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Article: Supporting Parents through Head Start-Child Care Center Partnerships
- Article from:
- International Journal of Economic Development
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright Southern Public Administration Education Foundation 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Abstract
Partnerships between child care centers and Head Start can meet the increased child care needs of low-income parents that resulted from the welfare reform in 1996 and improve children's school readiness by providing full-day, full-year, and high quality child care services. They can also provide comprehensive services for low-income parents such as job training classes and employment referral services that will enhance parents' productivity and ease job searches. Using data collected from parents in Ohio (N=1,605), we estimate the probability of a parent selecting a child care center partnered with Head Start based on several parent characteristics. We find that parents in job ...