December 2-3, 2015

The Child Care Policy Research Consortium is a national alliance of research projects sponsored 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. The Consortium's purpose is to help ACF increase the national capacity for sound child care and early care and education research, explore the latest in research findings, questions and methods, engage in problem-solving around challenging issues and questions, and identify future research needs.

The 2015 Annual Meeting of the Child Care Policy Research Consortium (CCPRC) was held on December 2—3, 2015, in Washington, DC. Materials for the CCPRC 2015 plenary sessions and workshops and the NSECE data workshop will be made available.

CCPRC 2015 marked the 20th anniversary of the Consortium where members reflected on the evolution and milestones of the Consortium over the past 20 years and how they contributed to visions of the future with an integrated early care and education system. As part of this process of reflection, the Consortium decided to change its name to better capture the growing integration in the early care and education field. The Consortium subsequently chose Child Care and Early Education Policy Research Consortium (CCEEPRC) as its new name. In an ongoing effort to broaden the Consortium's focus, we welcomed our Head Start research and evaluation grantees and contractors to participate in the Consortium in addition to our Child Care research and evaluation grantees and contractors.

The topics and presentations that took place were intended to generate discussions that would inform future research, including new methodologies, deeper explorations, and next steps. Plenary sessions addressed CCDF Reauthorization and key provisions in the 2014 law and the Head Start NPRM, understanding access to high-quality early care and education, changing population demographics and insights from research on Hispanic children and families, national and local data on characteristics of Home Based Child Care (HBCC), and visions of the future of the Policy Research Consortium as it continues to evolve.

Plenaries and Workshops

An asterisk (*) indicates that a session summary has not been reviewed by the session lead.

Meeting Agenda

Pre-Meeting Session: Issues in Using Administrative Data to Answer Policy-Relevant Early Care and Education Research Questions

• Integrated Early Childhood Data Systems: Opportunities for Researchers

Opening: Federal Early Care and Education Policy Developments and Implications for Research

• Summary

Plenary 1: Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Reauthorization and Head Start (HS) Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM): Implications for Research and for the Field

• Summary

• On the Path to Child Care Reform: Implications for Research

• Revisions to the Head Start Program Performance Standards: Implications for Research 

Workshop Session A-1: Variation in CCDF Family Friendly Administrative Practices: What Varies and Why and How It Matters for Families and Children

• Summary

• "Family Friendly Policies:" Policy Implementation Decisions That Can Affect Outcomes for Families and Children

• Using Administrative Data to Understand Local Variation in Policy Implementation 

• Studying Local Variation: Why It Matters for CCDF Policy, Practice, and Research

• Discussion Questions: Variation in CCDF Family-Friendly Administrative Practices Panel

Workshop Session A-2: Supporting Low-Income Children and Families through ACF's Early Childhood Training & Technical Assistance Transformation

• Summary*

• ACF Early Childhood Training and Technical Assistance System Transformation

Workshop Session A-3: Monitoring in the Context of CCDBG Reauthorization: A Discussion to Build a Research Agenda

• Summary

• Georgia's Approach for Monitoring Exempt Programs

• New Monitoring Requirements: CCDBG Act of 2014

• Monitoring in South Carolina's QRIS

Workshop Session A-4: What Does Curricula Mean in the Context of Working With Infants and Toddlers? And How Do We Verify How Curricula Are Being Used?

• Summary

• What Does "Curriculum" Mean in the Context of Working with Infants and Toddlers? And How Do We Verify How Curricula are Being Used?

Workshop Session A-5: Preliminary Results from the Child Care Collaboration and Quality Study, Phase II, State and Local Levels in Two Partner States

• Summary

• Preliminary Results from the Child Care Collaboration and Quality Study Phase II: State and Local Levels in Two Partner States

National Survey of Early Care and Education: Questions and Answers on Using NSECE Data

• Summary*

Plenary 2: Understanding Access to High-Quality Early Care and Education (ECE)

• Summary

• Understanding Access to Early Care and Education: ECE Access as a Multi-Dimensional Concept

• Conducting ECE Research Using Administrative Data (i.e. "Big Enough" Data)

Workshop Session B-1: Implementing Systems Change in ECE Professional Development (PD) Systems: Developing Resources for the Coming Decade

• Summary

• Coaching Capacity Building

• Building Capacity for Organizational Improvement in Early Care and Education: The Breakthrough Series Collaborative Approach

• Implementing Systems Change in ECE Professional Development New York Works for Children

Workshop Session B-2: Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Working Conditions and Provider Well-Being: Implications for Professional Development and Quality Across Diverse ECCE Providers

• Summary

• Transforming The Birth To Age 8 Workforce: A National Academies of Sciences Consensus Study

• Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Teachers' Comprehensive Well-being (Brown)

• Blending Family and Professional Roles: Psychosocial Influences Upon the Experiences of Family Child Care Providers

• Sustainability of Daily Routines: Well-Being and Implications for Quality Improvement among Family Child Care Providers

Workshop Session B-3: Findings From Studies of Quality Improvement (QI) in Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS)

• Summary

• Coaching and Quality Improvement: How Does Program Quality Change Over Time?

• Quality Improvement in QRIS: Evaluation of Success By 6 in Greater Philadelphia

Workshop Session B-4: Understanding Cost to Providing High Quality Care and Its Effects on Access

• Summary*

Workshop Session B-5: New Directions in Assessing Program Quality and Implementation: Updates from Two Measurement Development Projects

• Summary

• EQuIPS: Early Childhood Quality Improvement Pathway System

• New Directions in Assessing Program Quality and Implementation: Updates from Two Measurement Development Projects

• An Approach to Measuring Implementation from the ECE-ICHQ Project

Workshop Session C-1: Distributing Child Care Subsidies through Contracts: Child, Family, and Provider Perspectives

• Summary

• Child Care Subsidy Contracts: Historical Perspective and Implementation Issues

• Delivering Child Care Subsidies through Contracts: The Provider Perspective

• Oregon Contracted Slots Pilot Program Evaluation: Assessing an Investment in Continuity and Quality

Workshop Session C-2: Recent Findings from QRIS Validation Studies

• Summary

Workshop Session C-3: The Importance of Early Care and Education for Populations with Unique Needs

• Summary

• Promising Evidence Regarding the Benefits of Early Care & Education for Children in the Child Welfare System

Workshop Session C-4: Infant/Toddler Workforce Preparation and Competencies

• Summary

• Infant/Toddler Workforce Preparation and Competencies

Workshop Session C-5: State and National Data on the Early Childhood Workforce: Comparing State Workforce Registries With Findings from the National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE)

• Summary

 

CCPRC 20th Anniversary Event

Plenary 3: Who We Are Becoming: Changing Population Demographics and Insights from Research on Hispanic Children and Families

• Summary*

• Kids in the US, 2015-2060: Growth & Diversity

• Portrait of Hispanic ECE: Factors that Shape It and Characteristics of Providers Serving Hispanic Children

• Pathways to Kindergarten: Use of Publicly-Funded Early Care and Education among Hispanic Children in Chicago

Workshop Session D-1: Changing Demographics: Implications for ECE Research and Service Delivery With Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children

• Summary*

• Using Large-Scale Data for Examining Child Care Utilization and Experiences for Hispanic Children and Families

• Immigration and the Changing Landscape for Local Service Delivery: Demographic Shifts in Cities and Neighborhoods

Workshop Session D-2: Using Findings from Child Care Research Partnerships to Inform Policies to Improve the Quality and Stability of Child Care and Early Education for Low-Income Families

• Summary

• Child Care Subsidies and the Stability and Quality of Child Care Arrangements 

• Illinois-New York Child Care Research Partnership: Phase 2, Policy Stakeholder Interviews 

• Results from a National Survey of State CCDF Administrators: Subsidy Policies and Practices Related to Governance and Collaboration

Workshop Session D-3: Opportunities and Challenges in Linking Administrative Data in Social Policy Research

• Summary

• Linking CCAP Administrative Data Across Multiple States 

Workshop Session D-4: Building and Studying Cultures of Quality Improvement and Innovation in Early Care and Education Programs

• Summary

• Building and Studying Cultures of Quality Improvement and Innovation in Early Care and Education Programs

• Steps towards Improving Quality: Early educators' Use and Perceptions of Authentic Assessment

• Becoming Trauma-Informed: Building Organizational Capacity for Collaborative Inquiry and Improvement

• Testing and Learning: The Early Learning Lab Project in Three Communities in California 

Workshop Session D-5: Exploring Two-Generation Initiatives: Research, Policy, and Practice

• Summary

Plenary 4: Home-Based Child Care Providers: Who Are They? What Do They Need?

• Summary

• What the NSECE Tells Us about Home-Based Providers

• Diversity among Licensed Family Child Care Providers

Workshop Session E-1: Improving Quality among Home-Based Child Care Providers

• Summary

• Improving Quality among Home-Based Child Care Providers 

• Examining Family Child Care Participation in Quality Rating and Improvement Systems 

• Lessons from an Urban School Readiness Initiative: Including Family, Friend, and Neighbor Care Providers 

Workshop Session E-2: Exploring the Intersection between the Labor Market Realities Facing Low-Income Families and Child Care

• Summary*

• Exploring the Intersection Between the Labor Market Realities Facing Low-Income Families and Child Care

• Characteristics of Center Care: Implications for Working Families

• Implications of Precarious Employment for Child Care Subsidy Use and Parental Well-Being

Workshop Session E-3: Subsidy Policies to Promote Quality and Stability of Early Care and Education (ECE)

• Summary

Workshop Session E-4: QRIS 3.0: Feedback from Practice and Research on the Next Generation of QRIS

• Summary

• Developing a Research-Based Conceptual Framework for QRIS

Workshop Session E-5: Understanding the Costs of Early Care and Education Quality

• Summary

• Quality and Cost Drivers in Educare Schools

Plenary 5: Child Care Policy Research Consortium: Looking Forward

• Summary