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This brief serves as a companion piece to the report “Key Cross-State Variations in CCDF Policies as of October 1, 2022”, providing a graphical overview of some of the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) policy differences across States and Territories.

These briefs summarize a short term impact report by program site, which presents findings from the first 9-12 months of an RCT of four employment coaching programs' effects on participants' self-regulation and employment outcomes.

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.

What we learned about the coach—participant relationship from employment coaching.

This OPRE-funded snapshot describes the most common data sources cited by Head Start grant recipients to demonstrate availability of early care and education services and need for infant, toddler, and preschool-age services in applications to convert enrollment slots from Head Start to center-based Early Head Start.

Explore this OPRE-funded brief which describes the motivations Head Start grant recipients cite in applications to covert enrollment slots from Head Start to Early Head to supply infant-and-toddler care.

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.

Explore this OPRE funded brief that describes the characteristics of data sources and data points referenced in Head Start grant recipient enrollment conversion applications.

Explore this OPRE-funded brief which describes the staff qualifications of Head Start grant recipients that converted enrollment slots and presents a summary of strategies grant recipients planned to employ to ensure staff had the appropriate qualifications and competencies needed to serve Early Head Start children and families.