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Descriptive/Analytical Study
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Systems Change Study: Assess system changes, community wide collaborative relationships and policy changes; examine policy connections and changes; and, analyze children’s involvement with multiple systems.
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Longitudinal/Prospective Study
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Family Child Care Home Study: Examine the effect of training and technical assistance on child care quality; and, analyze the family child care system.
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Impact Study (Quasi-experiment with non-equivalent control groups)
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Population Outcomes Study: Examine outcomes among all young children in Cuyahoga County, including rates of child abuse and neglect; health insurance coverage for young children; family self-sufficiency; enrollment
in certified child care and Head Start/ Preschool; and child death rates.
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Descriptive/Analytical Study
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Special Needs Child Care Study
Study the size, capacity and location of the special needs child care system in the County;
Study training and TA providers to determine the type of training and TA they are providing and to whom;
Study special needs child care referral requests to determine portals of entry and extent to which needs are met; and,
Assess training and technical assistance are being used for children with special needs.
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Descriptive/Analytical Study
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Healthy Start/Medicaid Expansion Study: study Healthy Start/ Medicaid enrollment trends and patterns for children ages 0-5; analyze service utilization and provider and HMO enrollment including continuity of care, immunization rates and well child care; and, describe Healthy Start/ Medicaid outreach activities
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Impact Study (Quasi-experiment with pre-post time periods)
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Home Visiting Studies: Assess participant, program impacts (such as parental stress, parental support, parenting, home environment;
Analyze participant engagement and retention in Early Start; assess subsequent reports for child abuse and neglect; and,
Assess quality and consistency of Early Start services delivered by different community based agencies.
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