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Jobs First: Final Report on Connecticut’s Welfare Reform Initiative

February 15, 2002
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Since its launch in 1996, Connecticut’s Jobs First program has attracted national attention because it includes...

Can Low-Income Single Parents Move Up in the Labor Market? Findings from the Employment Retention and Advancement Project

January 15, 2011
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A large fraction of the U.S. workforce earns wages that cannot lift a family above the poverty line, and…

Increasing Employment Stability and Earnings for Low-Wage Workers: Lessons from the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) Project

April 15, 2012
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Many recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and other low-income individuals find or keep…

Unpacking Quality in Head Start Classrooms: Relationships Among Dimensions of Quality at Different Levels of Analysis

April 15, 2001
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This is the Unpacking Quality in Head Start Classrooms: Relationships Among Dimensions of Quality at Different…

Latino Children in Head Start: Family Characteristics, Parent Involvement, and Satisfaction with the Head Start Program

April 15, 2001
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The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) is a national longitudinal study of the cognitive,…

Grantees for the Head Start University Research Partnership Grants: Strategies for Developing Head Start Teacher Effectiveness

September 30, 2008
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Grantees for the Head Start University Research Partnership Grants: Strategies for Developing Head Start Teacher Effectiveness

Household Search for and Perceptions of Early Care and Education: Initial Findings from the National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE)

October 28, 2014
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This brief uses new, nationally representative data from 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 critical elements in the decision-making process of parents and other caregivers regarding the non-parental care of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. 

Respondents (usually parents) in...

Cross-Site Evaluation of Project LAUNCH: Interim Findings

July 7, 2014
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Project LAUNCH (Linking Actions for Unmet Needs in Children’s Health) is a federal grant program administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Grants provide funding to communities for five years, pursuing dual goals of improving systems and services for young children and their families.   As of September, 2011, 24 grantees (in three separate cohorts) were funded, all of them representing areas with a high need for services...

Head Start CARES for Migrant and Seasonal Families: Adapting a Preschool Social-Emotional Curriculum

July 16, 2014
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The Migrant and Seasonal Head Start (MSHS) CARES case study was designed as a companion study to the overall Head Start CARES (“Classroom-based Approaches and Resources for Emotion and Social skill promotion”) demonstration. MSHS CARES studied the adaptation and implementation of an existing evidence-based, social-emotional curriculum. MSHS CARES selected Preschool PATHS (Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies) curriculum to meet the needs of children and families of migrant and...

Program Quality and Services Findings From the Head Start Impact Study and Family and Child Experiences Survey

June 26, 2006
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This is a presentation on Program Quality and Services Findings From the Head Start Impact Study and Family and...