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This research brief presents findings from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project that pertain to…

In this research brief we review what was learned from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project…

When tasked with designing Early Head Start, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (USDHHS)…

This report documents the implementation infrastructure of Personal Responsibility Education Program evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs in four states — California, Maine, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina.

Analysis of the programs implementation infrastructure showed that the four states differed in size; the role grantees took in supporting implementation, resources, and the settings in which the program operated.

Despite that, states had similarities in how they...

This Year in Review highlights the Family Self-Sufficiency and Stability Research Consortium’s individual and collective efforts to make meaningful contributions to the family self-sufficiency and stability field in 2015...

Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Research and Evaluation Newsletter - Issue 6

This brief from the Head Start Health Manager Descriptive Study explores family engagement through these research questions:

1. In what ways do Head Start/Early Head Start programs support family engagement in health-related aspects of program services?
2. What are the barriers to family engagement in health-related aspects of program services from the health manager perspective...

This report is the second book of tables to be produced from the CCDF Policies Database...

Collecting and using data are core activities in a well-functioning Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS). Yet, data used in a QRIS are frequently housed in different systems, using different data management techniques. Ensuring a high level of QRIS data quality involves implementing a number of best practices drawn from established practices used in other fields. The purpose of this brief is to describe the specific strategies QRIS data stakeholders can use to improve upon the...

The PII Approach integrates the tenets of implementation science and program evaluation into a coordinated framework to support and evaluate this initiative. This report describes this collaborative approach to implementation and evaluation that is currently underway...