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Selected State Approaches to Support Infant and Toddler Care and Education
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Phoebe Harris; Analisa Pines; Zipi Diamond – Child Trends, 2023
Despite the relative increase in early care and education (ECE) investment over recent decades, access to infant and toddler care continues to be a hurdle for countless families across the nation. While access is a multifaceted issue, main contributors include a lack of available slots and the high cost of providing care to infants and toddlers.…
Descriptors: Child Care, Infant Care, Toddlers, State Programs
Updated Estimates of the Cost of Quality Early Childhood Care and Education in Oklahoma. Research Report. RR-A280-2
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Lynn A. Karoly; Stephanie J. Walsh; Phoebe Rose Levine – RAND Corporation, 2024
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Care, requires states to use information about the provider cost of child care to inform the setting of payment rates under the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) program. This requirement is consistent with the growing recognition that…
Descriptors: Child Care, Early Childhood Education, State Policy, Costs
Estimating the Cost of Quality Early Childhood Care and Education in Oklahoma. Research Report. RR-A280-1
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Lynn A. Karoly; Stephanie J. Walsh – RAND Corporation, 2020
The affordability of licensed early childhood education and care (ECCE) remains a perennial policy issue in Oklahoma as well as in other states. Stakeholders in the public and private sectors aim for an adequate supply of quality ECCE providers that is accessible to the families who need care. At the same time, these stakeholders recognize that…
Descriptors: Child Care, Early Childhood Education, State Policy, Costs
Big Impact on Small Children: Child-Care Providers' Perceptions of Their Role in Early Childhood Healthy Lifestyle Behaviours
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Sisson, Susan B.; Smith, Chelsea L.; Cheney, Marshall – Child Care in Practice, 2017
The purpose of this study is to examine childcare providers' perceptions of their role in child health behaviors and attitudes pertaining to physical activity and nutrition. Part and full-time providers in a childcare center or family childcare home were interviewed (n = 30) in this cross-sectional, qualitative study. Transcripts were digitally…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Care Centers, Interviews, Qualitative Research
A Count for Quality: Child Care Center Directors on Rating and Improvement Systems
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Schulman, Karen; Matthews, Hannah; Blank, Helen; Ewen, Danielle – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2012
Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS)--a strategy to improve families' access to high-quality child care--assess the quality of child care programs, offer incentives and assistance to programs to improve their ratings, and give information to parents about the quality of child care. These systems are operating in a growing number of…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Care Centers, Administrators, Quality Assurance
Beyond the School Yard: Pre-K Collaborations with Community-Based Partners
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Wat, Albert; Gayl, Chrisanne – Pre-K Now, 2009
Support for publicly funded pre-kindergarten has increased tremendously in recent years as parents, educators and policy makers have come to recognize the many benefits of high-quality early education. As of 2008, 38 states and the District of Columbia invest in pre-k programs, and many school districts are doing so on their own with local and…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Partnerships in Education, Public Schools, Federal Programs