Author: Patti Banghart

What Can CCDF Learn from the Research on Children’s Health and Safety in Child Care?

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  • Project  Research Connections; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date May 1, 2012

Learn about our Research Connections project. What’s Inside… This report examines research on health and safety components that lead to better care and healthier outcomes for children. We discuss research on key CCDF health and safety categories such as prevention and control of infectious disease, safe buildings and physical premises, and health and safety training, […]

Comprehensive Obesity Prevention in Early Childhood: Promising Federal and State Initiatives

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  • Project  Project Thrive; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date March 1, 2012

Learn about our Project Thrive project. This is an excerpt from the full report. The prevalence of obese and overweight children in the United States has nearly tripled during the past 30 years. In 2010, approximately 17 percent of all children and adolescents (ages 2-19) were obese (BMI is in the 95th percentile or above). […]

Linking Home-Based Child Care And State-Funded Preschool: The Community Connections Preschool Program (Illinois Action for Children)

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  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date May 1, 2011

Introduction to the Community Connections Program Model The Community Connections preschool program (herein referred to as Community Connections) was developed to help prepare children in home-based child care for success in school and in life. It has three goals: (1) to make state prekindergarten classroom experiences available to children in home-based care, (2) to extend […]

Quality in Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care Settings

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  • Project  Research Connections; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date May 1, 2011

Learn about our Research Connections project. This is an excerpt from the full report. Introduction Currently, more than 60 percent of children in the United States under the age of 5 are in some type of non-parental child care on a regular basis ( Johnson, 2005) and care by family, friends, and neighbors (FFN care) […]

Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Young Children in the Child Welfare System: What Every Policymaker Should Know

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  • Project  Project Thrive; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date September 1, 2010

Learn about our Project Thrive project. This is an excerpt from the full report. Introduction: Why Focus on Mental Health in the Child Welfare System? The early years of life present a unique opportunity to lay the foundation for healthy development. It is a time of great growth and of vulnerability. Research on early childhood […]

Unclaimed Children Revisited: Focusing on Outcomes – A Case Study of the Michigan Level of Functioning Project

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  • Project  Unclaimed Children Revisited; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date May 1, 2010

Learn about our Unclaimed Children Revisited project. This is an excerpt from the full report. Introduction Unclaimed Children Revisited Background Unclaimed Children Revisited (UCR) updates Unclaimed Children: The Failure of Public Responsibility to Children in Need of Mental Health Services (1982), a seminal report authored by NCCP’s former director, Dr. Jane Knitzer. The initial report […]

Unclaimed Children Revisited: California Case Study

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  • Project  Unclaimed Children Revisited: California Case Study; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date April 1, 2010

Learn about our UCR: California Case Study project. Executive Summary (2M) Alameda County Profile (469K) Butte County Profile (473K) Humboldt County Profile (479K) Imperial County Profile (474K) Los Angeles County Profile (485K) Placer County Profile (474K) San Diego County Profile (486K) San Francisco County Profile(484K) San Mateo County Profile (485K) Santa Clara County Profile (493K) […]

Unclaimed Children Revisited: The Status of Children’s Mental Health Policy in the United States

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  • Project  Unclaimed Children Revisited; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date November 1, 2008

Learn about our Unclaimed Children Revisited project. Executive Summary Over 25 years ago Jane Knitzer, in the report Unclaimed Children: The Failure of Public Responsibility to Children in Need of Mental Health Services, documented policy and program disconnects that meant children and youth with mental health needs and their families did not get the services […]

Demographics of Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care in the United States

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  • Project  Research Connections; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date August 1, 2008

Learn about our Research Connections project. This research brief is part of a Research Connections’ Review of Research package. For more in-depth information on the topic see the accompanying Literature Review. What We Know Family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) child care (also referred to as informal care, home-based care, kith and kin care, kin care, […]