laura Manni, Iram Siraj-Blatchford; November 2006
Description: This report describes the Effective Leadership in the Early Years Sector (ELEYS) project as an extension of the Researching Effective Pedagogy in the Early Years (REPEY) study. Contains 110 references....
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34948 (100.00%) - What Do Parents Think About Child Care? Findings From A Series Of Focus Groups
By National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies; 2007
Description: This report presents the results of a series of focus groups by the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA) to determine what parents look for when they select child...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34900 (100.00%) - Parents’ Perceptions of Child Care in the United States: NACCRRA’s National Parent Poll
By National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies; May 2006
Description: This report presents the results of a national poll conducted by the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA) in February 2006. Approximately 600 parents with young children...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34898 (100.00%) - Is This the Right Place for My Child? 38 Research-Based Indicators of High-Quality Child Care
By National Association of Resource and Referral Agencies; 2006
Description: This guide is intended to help parents understand how to judge high quality child care. Contains 25 references. CHGE0090 Is 2006 2006
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34869 (100.00%) - Child Care and Development Fund Error Rate Reporting, Final Rule
By Cheryl Vincent; September 5, 2007
Description: This September 5, 2007 final rule revises the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) regulations to provide for the reporting of error rates in the expenditure of CCDF grant funds by the 50 States, the...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34839 (100.00%) - State Child Care Assistance Policies 2007: Some Steps Forward, More Progress Needed
By Helen Blank, Karen Schulman; September 2007
Description: This brief analyzes State child care assistance policies for 2007. State examples are provided. FFST0033 State Issue Brief 2007 September 2007 National Women's Law Center
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34832 (100.00%) - Child Care Assistance Policies 2005: States Fail to Make Up Lost Ground, Families Continue to Lack Critical Supports
By Helen Blank, Karen Schulman; September 2005
Description: This report shows that State child care assistance policies are largely unchanged since 2004. While there were positive developments in several States, a number of States put more restrictive policies...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34827 (100.00%) - Child Care Quality In Different State Policy Contexts
By Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Elizabeth Rigby, Rebecca M Ryan; Fall 2007
Description: This journal article presents the results of a study that tested associations between the quality of child care and State child care policies. Contains 49 references. REQU0281 Child Care Journal of Policy...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34815 (100.00%)
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