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Hooper, Alison; Hallam, Rena – Journal of Early Intervention, 2021
This study examines the prevalence of home-based child care providers who report serving at least one child whom they identify as having a disability. Although many families choose home-based child care, researchers know very little about how many home-based providers care for young children with disabilities. Through secondary analysis of the…
Descriptors: Incidence, Child Care, Disabilities, Predictor Variables
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Fifolt, Matthew; Lanzi, Robin G.; Johns, Elisabeth; Strichik, Tracye; Preskitt, Julie – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate retention and attrition in First Teacher, Alabama's Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) programme. Methods: Secondary data analysis was used to identify families that were most likely to leave through attrition; focus groups were conducted to discuss potential reasons…
Descriptors: Home Visits, Early Childhood Education, Focus Groups, Family Characteristics
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Wang, Chuang; Algozzine, Bob; Porfeli, Erik – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2015
"Closing the achievement gap" (i.e. reducing differences in performance across racial and ethnic groups) has been the rallying cry and holy grail for reform efforts in American education for some time. In addition to influences associated with school and teacher factors, researchers have now turned their attention to characteristics in…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Student Diversity, Community Resources, Social Capital
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Urbanowitz, Seth C.; Wilcox, Michael D., Jr. – Journal of Extension, 2013
The survey-based research reported here offers insights on community, resource, and economic development (CRED) Extension programming at the national and regional level. The results present a national picture of CRED programming, research, and potential future programming opportunities that Extension could capitalize on. The research shows that…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Extension Education, Community Resources, Administrator Attitudes
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Porowski, Allan; Passa, Aikaterini – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2011
Communities In Schools, Inc. (CIS) is a nationwide initiative designed to connect needed community resources with schools to help students, particularly those identified as at-risk, successfully learn, stay in school, and prepare for life. As part of a comprehensive 5-year national evaluation of CIS, ICF International conducted a school-level…
Descriptors: High Schools, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate, Community Resources
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Basu, Jayasree; Mobley, Lee R. – Journal of Rural Health, 2010
Purpose: To examine how local health care resources impact travel patterns of patients age 65 and older across the rural urban continuum. Methods: Information on inpatient hospital discharges was drawn from complete 2004 hospital discharge files from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) State Inpatient Databases (SID) for New York,…
Descriptors: Travel, Physicians, Hospitals, Patients
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Shores, Kindal A.; Moore, Justin B.; Yin, Zenong – Journal of Rural Health, 2010
Purpose: Chances for a healthy life are not equally distributed across society. Instead, genetic, social, and environmental factors help determine the probability that a child will be healthy and active. We investigate the probability that youth will be physically active by examining 3 consistent correlates of physical activity. The individual and…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Physical Activities, Self Efficacy, Physical Activity Level