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Recent CLASP Publications
Center Ratios and Group Sizes: Research-Based Rationale by Rachel Schumacher. This rationale presents research on the effects of ratios and group sizes on babies in center-based child care. As part of the Charting Progress for Babies in Child Care project, this rationale supports the Policy Framework’s Recommendation #6: Ensure that babies and toddlers in centers are in small groups with sufficient numbers of providers. Also available in HTML. 7 pages. 8/25/2008
Family Child Care Ratios and Group Sizes: Research-Based Rationale by Rachel Schumacher and Elizabeth Hoffmann. This rationale presents research on the effects of ratios and groups sizes on babies in family child care. As part of the Charting Progress for Babies in Child Care project, this rationale supports the Policy Framework’s Recommendation #7: Ensure babies and toddlers in family child care are in small groups with sufficient numbers of providers. Also available in HTML. 5 pages. 8/25/2008
Continuity of Care: Research-Based Rationale by Rachel Schumacher and Elizabeth Hoffmann. This rationale presents research on attachment relationships and stable care for babies. As part of the Charting Progress for Babies in Child Care project, this rationale supports the Policy Framework’s Recommendation #3: Support continuous relationships between providers and caregivers and the children they care for, from when they enter child care to age three. Also available in HTML. 7 pages. 8/25/2008
State Early Head Start Initiative Profiles by Rachel Schumacher and Elizabeth DiLauro (ZERO TO THREE). CLASP and ZERO TO THREE conducted in-depth interviews with 10 states taking actions to build on Early Head Start. These individual profiles of state initiatives include data on the approaches used to build on Early Head Start, the state program, funding and supports, governance and coordination, and monitoring and evaluation.
See also Building on the Promise: State Initiatives to Expand Access to Early Head Start for Young Children and Their Families for an analysis of all 20 states building on Early Head Start and recommendations for states.
8/14/2008
Ensuring Quality Care for Low-Income Babies: Contracting Directly with Providers to Expand and Improve Infant and Toddler Care by Hannah Matthews and Rachel Schumacher. The supply of high-quality infant and toddler child care is limited, particularly for low-income families. While most states provide child care assistance through vouchers or certificates, states have the option of contracting directly with providers to expand infant/toddler care for low-income families. Based on interviews with state policymakers, this paper explains how states are using contracts to create or stabilize care in particular communities or for specific populations; to create child care slots meeting quality standards important for infants and toddlers; to extend the day for infants and toddlers served in Early Head Start; and to improve the quality of infant/toddler family child care. 20 pages. 7/30/2008
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