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Looking for new and notable information to help you dig deeper into an issue? Start with these reports recommended by our readers (send us your recommendation). To browse through our full selection of resources on Early Childhood, use the topic links on the right.

Breaking the piggy bank: parents and the high price of child care
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, October 2007, 42 pp.
Presents data on child care prices and highlights the difficulties working families in the United States face in paying for child care. Also recommends steps that states and the federal government should take to improve the affordability of care.

Project thrive: Reducing disparities beginning in early childhood
National Center for Children in Poverty, July 2007, 8 pp.
Research about disparities with origins in early childhood and the role of state early childhood comprehensive systems in reducing disparities.

Family, friend and neighbor caregivers: Results of the 2004 Minnesota statewide household child care survey
Wilder Research, February 2006, 81 pp.
This statewide survey describes family, friend and neighbor (FFN) caregivers and the care they provide to children. The report also identifies caregiving resources and information FFN caregivers have access to, most commonly use, and would find most helpful.

Child care use in Minnesota
Wilder Research, December 2005, 101 pp.
Three out of four Minnesota families use child care regularly for their children under age 13, and those children spend an average of 24 hours per week in child care according to this 2004 household statewide survey. Find wealth of information about families child care costs, satisfaction, how child care choices affect parents' employment and more.

Resources to promote social and emotional health and school readiness in young children and families : a community guide
National Center for Children in Poverty, November 2005, 72 pp.
Provides information about resources and strategies that families, child care providers, teachers, and others can use to help children develop the social and emotional skills they need to succeed in school.
Contains a section on resources to guide community action.

Related web sites

Child care & early education research connections
Promotes high-quality research in child care and early education and the use of that research in policy making. Includes reports, data, a database of instruments, information on policies, and links to other resources.

Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health
Presents state and national data on children's health. Indicators include: overall health status, asthma, socio-emotional difficulties, preventive health and dental care, early childhood experience, repetition of grade, reading, and attending religious services.

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