Human Development and Family Studies, Michigan State University, East Lansing (Ms Martoccio and Drs Brophy-Herb and Onaga).
Correspondence: Tiffany L. Martoccio, MA, Human Development and Family Studies, Michigan State University, 552 W. Circle Dr., 7 Human Ecology Bldg., East Lansing, MI 48824 ([email protected]).
This research was supported, in part, by the “local” Michigan component of the National Early Head Start Research and Evaluation (EHSRE) Project/Pathways Project. The findings reported here are based on research conducted as part of the national Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project funded by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract 105-95-1936, to Mathematica Policy Research, Princeton, NJ, and Columbia University's Center for Children and Families, Teachers College, in conjunction with the Early Head Start Research Consortium. The consortium consists of representatives from 17 programs participating in the evaluation, 15 local research teams, the evaluation contractors, and the ACF. Research institutions in the consortium include the ACF; Catholic University of America; Columbia University; Harvard University; Iowa State University; Mathematica Policy Research; Medical University of South Carolina; Michigan State University; New York University; University of Arkansas; University of California, Los Angeles; University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; University of Kansas; University of Missouri–Columbia; University of Pittsburgh; University of Washington School of Education; University of Washington School of Nursing; and Utah State University. The content of this publication does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Department of Health and Human Services, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. government.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
