Aligning public finance systems: How can we most effectively maximize resources and build cohesive early care and education systems at the state level?
A brief examining the linkages among different components of a high quality early care and education system of financing, program, and practitioner standards
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Capital finance: Are there effective public-private strategies for building early care and education facilities?
A brief on financing strategies to support the development of early education and care facilities
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Costing out the system: How can we develop a comprehensive, cross-system approach to determining a per-child cost for early care and education?
A brief on cost analysis strategies to determine the overall and per child costs of early care and education programs.
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Economic development links: How do we use child care economic impact studies to help craft new approaches to public policy? How can we increase public investment using these arguments?
An analysis of child care in the context of economic development
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Economies of scale: Home-based alliances: Are there innovative ways to reach economies of scale? What have we learned about this approach in general as it relates to home-based alliances?
A description of how early childhood programs can stabilize the industry and develop economies of scale
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Economies of scale: Multi-site centered-based approaches: Are there innovative ways to reach economies of scale? What have we learned about this approach in general as it relates to multi-site, center-based approaches?
A brief suggesting corporate ownership of multiple child care centers and family child care networks can lead to economies of scale in the child care industry.
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Economies of scale: Support services alliances: Are there innovative ways to reach economies of scale? What have we learned about this approach in general as it relates to support services alliances?
A brief suggesting multiple child care centers sharing management support services can lead to economies of scale in the child care industry
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Education links: How do we establish universal preschool in a way that builds the early care and education system as a whole?
A brief on aspects of the early care and education system which state universal preschool programs can strengthen
Fact Sheets & Briefs
The price of school readiness: A tool for estimating the cost of universal preschool in the states
A model designed to estimate the cost of a state-based, voluntary, universal prekindergarten program by combining the direct service and indirect costs associated with quality early childhood education, in order to approximate the annual total cost of program delivery
Methods
The price of school readiness: A tool for estimating the cost of universal preschool in the states [Executive summary]
An overview of a report introducing a model that estimates the total cost of a high quality, universal, state-based preschool system
Executive Summary
Public engagement: Are ballot initiatives an effective tool to raise funds for early care and education?
A brief on the pros and cons of using early care and education ballot initiatives and referenda as funding sources
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Public engagement: How do we make paid family leave a part of the early care and education system?
A brief on ways in which paid family leave can receive public financial support
Fact Sheets & Briefs
The state with two prekindergarten programs: A look at prekindergarten education in New York State (1928-2003)
A study of two state-funded prekindergarten programs between 1923 and 2003 in New York state
Reports & Papers
The status of early care and education in New Mexico
An overview of demand for, access to, and benefits, quality, and cost of the early childhood educational programs currently available for three- and four-year olds in New Mexico
Other
The status of early care and education in the states
A summary of an exploration of availability, accessibility, quality of, and demand for early childhood educational programs for 3- and 4-year-old children, as well as an overview of state policies and expenditures in the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico
Other
The status of early care and education in the states [Executive summary]
A summary of an exploration of availability, accessibility, quality of, and demand for early childhood educational programs for 3- and 4-year-old children, as well as an overview of state policies and expenditures in the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico
Executive Summary
The status of early care and education in Wisconsin
An overview of demand for, access to, and benefits, quality, and cost of the early childhood educational programs currently available for three- and four-year olds in Wisconsin
Other
Tax policy: What are the tools? What are the pros and cons of tax policy to increase investment in early care and education? What have we learned about implementation?
A brief on ways in which tax policy can be used to fund early childhood care and education
Fact Sheets & Briefs
