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License-Exempt Child Care

Issue Brief | March 06, 2019

License-exempt child care (also referred to as informal child care or family friend and neighbor care) refers to child care providers who can operate legally without a license.

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Kaleidoscope Play & Learn Evaluation

Report | April 26, 2018

With funding from The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the California Child Care Resource & Referral Network (the Network), in partnership with Engage R+D, assessed the impact of a California pilot of the Kaleidoscope Play & Learn model.

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