Resource Library

This snapshot presents updated estimates of the 2012 NSECE snapshot that examines the reasons why households engage in CCEE searchers and make CCEE search decisions.

Learn research-based answers to key questions about families’ access to public pre-K programs.

This brief draws from data collected in the 2019 NSECE Center-based Provider Survey. In the NSECE, a center-based provider delivers CCEE services to children aged five and under, not yet in kindergarten, at a single location. This brief describes how enrollment and vacancies at center-based child care and early education (CCEE) programs can be estimated using data from the 2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE).

This short-form product describes the value of competency frameworks and competency-based professional development for infant/toddler teachers and caregivers.

This practitioner-focused brief provides strategies learned from the Understanding Children’s Transitions from Head Start to Kindergarten (HS2K) project’s collective work and real-life examples of how Head Start programs and Local Education Agencies (LEAs) work together to support kindergarten transitions.

In this piece on nontraditional-hour care, we highlight descriptive reports using national data on both families with young children who need nontraditional-hour care, as well as the characteristics of providers who offer nontraditional-hour care.

This brief shares four tips to support HMRE programs interested in enhancing their virtual HMRE services.

This brief from the Understanding the Value of Centralized Services Study was developed for clients who informed the study during the study design and qualitative data collection.

This short-form product is intended to provide examples relevant to state child care administrators on how local, state, and federal CCEE datasets many be used, either singly or in combination, to examine and track progress toward improving equitable access to CCEE.

This brief summarizes key cost findings from the evaluation of Wise Guys in Iowa. It presents information on the resources required to deliver the program for one academic year and the average cost per student. The brief also summarizes how the average cost per student compares to other federally funded teen pregnancy prevention programs.