Child care and other support programs

Future of Children

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 79-97

  Floyd, Major Latosha ^a   Phillips, Deborah A ^b  

^a Department of the Army ^*  (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COUNSELING; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFANT; MILITARY FAMILY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPITE CARE; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ACCREDITATION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUNSELING; EDUCATION, NONPROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INSERVICE TRAINING; MILITARY FAMILY; PARENTING; PERSONNEL SELECTION; RESPITE CARE; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885056871     PISSN: 10548289     EISSN: 15501558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/foc.2013.0013     Document Type: Article

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