Access to child care for low-income working families
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 1999
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

An exploration of the magnitude of the gap between demand for, and actual acquisition of, child care subsidy assistance among low income, subsidy eligible families

Reports & Papers

Building their futures: How Early Head Start programs are enhancing the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2001
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

An interim report of the random assignment, impact evaluation of the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project, analyzing child and family outcomes through the first two years of children's lives.

Reports & Papers

Building their futures: How Early Head Start programs are enhancing the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families: Volume II. Technical report appendixes
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2001
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

A compendium of studies on the influence of participation in an Early Head Start program on children’s outcomes

Other

Child Care and Development Fund Administrative Data, Federal Fiscal Year 2001 [United States]
United States. Department of Health and Human Services, 2006
United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Child Care Bureau. CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND ADMINISTRATIVE DATA, FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2001 [Computer file]. ICPSR04379-v1. Rockville, MD: Anteon Corporation, Child Care Automation Resource Center [producer], 2005. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2007-03-09.

This administrative dataset provides descriptive information about the families and children served through the federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). CCDF dollars are provided to states, territories, and tribes to provide assistance to low-income families receiving or transitioning from temporary public assistance, in obtaining quality child care so they can work, or depending on their state's policy, attend training or receive education.

Data Sets

Child Care and Development Fund Administrative Data, Federal Fiscal Year 2003 [United States]
United States. Department of Health and Human Services, 2007
United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Child Care Bureau. CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND ADMINISTRATIVE DATA, FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2003 [Computer file]. ICPSR04643-v1. Rockville, MD: Anteon Corporation, Child Care Automation Resource Center [producer], 2007. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2007-03-09.

This administrative dataset provides descriptive information about the families and children served through the federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). CCDF dollars are provided to states, territories, and tribes to provide assistance to low-income families receiving or transitioning from temporary public assistance, in obtaining quality child care so they can work, or depending on their state's policy, attend training or receive education.

Data Sets

Child Care and Development Fund Administrative Data, Federal Fiscal Year 2005 [United States]
United States. Department of Health and Human Services, 2008
United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Child Care Bureau. CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND ADMINISTRATIVE DATA, FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2005 [Computer file]. ICPSR21401-v1. Rockville, MD: General Dynamics Information Technology [producer], 2007. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2008-02-11.

This administrative dataset provides descriptive information about the families and children served through the federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). CCDF dollars are provided to states, territories, and tribes to provide assistance to low-income families receiving or transitioning from temporary public assistance, in obtaining quality child care so they can work, or depending on their state's policy, attend training or receive education.

Data Sets

Child Care and Development Fund Administrative Data, Federal Fiscal Year 2007 [United States]
United States. Department of Health and Human Services, 2010
United States Department of Health and Human Services. Administration for Children and Families. Administration on Children, Youth and Families. Child Care Bureau. Child Care and Development Fund Administrative Data, Federal Fiscal Year 2007 [Computer file]. ICPSR27061-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-03-03. doi:10.3886/ICPSR27061

This administrative dataset provides descriptive information about the families and children served through the federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). CCDF dollars are provided to states, territories, and tribes to provide assistance to low-income families receiving or transitioning from temporary public assistance, in obtaining quality child care so they can work, or depending on their state's policy, attend training or receive education.

Data Sets

Child care in Connecticut: A short report on subsidies, affordability and supply
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 1999
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.

A summary of research findings on the gap between the number of children eligible for child care subsidies in Connecticut, under both the state and federal income eligibility guidelines, and the number of children actually served. This brief also provides an overview of Connecticut's child care administration policies.

Fact Sheets & Briefs

Child care in Florida: A short report on subsidies, affordability and supply
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 1999
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.

A summary of research findings on the gap between the number of children eligible for child care subsidies in Florida, under both the state and federal income eligibility guidelines, and the number of children actually served. This brief also provides an overview of Florida's child care administration policies.

Fact Sheets & Briefs

Child care in Michigan: A short report on subsidies, affordability and supply
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 1999
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.

A summary of research findings on the gap between the number of children eligible for child care subsidies in Michigan, under both the state and federal income eligibility guidelines, and the number of children actually served. This brief also provides an overview of Michigan's child care administration policies.

Fact Sheets & Briefs

Child care in Texas: A short report on subsidies, affordability and supply
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 1999
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.

A summary of research findings on the gap between the number of children eligible for child care subsidies in Texas, under both the state and federal income eligibility guidelines, and the number of children actually served. This brief also provides an overview of Texas's child care administration policies.

Fact Sheets & Briefs

Child Observation
United States. Administration for Children and Families, August 2006
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

Instruments

Early Head Start Research and Evaluation (EHSRE) Study, 1996-2001
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2004
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. EARLY HEAD START RESEARCH AND EVALUATION (EHSRE) STUDY, 1996-2001: [UNITED STATES] [Computer file]. ICPSR03804-v3. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research [producer], 2003. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2008-02-18

The Early Head Start findings are based on a mixture of direct child assessments, observations of children's behavior by in-person interviewers, ratings of videotaped parent-child interactions in standardized ways, ratings of children's behaviors by their parents, and parents' self-reports of their own behaviors, attitudes, and circumstances.

Data Sets