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Head Start-Operated Full-Day Services: Successes, Challenges, and Issues
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Abstract.
Researchers conducted focus groups in three Minnesota Head Start programs that provide full-day services. The purpose of this descriptive study was to understand how these programs operated, the strengths and challenges of full-day Head Start programs, and how working parents and those on public assistance described these services. Findings include parents' satisfaction with various models of full-day services and parents' needs for extended hour care, transportation, informa...
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; ... Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Human Services. Children's Defense Fund. (1998). Poverty stats reveal some good news, some bad news. CDF Reports, November, 4-17. Galinsky, E., Howes, C., Kontos, S., & Shinn, M. (1994). The study of children ...
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Federal money may help boost struggling child care programs
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; WASHINGTON - The House voted to renew funding for Head Start programs last week, and Missouri agencies and state lawmakers hope the federal help will boost its struggling child care programs. The bill, which must be approved by the Senate, would increase spending on the program from $6.9 billion to
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CHILD CARE: THE UNFINISHED AGENDA AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Regulatory Intelligence Data
; 00-00-0000 Today, the President signed the Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1998, which renews and strengthens America's premier early childhood program -- Head Start -- and builds on important progress made in the Clinton Administration to improve and expand Head Start services. This
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WHY WE CARE ABOUT CHILD CARE; IT'S A COMMUNITY INVESTMENT THAT PAYS DIVIDENDS IN TODAY'S ECONOMY AND TOMORROW'S SOCIETY.(Opinion)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
; ... brief and often portrays child care as an individual family choice rather than a community issue. Child care has been in the news recently because it is one of many human services threatened by federal funding cuts. Although it is important to understand ...
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HHS CHILD CARE PROGRAMS: INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE
Regulatory Intelligence Data
; 00-00-0000 Overview: The Clinton Administration has made ensuring safe, accessible, and affordable child care a top priority. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) leads the Administration's child care activities, coordinating federal child care assistance for families through the Child
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EXPANSION OF HEAD START - FIELD HEARING NORWALK, CONNECTICUT:ELAINE LIBERTO
Congressional Testimony
; 00-00-0000 Congress of the United States, Subcommittee on Human Resources Hearing on Early Head Start: Goals and Challenges February 19, 1998-Norwalk, Connecticut Testimony given by: Elaine Liberto Child Care Director Congressman Shays, honorable members of the Subcommittee on Human Resources,
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FEDERAL RESOURCES FOR CHILD CARE:MATTHEW E. MELMED
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State Woes Shut Down Child Care Program; Other Budget Cuts Also Affect Families
The Washington Post
; As the school year begins, the bad news is hitting home for some of the county's struggling families. An extended-day child care program for Head Start children that helped ...
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Supporting Parents through Head Start-Child Care Center Partnerships
International Journal of Economic Development
; Abstract Partnerships between child care centers and Head Start can meet the increased child care needs of low-income parents that resulted from the welfare reform in 1996 and improve children's school readiness by providing full-day, full-year, and high quality child care services. They can also
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Advocates say budget has few gains for Head Start, child care.
Report on Preschool Programs
; Fewer children may gain access to Head Start and child care services under the Bush administration's budget plans for 2005, say critics analyzing the new blueprint. The White House is proposing an additional $169 million for Head Start, for total funding of $6.9 billion next year. The increase
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