Databases
50-State Demographics Wizard

Use the Demographics Wizard to create custom tables of national- and state-level statistics about low-income or poor children, from the National Center for Children in Poverty.

 

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Program Evaluation Database

Coming soon! From the Center on the Developing Child, this database compiles four decades of program evaluation research relevant to children from the prenatal period to age 5.

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Research
 

The Alliance invests in knowledge creation and information sharing. We support new research, policy analysis/synthesis, and dissemination to inform advocacy and leadership activities. Grantees conduct data collection, research synthesis and translation in areas as diverse as early care and education workforce, professional development, program evaluation, and developmental neuroscience. Grantees work to communicate important research findings and their real world implications with the goal of promoting innovative state programs and policies.

 

The Alliance invests in knowledge creation and information sharing. We support new research, policy analysis/synthesis, and dissemination to inform advocacy and leadership activities. Grantees conduct data collection, research synthesis and translation in areas as diverse as early care and education workforce, professional development, program evaluation, and developmental neuroscience. Grantees work to communicate important research findings and their real world implications with the goal of promoting innovative state programs and policies.

 

Poverty in Childhood can Shape Neurobiology: Study

February 22, 2010 — AFP
Recent studies have shown that children who are born into poverty are likely to live in poverty as adults as well.

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Naptime Helps Babies Remember New Things

February 22, 2010 — Health Day News

Researchers at the University of Arizona have found that daytime naps can be important to learning in babies.

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NACCRRA's 2010 Policy Symposium

March 9-13, 2010 — Washington D.C.

NACCRRA's Policy Symposium will feature sessions on the latest policy, research, and practice developments in child care and child care resource and referral.

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Latest Resources
 

Inbrief: Early Childhood Program Effectiveness

This brief from the Center on the Developing Child, the National Conference of State Legislatures and the National Governors Association identifies innovative early childhood programs that improve outcomes for children.

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Early Childhood Longitudinal Study

A study from CCSSO and Child Trends that explores the developmental disparities between young children ages 0-5 with a low socioeconomic status and their peers.

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