Child Care

Publications of Interest

Southern Regional Initiative on Child Care, "Talking Points" (Southern Regional Task Force on Child Care Meeting,
Washington Court Hotel, Washington, DC, January 15, 2004). (pdf)

Moving Forward: Southern States Take Action to Improve Access to Quality, Affordable Child Care, this report is the 2002 Year End Report for the Southern Regional Initiative on Child Care funded by The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, May, 2003. (pdf)

Southern Regional Action Plans on Child Care

Action Plan to Improve Access to Child Care Assistance for Low-Income Families in the South, December 2000. (pdf)

Southern Regional Action Plan to Improve the Quality of Early Care and Education, October, 2002. (pdf)

Other Publications

Southern Regional Initiative on Child Care, Status Report on State Implementation Efforts: Action Plan to Improve Access to Child Care Assistance for Low-Income Families in the South (Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families, January 2004). (pdf)

Southern Regional Initiative on Child Care, Status Report on State Implementation Efforts: Southern Regional Action Plan to Improve the Quality of Early Care and Education (Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families, January 2004). (pdf)

Collaboration in Southern Regional Early Care and Education Systems, prepared for the Southern Regional Initiative on Child Care by Dottie C. Campbell, Southern Institute on Children and Families, December 2003. (pdf)

Southern Regional Forum on Collaboration and Coordination Across Early Care and Education Programs, Southern Regional Initiative on Child Care, Southern Institute on Children and Families, December 2003. (pdf)

Building Momentum — Taking Action: Southern States Collaborate on Child Care Financial Aid and Quality Initiatives, Southern Regional Initiative on Child Care, Southern Institute on Children and Families, February 2002. (pdf)

The Southern Regional Task Force on Child Care, Sound Investments: Financial Support for Child Care Builds Workforce Capacity and Promotes School Readiness, Southern Institute on Children and Families, December 2000. (pdf) Appendix to Report (pdf)

State Initiatives to Promote Early Learning: Next Steps in Coordinating Subsidized Child Care, Head Start and State PreKindergarten, Policy Brief by Rachel Schumacher, Mark Greenberg and Joan Lombardi, Center for Law and Social Policy, April 2001. (pdf)

State Initiatives to Promote Early Learning: Next Steps in Coordinating Subsidized Child Care, Head Start and State PreKindergarten, Full Report by Rachel Schumacher, Mark Greenberg and Joan Lombardi, Center for Law and Social Policy, April 2001. (pdf)

Child Care in the Southern States: Expanding Access to Affordable Care for Low-Income Families and Fostering Economic Development, by Louise Stoney, Stoney Associates, Southern Institute on Children and Families, April 2000. (pdf)

Helping Families Achieve Self-Sufficiency: A Guide on Funding Services for Children and Families Through the TANF Program, USDepartment of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, 1999.

"Child Care Assistance," Southern Regional Initiative to Improve Access to Benefits for Low Income Families With Children, Southern Institute on Children and Families, February 1998.