http://www.sbceo.org/~ccpc/needs.shtml
This document offers data for planners and policy makers, and is published every five years by the Santa Barbara County Child Care Planning Council.
http://www.first5santabarbaracounty.org/templates/aboutus/aboutus.aspx?id=1078
One of the objectives of this study was to test attitudes regarding the health, education and development of children during their first five years of life.
Parents of young children feel that the most important elements of high
quality child care are a loving and nurturing environment, a safe
and clean facility, and the training and education of their childcare
provider.
http://www.highscope.org/Content.asp?ContentId=219
One of the best known scientific experiments that has identified both the short- and long-term effects of a high quality preschool education program for young children living in poverty.
