Child Care
Research
- Are They in Any Real Danger? What Research Does - and Doesn't -Tell Us About Child Care Quality and Children's Well-Being (PDF)
- Early Learning, Later Success: The Abecedarian Study
- Long-Term Outcomes of Early Childhood Programs
- Longer Term Effects of Head Start (PDF)
- The High/Scope Perry Preschool Project - (also in PDF)
- Employer-Supported Child Care: Benefits to Employers, Employees and Children
Policy Reports/Executive Summaries
- Child Care by Kith and Kin: Supporting Family, Friends, and Neighbors Caring for Children
- Readiness for School: A Survey of the States
- America's Child Care Crisis: A Crime Prevention Tragedy (PDF)
- Eager to Learn: Educating Our Preschoolers
- Caring for Infants and Toddlers
- Children and Computer Technology
- Financing Child Care
- Who's Caring for Our Youngest Children? Child Care Patterns of Infants and Toddlers
- Child Care Assistance for Needy Families
Statistic and Demographic Resources
Child Well-Being
Research, Policy Reports, & Executive Summaries
- Domestic Violence and Children
- Protecting Children from Abuse and Neglect
- Children and Poverty
- From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development
- Starting Points: Meeting the Needs of Our Youngest Children
Statistic and Demographic Resources
Useful Research and Public Policy Sites
- Kids Count
- U.S. Census Data related to Child Care
- ChildStats.gov
- Early Childhood Research and Practice - online research journal
- National Child Care Information Center
- Children's Defense Fund
- The Child Welfare Review - the online journal of the Child Welfare Research Institute
- Early Childhood Clearinghouse: Facts in Action - lots of good information on the state of child care; especially useful for reports, newsletters, speeches, etc.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Stand for Children Action Center
- Search Institute
- National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education
- National Association of Child Advocates
- National Center for Children in Poverty
- Institute for Child Health Policy - cooperative effort of Florida's university system
- Children Now
- Child Welfare League of America
- Child Trends, Inc.
- High/Scope Educational Research Foundation
- Child Care Law Center
State Information
Governmental Agencies
- Ohio Department of Job and Family Services - Child Care
- Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
State Initiatives/Programs
- Ohio Help Me Grow - county contacts, available trainings
- Ohio Family and Children First
Advocacy Organizations
Early Care and Education Professional Organizations
State Data Related to Children and Child Care
- Ohio County-by-County Fact Books from KidsCount:
- State Comparisons on Child Care Assistance Policy