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Home-Based Provider Questionnaire, Revised

November 28, 2011
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This instrument details the National Survey of Early Care & Education’s Revised Home-Based Provider…

Center-Based Provider Screener, Revised

November 28, 2011
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This instrument details the National Survey of Early Care & Education’s Revised Center-Based Provider…

Number and Characteristics of Early Care and Education (ECE) Teachers and Caregivers: Initial Findings from the National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE)

November 5, 2013
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What did the early childhood teaching and caregiving workforce look like in 2012? This research brief describes the Early Care and Education (ECE) workforce data developed in the National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE). The survey focuses on individuals providing direct care and education for children birth through five years and not yet in kindergarten. Findings are based on over 10,000 questionnaires completed in 2012 by a sample of individuals representing about one million...

Survey Data Elements to Unpack Diversity of Hispanic Populations

March 31, 2014
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The grouping "Hispanic" often makes it challenging to observe important social experiences that relate strongly to the needs, service experiences, and outcomes of interest to ACF for various Hispanic subgroups. Existing federal surveys do not consistently collect data to sufficiently examine how Hispanic ethnicity interacts with other socio-cultural experiences or how it relates to specific outcomes. Because current measurement is inadequate to differentiate characteristics within...

Unpacking the “Black Box” of Programs and Policies: A Conceptual Overview of Mediation Analysis

March 27, 2017
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Policymakers and practitioners have a growing interest in answering questions beyond simply “does a program work?” They are also interested in learning how programs work. Mediation analysis is one tool that researchers can use to identify elements of an intervention that do, or do not, lead to improved participant outcomes. Researchers can use the results of a mediation analysis to build knowledge to improve programs...

State TANF Policies During the COVID-19 Pandemic

August 2, 2023
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Provides a graphical overview of selected TANF policy changes states made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Human Services Research Dissemination: What Works?

April 24, 2013
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What are the most effective approaches to disseminating research on human services programs...

Characteristics of Center-based Early Care and Education Programs: Initial Findings from the National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE)

December 4, 2014
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This technical report uses new, nationally representative data—The National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE), funded by the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services—to describe the current landscape of center-based early care and education (ECE) programs in this country. The NSECE includes 4 surveys, and the survey used here, the NSECE Center-based Provider...