Implementation of New Childcare Policies in New Orleans

The high number of working parents in the U.S. means that there are millions of child in need to care during working hours. Research shows that the quality of this care is of high importance in a child's development, both in the short-term and the long-term. States have used a variety of policy tools to regulate child care and to attempt to improve the quality of care. Louisiana has recently implemented a new policy called the Quality Rating System. Directors of centers in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, were interviewed to determine the impact of participation in QRS. Centers are struggling to meet the requirements and feel that changes need to be made for the program to have a better outcome.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.P.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Political Science

Year

2009

Author dc:creator

• Ives, Mary Katherine

Contributors dc:contributor

• Montjoy, Robert S.
• Kiefer, John J.
• Alcazar, Al

• Quality Rating System
• New Orleans
• policy tools
• policy instruments
• child care
• Louisiana
• early childhood education
• Orleans Parish

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/953

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.uno.edu:td-1934