June 28-29, 2023
Sponsored by the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE), in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), the Child Care and Early Education Policy Research Consortium (CCEEPRC) brings together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to discuss what we are learning from research that can help inform policy decisions for ACF, States, Territories, localities, and grantees and to consider the next steps in child care and early education policy research. CCEEPRC Meetings differ from other research-focused meetings in that they are the collective effort of a rich network of experts from diverse settings who are committed to strengthening the bridges between research and child care and early education policies.
The CCEEPRC 2023 Meeting was held on June 28th and 29th in Washington, DC. The CCEEPRC 2023 meeting agenda continued to bring together the excellent work and diverse perspectives of colleagues examining related questions in different program and policy contexts. Plenary sessions addressed topics related to the costs of child care and early education (CCEE), provider perspectives on equitable access to CCEE, and the strengths and assets of the workforce. Breakout sessions captured a broad range of topics highlighting some of the current challenges and opportunities for CCEE policy research and aimed to encourage discussions about how our individual inquiries and projects connect, how they inform each other and policy, and what comes next.
Program development was led by an invited Steering Committee of CCEEPRC members and ACF partners:
- Tamara Halle, Child Trends
- Brittany Suralta, Cook Inlet Tribal Council
- Erin Tebben, University of Ohio, ECE Dissertation Scholar
- Colleen Rathgeb, Office of Early Childhood Development, Administration of Children and Families
- Francesca Longo, Office of Child Care, Administration of Children and Families (former ECE Dissertation Scholar)
- Meryl Barofsky, Office of Child Care, Administration of Children and Families
- Bentley Ponder, Georgia DECAL
- Stephanie Curenton, Wheelock College, Boston University (former ECE Dissertation Scholar)
- Yoonsook Ha, Boston University (former ECE Dissertation Scholar)
- April Crawford, University of Texas, Houston
- Anne Douglass, University of Massachusetts, Boston (former ECE Dissertation Scholar)
- Herman Knopf, University of Florida
- Pia Caronongan, Mathematica (former ECE Dissertation Scholar)
- Lindsey Hutchison, Office of Head Start, Administration of Children and Families (former ECE Dissertation Scholar)
- Tanya Tavassolie, Office of Head Start, Administration of Children and Families
Plenaries and Workshops
Meeting Agenda
Welcome Session
Plenary Session 1: Understanding Costs of Early Care Education: Key Developments and Next Steps for the Field
- Video
- Summary
- Understanding Costs of Early Care and Education: Key Developments and Next Steps for the Field
- State Efforts to Use Narrow Cost Analysis to Inform Payment Rates
- Provider Cost of Quality Calculator
- Understanding Costs of Early Care and Education: Discussion
A1. What Do We Know About Leadership in Early Care and Education?
- Summary
- 10 Things to Know About Leadership in Center-based Early Care and Education
- Working Conditions, Well Being, and Support Needs of Center-Based ECE Leaders
- Effects of A Business Management Course on Child Care Providers’ Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Scaling Leadership Development Equitably in a State System: Leading for Change in Early Care and Education
A2. Measuring Child Care Access: Taking Stock and Ideating for the Future
- Summary
- Measuring Access: Alignment of Families' Priorities and Characteristics of Chosen Care in Minnesota
- Centering Families Needs in Measuring Access to Child Care and Early Education
- Identifying, Measuring, and Describing Factors that Influence Access to Childcare
- Child Care Access: Measurement Challenges
- Perspectives of New Mexico Families on Child Care Use, Needs and Preferences
- A2 Discussion Questions
- A2 Session Description
A3. Adaptations and Innovations in Research Methods During the COVID-19 Pandemic
A4. Structuring Child Care Funding to Equitably Support Quality at Scale: Resource Access, Accountability Tradeoffs, and Necessary Supports
- Video
- Summary
- Structuring Child Care Funding to Equitably Support Quality at Scale: Resource Access, Accountability Tradeoffs, and Necessary Supports
A5. Partnering with States to Address Licensing Research Questions
A6. Cost Studies in Child Care and Early Education: Existing Guidance, Best Practices, and Resources Needed
- Summary
- Cost Studies in Child Care and Early Education: Existing Guidance, Best Practices, and Resources Needed
Plenary Session 2: What We Can Learn from Providers About Equitable Access to Child Care and Early Education
- Video
- Summary
- Participatory Research with Minnesota Child Care Providers
- Providers’ Perspectives on Advantages and Challenges of Participating in Maryland’s Child Care Scholarship Program and Quality Rating and Improvement System
- Multiple Dimensions of ECE Quality and the Resources Needed to Support It
- Defining Equity in Access to Quality Care for Preschoolers with Disabilities
B1. The Child Care and Early Education Workforce: A Descriptive Portrait
- Summary
- Who was Working in Center-based Early Care and Education (ECE) Classrooms in 2012 and 2019?
- A National Portrait of Home-Based Child Care Providers: An analysis of the 2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education
- Wages and Health Insurance of the Center-Based Child Care and Early Education Workforce
- Characteristics of the ECE Center-Based Workforce Serving Latine Children in 2019
- A Portrait of Head Start Teachers in Spring 2020: Descriptive Findings from FACES and AIAN FACES
B2. Defining and Aligning Workforce Development and Quality Improvement Efforts: Supporting Equitable Child Care and Early Education Workforce Outcomes
- Summary
- Defining and Aligning Workforce Development and Quality Improvement Efforts
- Handout: Defining and Aligning Workforce Development and Quality Improvement Efforts
B3. Unpacking Parent Demand and Quality Priorities for Nontraditional Hour Child Care: Fostering Economic and Cultural Equity
- Video
- Summary
- Discussant: Implications for NTH-Related Policy, Practice, and Research
- Unpacking Parent Demand and Quality Priorities for Nontraditional Hour Child Care: Fostering Economic and Cultural Equity
- NTH Child Care: Perspectives from Parents, Providers, Policymakers, and Employers in the Context of National Findings
B4. Considerations for Building a Universal Early Childhood Application System: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going
- Summary
- Considerations for Building a Universal Early Childhood Application System: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going
B5. Parents’ Experiences Accessing Child Care and Early Education and Subsidies in the Wake of the Pandemic
- Summary
- What Were Parents’ Experiences Searching for and Using Child Care in the District of Columbia?
- Families Experiences with Minnesota’s Child Care Assistance Program and the Early Learning Scholarship
- Who Recertifies and What Happens if They Don’t? Results from a Survey of New Mexico Families on their Child Care Assistance Recertification Experiences
B6. Aligning Early Care and Education Policy and Practice: Considerations for Infant to Preschool Care
C1. Uplifting the Well-Being of the Child Care and Early Education Workforce: Conceptual Framework, Evidence, and Strategies
- Summary
- Insights from an Environmental Scan of Child Care and Early Education Workforce Development Strategies
- Uplifting the Well-Being of the Child Care and Early Education Workforce: Conceptual Framework, Evidence, and Strategies
- Stress, Depression, and the Role of Racial and Ethnic Concordance in the Early Care and Education Workforce
- Shining the Light on You: Integrating Wellbeing Focused Supports for Family Child Care Professionals into Existing Systems
C2. Partnering Policies in Pre-Kindergarten: Geographic Trends in the Mixed Delivery of Universal Pre-K in New York State (2007–2016)
- Summary
- Partnering Policies in PreKindergarten: Geographic Trends in the Mixed-Delivery of UPK in NYS from 2007-2021
C3. State Early Childhood Integrated Data System: System Building and Utilization
C4. Collaboratively Constructing a Multidimensional Model for Considering Quality
- Summary
- Collaboratively Constructing a Multidimensional Model for Considering Quality
- Handout: Collaboratively Constructing a Multidimensional Model for Considering Quality
C5. Approaches to Incorporating Parent and Provider Perspectives in Child Care and Development Fund Policy Research
C6. Applying Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Approaches to More Equitably Strengthen the Knowledge and Skills of the Child Care and Early Education Workforce
- Video
- Summary
- Applying Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Approaches to More Equitably Strengthen Knowledge and Skills of the CCEE Workforce
Conversation with Senior White House Advisors and ACF Leadership on Child Care and Early Education Policy Research
- Video
- Summary
- Federal Investments in Early Care and Education: A Research Agenda to Inform Policy
- Early Childhood Development Priorities in the Administration for Children & Families
D1. Stabilizing the Early Care and Education Workforce by Centering Compensation and Well-Being
- Video
- Summary
- Longitudinal Head Start Teacher Turnover Study
- Center-based and Home-based Childcare Providers’ Well-being Profiles and Turnover Intention
- Child Care Teachers’ Compensation and Wellbeing from 2019 to 2022: Evidence from 100 Child Care Centers
- An Implementation Study of DC's Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund
D2. Child Care Access: Market Failure or Priority Failure?
D3. Next Steps for Research and Evaluation on Coordinated Services for Children and Families
D4. Using State Child Care and Early Education Workforce Data to Advance Process Implementation and Evaluation in Early Care and Education
- Summary
- Using State Child Care and Early Education Workforce Data to Advance Process Implementation and Evaluation in Early Care and Education
D5. Why Don’t the Numbers Match? Understanding Different National Data Sources and What Information They Tell Us About Children’s Participation in Child Care and Early Education
- Summary
- Why Don’t the Numbers Match? Understanding Different National Data Sources and What Information They Tell Us About Children’s Participation in CCEE
- Handout: Why Don't the Numbers Match? Understanding Different National Data Sources and What Information They Tell Us About Children's Participation in CCEE
D6. Implementation and Testing of Coordinated Workforce Development and Quality Improvement Initiatives: Supporting Equitable Child Care and Early Education Workforce Outcomes
- Summary
- Implementing and Testing of Coordinated WD and QI Initiatives: Supporting Equitable CCEE Workforce Outcomes
E1. Looking at Quality Through a Different Lens: Variations in the Conceptualization of Quality
- Video
- Summary
- Looking at Quality Through a Different Lens: Variations in the Conceptualization of Quality
- We Grow Together Professional Development System: Quality through responsive caregiving for infants and toddlers
- Quality in Home-Based Child Care: A Conceptual Framework
- Lessons from the Language Interaction Snapshot
E2. Challenges and Opportunities in Studying Child Care and Development Fund Policy Levers’ Effects on Early Care and Education Access
- Summary
- Challenges and Opportunities in Studying Child Care and Development Fund Policy Levers' Effects on Early Care and Education Access
E3. Cost Modeling for Child Care Policies: What Data Are Needed and How Can States Deliver?
- Summary
- Cost Modeling for Child Care Policies: What Data are Needed and How Can States Deliver?
- Cost Modeling for Child Care Policies