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Using Research to Improve Child Care for Low-Income Families

 


DHHSU.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children and Families
Administration on Children, Youth, and Families
Child Care Bureau

An-Me Chung, Ph.D
Louise Stoney

This report has been prepared for the Child Care Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through contract #105-94-1626 with Trans-Management Systems Corporation (T-MSC) in cooperation with Collins Management Consulting, Inc. (CMC). No official endorsement of any practice, publication or individual by the Department of Health and Human Services or the Administration for Children and Families, the Child Care Bureau or the National Child Care Information Center is intended or is to be inferred.

May, 1997


Table of Contents

Introduction

Steps and Guidelines for Research

Key Research Issues and Questions
  1. Projecting the Cost of Child Care
        Examples of Existing Research
    State Studies
    National Studies
    State Administrative Data
    Local Data
    Alternative Approaches to Projecting Costs
        Additional Research Needs

  2. Parental Payments and Demand for Child Care
        Examples of Existing Research
    State Studies
    National Studies
    Modeling Parent Fee Schedules
        Additional Research Needs

  3. Supply of Child Care
        Examples of Existing Research
    Data from CCR&R Agencies
    Data from State Regulatory Agencies
    State Studies
    National Studies
        Additional Research Needs

  4. Child Care Quality
        Examples of Existing Research
    State Studies that Examine the Role of Licensing and Monitoring
    State Studies that Examine the Role of Provider Training
    State Studies that Examine the Role of Technical Assistance
    State Studies of Regulation-Exempt Child Care
    National Studies
    Evaluation of Specific Programs
    Alternative Approaches to Measuring Quality
        Additional Research Needs

  5. Child Care as an Investment
        Examples of Existing Research
    State Studies
    National Studies
    Program Specific Studies
    Additional Research Needs
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendices
Appendix A: Executive Summary, Data for Community Planning, Oregon Childhood Care and Educaion Data Project
Appendix B: Sliding Fee Scales: How to Make Them Work for Families

 

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