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This OPRE brief uses data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES 2019) to explore Head Start programs’ interaction with other systems such as licensing, QRISs, as well as with non-Head Start sources of funding like state and local pre-K.

This paper discusses potential career paths within the IT sector and the outcomes and employment trajectories of individuals who started a training targeting entry-level IT jobs.

Drawing on in-depth interviews with healthcare occupational training participants, this brief reviews their considerations when making occupational choices.

This report uses information from the Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) Program to examine the individual characteristics and program activities associated with who does or does not start and complete healthcare training.

This brief presents insights from in-depth, in-person interviews with HPOG 2.0 participants in career pathways programs, describes their experiences navigating career pathways, and suggests implications for career pathways program practice and for evaluations of career pathways programs.

Explore this OPRE-sponsored report that provides a national picture of Head Start classrooms and programs in spring 2020.

Explore this OPRE-sponsored brief that uses nationally representative data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey to understand whether teacher reports of children’s early learning skills can be used when in-person assessment is not feasible, such as in spring 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Explore this OPRE-sponsored brief that uses nationally representative data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey to understand why Head Start families choose their child’s Head Start program, what their experiences are like in their program, and if they plan to return next year.

Explore OPRE's Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Dissertation Grants program for dissertation research conducted in partnership with local Head Start or Early Head Start programs.

I-BEST had a large impact on the receipt of short-term college credentials but had no impact on receipt of credentials requiring a year or more of college study—the confirmatory outcome in the education domain, and no detectable impact on average quarterly earnings after six-years—the confirmatory outcome in the employment domain.