• Announced vs. Unannounced Licensing Inspections (Kroh, 1997) 
  
• Comparative Child Welfare Study: Residential Facilities and Day Treatment Programs (MacKenzie, Scalera, Gazan, 1997)
  
• Case Against Privatizing Human Care Licensing (Koch, Scalera, 2001)
  
• Comparative Enforcement Study - A Survey of Negative Enforcement Options and Practices (1998)
  
• Comparative Report on the Frequency and Types of Human Service Licensing Inspections (Kroh, 2001) 
  
• Emerging Trends in Child Care Regulation (Gazan, 1997) 
  
• Joint Position Statement - Equal Protection and Quality Education for Every Child (NARA, NCCA, 2004)
  
• Licensing Workload Assessment (1999)
  
• NJ - Report to Department of Human Services, Office of Licensing, on Automated Licensing Systems (Starr, Koch, 2006)
  
• Propositional Statements in Defense of Licensing as Sound Public Policy for the Safeguarding of Children in Away-From-Home Care (Norris Class, 1991)
  
• Regulating Dimensions of Quality in Early Care and Education (Colbert, 2002) 
  
• WA - Report on Effective Legal Proceeding to Ensure Provider Compliance (Koch Consulting, 2006)
  

RELATED - Research Papers

We are most grateful to Dr. Rick Fiene, Director of the Early Childhood Institute at Penn State University, for sharing his research with us.  Dr. Fiene has done extensive research in licensing, statistical indicator systems, and mentoring projects.  [Please Note:  a number of these papers are scanned documents and of limited print quality.]

1. Making the Almost Impossible, Possible: Evaluation of Human Services
2. Measure of the Child Care Ecology:  Day Care Program Compliance with State Regulations 
   
3. A Conceptual Framework for Monitoring Children's Services
   
4. An Instrument-Based Program Monitoring System:  A New Tool for Day Care Monitoring, Volume I:  Guide for Policy Makers  
   
5. Community Psychology's Search for a Viable Paradigm:  Establishing an Ecologically-Valid Intervention Research Base
   
6. An Instrument-Based Program Monitoring System:  A New Tool for Day Care Monitoring, Volume II:  Guide for Developing the Indicator Checklist
   
7. Child Development Program Evaluation Scale
   
8. Penn State-OCYF Day Care Project - Final Report of a Pilot Study
   
9. Instrument-Based Program Monitoring for Child Welfare
   
10. Child Care Quality, Compliance with Regulations, and Children's Development:  The Pennsylvania Study
    
11. Program Quality and Licensure in Day Care Centers and Family Day Care Homes
    
12. Early Childhood Research and Evaluation for State Licensing Administrators
    
13. Licensure and Program Quality in Child Care and Early Childhood Programs
    
14. Quality Assessment in Early Childhood Programs:  A Multi-Dimensional Approach
    
15. Measuring Child Care Quality
    
16. Promoting Change in State Policy Decisionmaking on Quality Infant-Toddler Child Care and Head Start Services
    
17. Utilizing a Statewide Training System to Improve Child Day Care Quality
    
18. A Systematic Approach to Child Care Regulatory Review, Policy Evaluation and Planning to Promote Health and Safety of Children in Child Care - A Manual for State and Local Child Care and Maternal and Child Health Agency Staff
    
19. Using a Statistical-Indicator Methodology for Accreditation
    
20. Investing in  Our Children's Future - The Path to Quality Child Care through the Pennsylvania Child Care and Early Childhood Development Training System
    
21. Searching for a Solution for the Child Care Trilemma
    
22. Infant Toddler Mentoring Program Manual
    
23. The Relationship of Accreditation and Licensing Standards, Training, and Child Development Outcomes
    
24. Professional Development and the Quality of Child Care - An Assessment of Pennsylvania's Child Care Training System
    
25. Director Mentoring Program Manual
    
26. The Effectiveness of an Infant Mentoring Project - Preliminary Findings
    
27. Mastering Course Content and Learning Satisfaction in Early Childhood Education:  A Comparison of Regular Classroom Instructions with Three Variations of Internet Delivery
    
28. 13 Indicators of Quality Child Care - Research Update
    
29. Lycoming Clinton Head Start Family Child Care Mentoring Evaluation, 2002
    
30. Improving Child Care Quality Through an Infant Caregiver Mentoring Project
    
31. How On-Site Mentoring Improves the Quality of Infant and Toddler Child Care Providers
    
32. Licensing Measurement - a Power Point Presentation
    
33. Early Care and Education - The Keystone of Pennsylvania's Future, 2002
    
34. Licensing  Related Indicators of Quality Child Care
    
35. Cumberland County and Greater Carlisle Area United Way Success by Six ECERS-R Training
    
36. Lycoming County Early Childhood Quality Research Project, 2003
    
37. Child Care Quality Improvement Using Proximal Learning and Mentoring
    
38. Comparison of Head Start and Child Care Facilities in Pennsylvania
    
39. Family and Group Child Care Homes : Factors Underlying Quality of Care - PA 2002
    
40. Early Childhood Education - Universal Pre-K and Other Alternatives
    
41. The Pennsylvania MAPS Project Evaluation of Two Workshops for Early Care and Education Providers
    
42. Evaluation of Pennsylvania's Keystone STARS Quality Rating System in Child Care Settings
    
43. Pennsylvania Mind in the Making Learning Modules Evaluation
    
44. Home-Based and Family Child Care: Characteristics and Quality Issues
    
45. Using Childcare Programs as a Portal for Changing the  Eating Behaviors of Young Children
    

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