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The Minnesota Child Care Policy Research Partnership (MCCPRP) is a collaboration among Minnesota state agencies, counties, child care resource and referral agencies, and researchers. Coordinated by the Minnesota Department of Human Services, the partnership brings together researchers and policymakers from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, county child care units from Anoka, Becker, Brown, and Hennepin Counties, the University of Minnesota, Child Trends, Wilder Research Center, the Minnesota Child Care Resource and Referral Network, and several national researchers. The goal of this broadly based partnership is to foster sound research on child care issues of important to policymakers at the state, local, and national level.

CCRP Forum of March 3, 2006
About the Forum
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Using the Evidence:
Policy Implications of the Latest Child Care Research

On March 3, 2006 a forum was presented in the Cowles Auditorium of the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota, sponsored by funding from MCCPRP and the Minnesota Department of Human Services.

About the Forum

The CCRP Forum on March 3, 2006 highlighted five years of studies by the Minnesota Child Care Policy Research Partnership. Researchers framed the presentations and discussion around two themes:

• Parent Choices and Market Forces
• Quality, Quality Improvement and School Readiness

Opening remarks were made by Chuck Johnson, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Children and Family Services, Minnesota Department of Human Services, and Deborah Swenson-Klatt, Director, Child Development Services, Minnesota Department of Human Services.

Forum Presenters (left to right):

• Elizabeth Davis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Applied Economics, University of Minnesota
• Barbara O'Sullivan, Early Learning Services Supervisor, Minnesota Department of Education
• Deborah Swenson-Klatt, Director, Child Development Services, Minnesota Department of Human Services
• Richard Chase, Ph.D., Consulting Scientist, Wilder Research, Amherst-Wilder Foundation
• Kathryn Tout, Ph.D., Program Director, Early Care and Education, Child Trends
• Amy Susman-Stillman, Ph.D., Director of Applied Research and Training, CEED
• Martha Zaslow, Ph.D., Vice President for Research, Child Trends

Forum Materials

Note: All files are in pdf format and downloadable with Acrobat Reader, free software available online.

Presentation handout (pdf file, 40 pages)
Includes Table of Contents, Agenda, "Meet the Panel Presenters," "Meet the Participating Organizations," and presentation slides

Table Notes (pdf file, 6 pages)
After the panel presentation, participants discussed their ideas and questions about child care during lunch. This file synthesizes lunchtime discussions.

Research studies

Child Care Assistance and the Market for Child Care in Minnesota: A Report of the Minnesota Child Care Policy Research Partnership (2005), Davis, E., & Li, N. (University of Minnesota), St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Human Services.

Child Care Use in Minnesota: 2004 Statewide Household Child Care Executive Summary (2005), Chase, R., Arnold, J., Schauben, L., & Shardlow, B. (Wilder Research), St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Human Services.

Cost of Child Care: Legislative Report on Cost Containment Options in the Child Care Assistance Program (2005), St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Human Services.

Minnesota School Readiness Year 3 Study: Developmental Assessment of Kindergarten Entrance (2004), Roseville, MN: Minnesota Department of Education.

School Readiness in Child Care Settings: A Developmental Assessment of Children in 22 Accredited Child Care Centers (2005), St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Human Services.

A Snapshot of Quality in Minnesota's Child Care Centers: A Report of the Minnesota Child Care Policy Research Partnership (2005), Tout, K., & Sherman, J. (Child Trends), St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Human Services.

Still Working in Minnesota? Follow-up Study on Parents' Employment and Earnings in the Child Care Assistance Program, A Report of the Minnesota Child Care Policy Research Partnership (2005), Davis, E., & Jeffreys, M. (University of Minnesota), St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Human Services.

Tiered Reimbursement in Minnesota Child Care Settings: A Report of the Minnesota Child Care Policy Research Partnership (2004), Tout, K., & Zaslow, M. (Child Trends), St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Human Services.

Working in Minnesota: Parents' Employment and Earnings in the Child Care Assistance Program (2004), Jeffreys, M., & Davis, E. (University of Minnesota), St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Human Services.

Sponsors

This forum was supported by funds and efforts from:

Minnesota Child Care Policy Research Partnership
Minnesota Department of Human Services
Center for Early Education and Development