Resource Library

This webinar aims to support Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Lead Agency staff, their research partners, and others who want to learn more about using data and communicating research findings in ways that support equity and inclusion in early childhood systems.

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 report combines survey data from the 2012 National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) with administrative lists of home-based child care providers from 2018 to analyze factors that shape the attrition of listed home-based providers from administrative lists.

This snapshot presents findings about the health insurance coverage among the center-based child care and early education workforce and how it varies by race and ethnicity.

Learn about the ways state and territory Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) policies vary within federal program requirements and find dozens of detailed tables showing each state’s/territory’s policy choices.

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.

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

Discover tips for Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Lead Agency staff and research partners in a webinar addressing how to find child care and early (CCEE) education research and evidence quickly to address policy questions. The webinar includes information on national and state-specific data and information and highlights Research Connections and Short Reads.

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.

This highlight summarizes research on subsidy stability, defines key terms, describes potential administrative and policy obstacles to subsidy use, and shares resources for CCEE leaders interested in improving their subsidy programs.