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Other Data Sources
In addition to MCC’s data
collection, the following sources offer quantitative information
on children and families.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
www.aecf.org
KIDS COUNT, an AECF project, has compiled indicators of child well-being
from the 2000 U.S. Census. Profiles, rankings, and raw data
are available for the nation as a whole, states, cities,
counties, towns, and more. Other reports focus on newborns,
on family self-sufficiency, and other topics.
Child Trends
www.childtrends.org
Child Trends – a nonprofit, nonpartisan children's research organization
– collects and analyzes data; conducts, synthesizes, and
disseminates research; designs and evaluates programs; and
develops and tests promising approaches to research in the
field. Topics include children in poverty, school readiness,
children left unsupervised, and other topics.
Educational
Resources Information Center (ERIC)
www.eric.ed.gov/
ERIC is a national information system funded by the U.S. Department
of Education that provides a variety of services and products
on a broad range of education-related issues.
Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative (ECAP)
http://ecap.crc.uiuc.edu
Home to more than a dozen projects that focus on educating and raising young children. ECAP hosts research, technical assistance, and service projects
National Child Care Information Center
www.nccic.org
The National Child Care Information
Center (NCCIC), a project of the Child Care Bureau , is a national resource that links
information and people to complement, enhance, and promote
the child care delivery system, working to ensure that all
children and families have access to high-quality comprehensive
services. Resources address child care funding, Good Start,
Grow Smart – the Bush Administration’s early childhood initiative,
literacy resources, and more.
National Institute
for Early Education Research
www.nieer.org
The National Institute for Early
Education Research supports early childhood education initiatives
by providing objective, nonpartisan information based on
research. Topics include the cost/benefit analysis of quality
preschool, funding strategies, teacher qualifications and
compensation, among others.
The Urban
Institute
www.urban.org
The Urban Institute website
has a research section on “Child Care and Development” which
provides a number of research papers focused on working
families and child care financing, subsidies, quality, and
related topics. These are accessible at:
Publications on Child Care and Development
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