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Comprehensive systems to improve the quality of family child care should include basic and intensive services, reach large numbers of regulated and unregulated providers, and improve the overall child care infrastructure. Currently, however, most quality-improvement projects offer only intensive services to limited numbers of regulated providers and include minimal infrastructure development.
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The author wishes to acknowledge the contribution of Barbara Taylor, past-President of The National Association for Family Day Care, to the ideas set forth in this article.
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Cohen, N.E. Increasing the quality of family child care homes: Strategies for the 1990s. Child Youth Care Forum 21, 347–359 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00757384
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