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School Readiness: Implications for Policy
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2008-05)
To prepare children for success in school, policies must provide support for all the contexts that influence child development starting from birth, and must seek to optimize children's functioning across all domains of ...
The Impact of Welfare Reform On Infants & Toddlers, Their Families, & Their Communities: The Role of Early Head Start & Head Start
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2001-04)
This study is a qualitative inquiry investigating how perspectives of welfare reform implementation may change or evolve from (a) state level policy makers, (b) county or local administrators responsible for implementing ...
Foster Care in Missouri
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2004)
In 2001, approximately 805,000 children in the United States were in foster care. The majority of children entering foster care have experienced prolonged and repeated abuse and neglect. Consequently, many have serious ...
The Earned Income Tax Credit: Lifting Working Families Out of Poverty
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2008)
22% of Missouri's young children live under the poverty level. Research shows that a child's development is affected negatively by circumstances of poverty. Children raised in poverty are more likely to have poorer physical ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Preschool Classrooms: Recommendations to Improve the Quality of Early Childhood Programs
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2007)
Recommendations for practices that strengthen early childhood programs are proposed based on findings from two studies. The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised is widely used to assess preschool classrooms. A ...
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 ...
Settling Basins and Terraces for Cattle Manure (2002)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2002)
Fast-moving liquids pick up and transport solids, which settle out of the flow when velocity is reduced. Often, settling basins are designed to limit flow velocities to 1.5 feet per second, or less. Settling may remove 35 ...
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 ...
Safe ground handling of horses (2002)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2002)
During the last decade, participation in horse-related activities has continued to grow. The National Safety Council estimates that more than 10 million people in the United States are involved in equine sports. Membership ...
Feeding horses (2003)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2003)
In balancing rations for horses, the goals are to furnish horses with a daily supply of nutrients in the correct amounts to prevent digestive upsets and to use feedstuffs that are palatable, easily obtained and economical.