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This highlight provides a framework to understand child care and early education workforce well-being and describes examples of research-based initiatives that can be implemented to promote well-being.

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

The Building and Sustaining the Child Care and Early Education Workforce (BASE) knowledge review series provides an overview of the existing literature and data on CCEE workforce dynamics and offers recommendations for future research and data collection.

This snapshot uses longitudinal data from 2019, 2021, and 2022 in the National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) to examine the mental health and well-being of the center-based CCEE workforce from 2019, by race and ethnicity.

This brief, based on the Head Start REACH case studies, provides insights into how Head Start programs work with community partners to support recruitment, selection, enrollment, and attendance/ retention approaches with families experiencing adversities.

This brief, based on the Head Start REACH case studies, provides research and practice considerations for strengthening Head Start recruitment, selection, enrollment, and attendance/ retention approaches with families experiencing adversities.

This brief, based on the Head Start REACH case studies, provides insights into how Head Start programs develop selection criteria and implement selection approaches with families experiencing adversities.

Discover a theory of change addressing family support services, an aspect of the comprehensive services provided by Head Start’s model.

Understand different types of professional development strategies and how they can help state/territory leaders reach their goals.

This brief summarizes the research evidence on how high-quality ECE benefits all young children, as well as key subgroups, such as children from families experiencing low household income, children who are dual language learners, and children with disabilities.