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ED428862 PS027434
Title: State Child Care and Early Education Developments: Highlights and Updates for 1998.
Author(s): Blank, Helen; Poersch, Nicole Oxendine
Author Affiliation: Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC.(BBB13369)
Pages: 66
Publication Date: February 1999
Sponsoring Agency: Ford Foundation, New York, NY. (QPX27000)@Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD. (BBB32721)@Mott (C.S.) Foundation, Flint, MI. (BBB04331)@A.L. Mailman Family Foundation, Inc. (BBB24207)
Available from: EDRS Price MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: Children's Defense Fund, 25 E Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20001; Tel: 202-628-8787; Fax: 202-662-3510; Web site: www.childrensdefense.org
Language: English
Document Type: Reports--Descriptive (141)
Geographic Source: U.S.; District of Columbia
Journal Announcement: RIEAUG1999
One of a series
of reports concerning state policies and practices in child care
and early education, this report provides highlights and updates
regarding state actions during 1998. The report is intended to serve
as a supplement and companion to the more comprehensive information
presented in "State Developments in Child Care and Early Education
1997." The information in this report was collected through
written surveys and phone interviews with advocates in each state.
The final draft was reviewed for verification by advocates and state
child care administrators in each state. Following an introduction,
the report provides information in the following areas: (1) state
decisions regarding child care funding; (2) child care subsidy eligibility;
(3) state subsidy payment rates; (4) parent subsidy co-payments;
(5) child care tax credits; (6) quality and supply: general; (7)
quality and supply: care for infants and toddlers; (8) quality and
supply: school-age care: (9) quality and supply: odd-hour care:
(10) licensing and regulatory changes; (11) Head Start and prekindergarten
initiatives; (12) bringing communities together for children; (13)
increasing business investment; and (14) changes in child care administration.
(EV)
Descriptors: Administration; *Day Care; *Early Childhood Education;
Financial Support; *State Action; State Programs; State Regulation;
State Standards
Identifiers: Child Care Costs; *Day Care Quality; Day Care Regulation
