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Keeping Current
America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2002
America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2002, is the sixth annual report to the Nation on the condition of children in America. Eight measures describe the changing population and family in which children are living, and 24 indicators depict the well-being of children in the areas of economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education. This year's report has a special feature on children of at least one foreign-born parent.
Brain-Development Information to Promote Partnerships
The Child Care Project looks at using brain development information to promote partnerships to enhance systems of early care and education.
Business Roundtables, Coalitions, and Commissions
An employer who offers child care and other family-friendly policies has a better chance of keeping valued employees. When working parents have child care problems, their employers have problems too. These examples show different strategies used by business roundtables, coalitions, to increase the supply of high-quality child care.
Census Bureau--American Fact Finder
Your source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data.
Census Bureau Facts and Figures
What's the proportion of 3- and 4-year-olds attending preschool in 2001? Which state pays its teachers the highest average salary? Get the answers from the Census Bureau's Back to School special.
Census Data
State and County Demographic and Economic Information
Child Care and Early Education Program Participation of Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers
The National Center for Education Statistics prepared this statistics brief in October 1996. It describes infants', toddlers', and preschoolers' participation in a variety of early care and education settings, including both home-based and center-based arrangements. Characteristics of children (age and race-ethnicity) and their families (family income and mother's education and employment status) related to children's participation rates are examined
Child Care Policy Research Consortium
The Child Care Policy Research Consortium is composed of Child Care Research Partnerships sponsored by the Child Care Bureau in the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The purpose of this consortium is to increase and strengthen capacity for cross-cutting research on critical child care issues affecting welfare recipients and low-income working families. This site introduces you to the partners and some of their current work.
Child Care Quality: Does It Matter and Does It Need to be Improved - Full Report
This full report prepared by the Institute for Research on Poverty, the University
Of Wisconsin-Madison presents information related to how child care quality effects children's development and what might be done to improve the quality of childcare.
Child Care Safety Study
CPSC has been concerned about hazards in the home for a long time, especially how they affect young children. Because similar hazards may be present in organized child care settings, CPSC staff conducted a national study of potential dangers in child care settings to identify how to help prevent injuries and ensure greater safety for children.
Children Score Higher On Tests When Child Care Meets Professional Standards
Children attending child care centers that meet professional standards for quality score higher on school readiness and language tests and have fewer behavioral problems than their peers in centers not meeting such standards, according to a study appearing in the July 1999 issue of the American Journal of Public Health.
ChildStats
This web site offers easy access to federal and state statistics and
reports on children and their families, including: population and family
characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social
environment,and education. Reports of the Federal Interagency Forum
on Child and Family Statistics.
ChildTrends
Child Trends is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization
that studies children, youth, and families through research,
data collection, and data analysis.
Child Well-Being Indicators--Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)
The SIPP provides a large, nationally representative sample that allows linking income recipiency, labor force participation, and participation in government assistance programs with indicators of child well-being. This report looks at early childhood experiences, parent - child interaction, school-age enrichment activities, and children's academic experience.
Consumer Product-Related Statistics
This links you to statistics related to products you may use in your program. Check it out!
Consumer Product Safety Commission Reports
Find the latest reports from the Consumer Products Safety Commission.
Demand, Supply, and Quality: Trends in Infant Toddler Childcare in United States
In every part of the country, in urban and rural areas, in all racial, ethnic, and cultural groups, and at every income level, parents with very young children struggle to meet the demands of work and family. Jobs in our thriving but competitive economy demand up-to-date skills, consistently high performance, and availability for long and/or irregular hours. Without the guarantees of paid parental leave or subsidized child care that most industrialized countries offer to families, parents in the United States devise the best child care arrangements they can for their babies and very young children. The demand for non-parental child care for infants and toddlers has increased dramatically over the past three decades and shows no signs of declining. Demographic projections suggest that the demand for all types of non-parental care for infants and toddlers is likely to increase.
Early Childhood Research Quarterly
This early childhood research quarterly, sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children publishes significant research related to young children's development and learning. You can read abstracts from recent articles on line.
Economics of Child Care
Large increases over the last twenty years in the numbers of employed mothers with young children has more than doubled the number of young children in non-parental care; by 1995 there were almost 10 million children under 6 with employed mothers in non-parental care. This trend is likely to continue as welfare reform moves many mothers with young children off welfare and into the workplace.
Expenditures on Children By Families - 2000 Annual Report
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has provided estimates of
expenditures on children birth through age 17 since 1960. This technical
report presents the most recent estimates for husband-wife and single
parent families.
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
This web site offers easy access to federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education.
Federal Statistics
Access the full range of statistics and information produced by over 70
agencies in the Federal Government.
FTC Media Violence Report 11
A six-month follow-up report from the FTC on the marketing of violent
entertainment to children found that the motion picture and electronic game
industries have " made some progress both in limiting advertising in popular teen
media and in providing rating information in advertising." However, " the music
recording industry---has not visibly responded to the Commission's report; nor has
it implemented the reforms its trade association announced just before the Report
was issued."
Georgia's Voluntary Prekindergarten Program
Georgia entered the 1990s with an unacceptable school dropout rate and an increasing teen pregnancy problem. In 1992, Governor Zell Miller decided to take a preventive approach to these problems after he reviewed research indicating that students with strong preschool experiences tend to be more successful in school, have higher self-esteem, and are less likely to drop out of school. He personally became the driving force behind the Georgia Voluntary Prekindergarten (Pre-K) Program, which began as an initiative to provide Pre-K opportunities to at-risk four-year-olds and now is open to all four-year-olds. Its mission is to prepare children for school and to develop school readiness skills in an environment that encourages children to enjoy learning. This paper summarizes the Program, and offers Activities, Resources, Results, Next Steps, Success Factors, and Advice for Other Partnerships.
Illinois Preschool Reports
Illinois is one state moving toward the goal of universal prekindergarten. The Illinois Governor's Task Force on Universal Access to Preschool recently released "Ready, Set, Grow-Illinois Preschool," an action plan that outlines how the state can build a comprehensive early childhood program by 2012.
Inventory of Child Care Research in the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)
Child care research is being undertaken across the Department of Health and
Human Services. A table is provided that shows the currently funded research efforts by HHS and other government agencies.
Key Research Issues and Questions: Child Care Quality
This paper looks at the methods of improving the quality of child care.
Key Research Issues and Questions: Parental Payments and Demand for Child Care
This paper looks at what parents should pay for child care.
Kids Count Data Book--2002
The Annie E. Casey Foundation provides data on the educational, social, economic, and physical well-being of children in this annual report on the status of America's children. You can order a free hard copy of the book on line.
Legal Information Institute - Supreme Court Decisions
Prepared by the Cornell University Law School in New York, these hypertext Supreme Court decisions date from 1991. Also included are a few famous cases that took place before this time.
Long-term Effects of an Early Childhood Intervention on Educational Achievement and Juvenile Arrest
This study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in May 2001. It is a 15-year follow-up study of low-income children in public schools. The findings support the importance of quality early childhood programs.
My Daddy Takes Care of Me - Fathers as Care Providers (PPL-53)
This 1988 study looks at fathers as child care providers of children 0-14, by Labor Force Characteristics.
National Center for Early Development & Learning (NCEDL)
NCEDL conducts research on enhancing the cognitive, social & emotional development of children form birth through age 8.
National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies- Evaluating Alternative Welfare-to-Work Approaches
Two-Year Impacts for Eleven Programs
This report is one in a series from an evaluation of the programs called the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies (NEWWS), conducted by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC) with support from the U.S. Department of Education. Taking advantage of the array of programs studied as part of the evaluation, this report addresses the following critical question: What works best, and for whom - The report distinguishes between employment-focused and basic education-focused programs, as well as between levels of enforcement of the participation mandate.
National Study of Low Income Child Care
Between September 1997 and September 2002 this project will study the low income child care market in 25 communities in 17 states with a sub-study to examine the family care market in 5 neighborhoods drawn from these communities. It will provide essential information to help inform the issues surrounding subsidized child care and its implementation by the states with particular attention to the provisions in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) over time.
North Dakota Infant Toddler Enrichment Program
In North Dakota, attitudes about child care are changing. By teaching the teachers, the Infant Toddler Enrichment Program is helping to improve the quality of child care throughout the state. Anyone who takes care of infants and toddlers is a target for the program. The site includes lessons learned, describes the program, and identifies resources.
Not By Chance: Creating An Early Care and Education System for America's Children
This report synthesizes the major findings and recommendations from the Quality 2000 Initiative, a four-year, comprehensive effort to advance new ideas about reforming America's early childhood education system. The research and action plan presented in the report reflect the insights of hundreds of early childhood educators, scholars, business leaders, practitioners, policy makers, and parents whose valuable contributions shaped this vision.
Options for Full-Day Services for Children Participating in Head Start
This 1995 study examined the ways in which full-day services are offered by a small group of Head Start Grantees. This study did not include all grantees that are providing full-day services, but it provided an in-depth look at eight grantees that funded extended hours by combining resources from a variety of sources. Factors considered in the selection of grantees included the geographic location of the grantee; the size of its funded enrollment and its full-day enrollment; the source(s) of funding used for the extended hours; and the structure of the full-day option. Data were collected during 2- day site visits to each grantee. In addition to the director of each program, fiscal staff, component coordinators, teaching staff, and staff from collaborating and other child care agencies in the community were interviewed.
PlusTime New Hampshire
When a person thinks of child care, the care of babies may come to mind. But even after children start school, they still need care. PlusTime New Hampshire, a non-profit group formed in 1990, focuses on meeting the needs of school-age children in the state of New Hampshire. PlusTime does not provide direct services to children. Instead, it works throughout the state by helping communities start up and improve programs for children.
The Quest for Quality in Infant Toddler Child Care - Elements and Indicators
What determines quality in child care for infants and toddlers - Parents, providers, and child development experts may use different words to describe elements of quality, but they tend to agree about what is essential--the child's safety; communication between the provider and parents about the child; and a warm and attentive relationship between the provider and child. This paper looks at understanding these components and how to translating them into daily practice.
Resource and Referral Services - Much More Common in Large Workplaces
The Department of Labor found that Child care resource and referral services are ten times more likely to be available to workers in the largest establishments than in the smallest.
School Readiness - Helping Communities Get Children Ready for School and Schools Ready for Children
Report by Child Trends
The Science And Ecology Of Early Development (Seed)
The NICHD, NIMH, and their SEED partners seek to stimulate systematic, multidisciplinary, and ecological research to understand the specific cognitive, linguistic, sociocultural, and economic factors, and the complex interaction among these factors, that promote or impede development of children in low-income families. It is expected that the research studies stimulated by this initiative will contribute scientific data on the developmental trajectories of low-income children and have relevant implications for emerging public policy issues, including health disparities. This research will continue through July1. 2001.
State Estimates of Organized Child Care Facilities
This paper was originally presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA) Washington, D.C., March 1997. It looks at the child care industry from 1977-1992, geographical patterns from 1987-1992, characteristics of child care centers in 1992, and the estimated supply and demand for child care.
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Project
How does one improve childcare? For the T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Project (Teacher Education and Compensation Helps), the answer is to improve the training of childcare workers. Under the T.E.A.C.H. model, additional training is linked to higher wages for childcare providers. By compensating child care workers for receiving more training and education, the program works to retain child care providers and improve the quality of the child care workforce. This multi-state initiative, which was started in North Carolina by Day Care Services Association, has spread to other states, such as New York, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Colorado, and Indiana.
Trends in the Well-Being of America's Children and Youth 1999
Report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Trends in the Well Being of America’s Children and Youth 2001
This is the sixth edition of an annual report from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on trends in the well-being of our nation's children and youth.
Use of Continuous Improvement and Evaluation in Before- and After-School Programs
Before- and after-school programs for school-age children have a long history in the U.S. and have experienced rapid growth in recent years. The most recent national study of before- and after-school programs found that programs are generally very limited, however, in their capacity to conduct program evaluation directed at improvement or reporting impact to their external stakeholders. Efforts at quality control have largely centered on securing state licensing or approval to operate from a state department of education or accreditation by a state or national accrediting organization.
Using Research to Improve Child Care for Low-Income Families
The purpose of this report is to help child care administrators use research to guide the development of comprehensive state systems for child care. The report begins with guidelines for establishing and maintaining child care research projects. Key questions are then posed in five areas: 1) projecting the cost of child care; 2) parental payments and demand for child care; 3) supply of child care; 4) child care quality; and 5) child care as an investment. Following each set of questions are examples of existing research, along with a discussion of how the research can be applied and what additional research is needed. Examples of studies that specifically respond to key questions are emphasized.
Welfare: From Cash to Child Care and Other Supports
This Government Accounting Office (GAO) report finds that state welfare spending is shifting from monthly cash payments to services, such as child care and transportation to help working families. As a result, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) caseloads are dropping. As a result, TANF caseload data does not provide a complete picture of the number of families receiving benefits and services through TANF
Whose Minding the Kids - Child Care Arrangements
Report by the U.S. Census Bureau
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