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The Impact of Welfare Reform On Infants & Toddlers, Their Families, & Their Communities: Families Entering the Work Force
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2001-04)
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 represents a fundamental change in our country's approach to supporting families in economic need. Since the enactment of PRWORA, researchers ...
Stepparent Policy Reforms
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2004-09)
As many as 1 in 3 children spend some childhood years living with a stepparent, and stepparents often play an important role in stepchildren's lives, emotionally as well as economically. However, stepparent-stepchild ...
Missouri Early Childhood Programs: Subsidy and Workforce Issues
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2006)
Economic data indicate investments in early childhood education provide substantial, long term dividends among adults who attended high quality programs during their preschool years. Research suggests a significant contributor ...
A National Putative Father Registry
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2007)
Over one-third of all births are to unwed parents. Adoption proceedings for these children can be delayed, contested, and disrupted when paternity is in question. Highly publicized court cases, suchas Baby Jessica's in ...
Improving the Quality of Elder Care: The Continuing Care Retirement Community
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2002)
By 2020, the segment of the population 65 and older will have increased by 42% to reach over one million persons and those 85 and older will number roughly 129,000. These trends indicate an increase in the demands for ...
Corporal Punishment in Schools
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2004)
The United States is one of only three industrialized nations that still permit the use of corporal punishment in its public schools. Schools are the only American institution where this practice is allowed. It has been ...
Family Leave
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2003-03)
Millions of American workers who qualify for family or medical leave don't take it because they cannot afford to go without pay. Family and work patterns have shifted dramatically in recent decades, yet workplace policies ...
The State of Children and Families: 2009
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2009-01)
This report contains information on current trends in the United States in areas including poverty, violence and crimes, unwed and teen pregnancy, education, nutrition, child health, child welfare, and housing.
The State of Child Welfare in America: 2009
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2009-01)
In terms of physical and emotional suffering, an estimated 905,000 children were determined to be victims of child abuse or neglect in 2006 according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. From the fiscal ...
Home-Based Programs: Recommendations to Improve Program Quality
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2007)
Recommendations for practices that strengthen early childhood programs are proposed based on findings from two studies. The Family Day Care Rating Scale is widely used to assess program quality. A total of 223 home-based ...
Infant and Toddler Programs: Recommendations for a Stimulating Learning Environment
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2007)
Recommendations for practices that strengthen early childhood programs are proposed based on findings from two studies. The Infant-Toddler Environment Rating Scale-Revised is widely used to assess infant a toddler classrooms. ...
Infant and Toddler Programs: Recommendations for Quality Child-Teacher Interactions
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2007)
Recommendations for practices that strengthen early childhood programs are proposed based on findings from two studies. In one study, researchers in the Midwest Child Care Research Consortium conducted a study to assess ...
Who is Educating Missouri's Youngest Children?
(Center for Family Policy and Research, 2005)
The total size of Missouri's early childhood workforce is unknown. We do know that approximately 16,000 early childhood professionals work in the over 4,000 licensed programs. The workforce also includes about 5,150 persons ...
Parents as Teachers (PAT) for Families with Low Incomes: A Collaborative Approach for Children Birth to Three
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2005)
The Early Childhood Development Act of 1984 mandated that every school district in Missouri provide Parents as Teachers services to families with children birth to age 5. In 2003-04, a total of 45% of families in Missouri ...
Early Childhood Workforce Retention Rates: What factors impact the statistics?
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2002)
When studying early childhood programs, it is important to look at two areas of workforce statistics: job retention rates and compensation data (salary and benefits). Across the nation, the early childhood field experiences ...
Child Care Quality for Children with Disabilities
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2004-04)
In 2000, university researchers and state child care program partners in four states (Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska) initiated the Midwest Child Care Research Consortium (MCCRC). The focus of the Consortium's work ...
Feeds for light horses (1993)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1993)
Feed is the greatest expense of owning a horse. Feed ingredients needed for horses are the same as for other livestock. They are carbohydrates, fats, protein, minerals, vitamins and water. The first three of these can yield ...
Horse registries and associations (2006)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2006)
This is a list of horse registries and associations based in the United States.
Horse breeding arithmetic : 2 + 2 = 1 (2000)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2000)
It is a common belief that on average if two mares are bred during one estrus (heat), only one will give birth to a foal. A number of factors can affect this 50 percent average foaling rate, however, and scientific knowledge ...
Unsoundnesses and blemishes of horses : head, body, respiratory tract and stable vices (1993)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1993)
Any defect that affects serviceability is considered an unsoundness. A defect that detracts from appearance but does not impair serviceability is considered a blemish.