Resource Library

Learn about evaluation activities conducted to understand ACF's Early Childhood Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) system.

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).

Explore findings related to racial equity among healthcare occupations and the resulting racial wage gaps and consider implications for career pathways program providers to begin addressing these gaps.

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

This White paper from the Assessing the Implementation and Cost of High-Quality Early Care and Education project presents results from an experiment of tokens of appreciation to support survey response among staff in child care and early education centers

This brief describes the process used to gather input for a future child support learning agenda and summarizes the key themes in questions identified during workshops with federal staff and external experts. This brief is useful for practitioners and researchers interested in potential directions for building evidence on child support services. The methodology may be of interest to organizations seeking to engage federal and external experts to inform a learning agenda.

Explore this brief which summarizes current recommended practices for publishing data from research projects in the federal context.

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Learn how to conduct culturally responsive and equitable virtual data parties that are designed to include community voice in a way that reflects their lived experience.

Explore this brief from the OPRE-funded Early Care and Education Leadership Study (ExCELS) to understand what is known about what leadership looks like in center-based early care and education settings and how it functions to improve center quality and, in turn, children’s experiences and outcomes.