Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships Research

 

The National Descriptive Study of Early Head Start-Child Care (EHS-CC) Partnerships (2013-2018)

This study provided detailed information about the 2015 EHS-CCP grantees and their child care partners (including child care center directors and family child care providers) and the activities they engaged in to develop and maintain partnerships and support the delivery of high quality services to infants, toddlers, and families. To inform the study, the project conducted a review of relevant literature on partnerships, developed a theory of change model to articulate rela­tions among key features, characteristics, and ex­pected outcomes of partnerships, and identified approaches to measure partnerships. Data collection for the surveys and case studies was conducted in 2016. The final report and several brief reports were released in 2019.

Data are archived at the Child and Family Data Archive [CFData ].

The study was conducted by Mathematica.

The Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships Sustainability Study (2019-2024)

This study will follow up with the EHS programs and child care providers (including child care center directors and family child care providers) who participated in the National Descriptive Study of Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships to understand whether and how partnerships have been sustained or have dissolved, and which features of partnerships support or impede sustainability. Data collection took place in 2022 and included surveys of those who participated in 2016 as well as semi-structured interviews with a purposive sample of child care providers whose partnerships have dissolved and have been sustained since 2016.

 

Data are archived at the Child and Family Data Archive [CFData ].

The study is conducted by Mathematica.

Point(s) of contact: Jenessa Malin and Jackie Gross

Information collections related to these projects have been reviewed and approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs under OMB #0970-0471. Related materials are available on at the Study of EHS-Child Care Partnerships Information Collection page and the EHS-Child Care Partnerships Sustainability Study Information Collection Page on RegInfo.gov

The approved documents are accessible by clicking on the ICR Ref. No. with the most recent conclusion date. To access the information collections (e.g. interviews, surveys, protocols), click on View Information Collection (IC) List. Click on View Supporting Statement and Other Documents to access other supplementary documents.

 

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