Fact / Tip Sheet
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the U.S. child care and early learning sector. In response, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 provides $10 billion in needed pandemic-related relief for the child care sector; this fact sheet shows an estimated breakdown by state of the Act’s additional child care relief funding.
December, 2020
Report
This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation report synthesizes changes that states and territories made due to the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) program reauthorization, including health and safety improvements at child care facilities, consumer information availability, family-friendly subsidy administration, and support for early care and education providers. The report also presents a literature review of provider and family experiences with the child care market and subsidy system and findings from a child care stakeholders roundtable held in July 2019.
December, 2020
Webinar / Webcast
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation will host a webinar to examine the findings from a series of surveys conducted from June to November 2020 which addressed the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on working parents, the childcare industry, and employers. This free virtual event will be held on December 9, 2020 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.
December, 2020
Webinar / Webcast
The economic shocks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic along with social distancing and stay-at-home orders have dramatically reshaped the approach social service programs are taking to support employment for low-income populations. The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) will sponsor a webinar on October 28, 2020 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET featuring leaders from three employment and training programs (Climb Wyoming, Rhode Island Works, and Community Action Organization of Scioto County).
October, 2020
Stakeholder Resource
Funded by the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, the Child & Family Data Archive has released the 2017 Child Care Licensing Study. The study covers collected information about child care licensing programs and policies as well as facility requirements, including facility monitoring, enforcement of licensing regulations, and licensing program staff. Data were collected from child care centers, group child care homes, and family child care homes for the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Limited data were also collected for U.S. territories.
September, 2020
Report
This issue brief highlights three areas to consider in developing workforce policies for young parents between the age of 18 and 24 in a post-pandemic world. These touchstones include: accelerated pathways, such as Integrated Education and Training, Accelerated Study in Associate Programs, and guided pathways to focus on skill gaps to prepare for in-demand jobs; expansion of digital inclusion programs to address disparities in broadband access, availability of digital devices, and computer literacy skills; and provision of high-quality childcare for workforce program participants.
September, 2020
Research-To-Practice Brief
This issue brief analyzes characteristics of the early care and education (ECE) workforce in Arkansas and identifies research on the correlation between high-quality ECE and child development, as well as ECE providers’ emotional well-being. The brief focuses on variance of the ECE workforce by region or in terms of rural versus urban relative to teachers’ and caregivers’ self-reports of well-being, economic pressures, and education levels. Also highlighted are the factors that stakeholders identify as contributing to the variation of these characteristics across the state.
June, 2020
Toolkit
This tool relies on state-provided or other public data to support early childhood stakeholders in calculating the funds needed to increase early childhood workforce qualifications. The calculator enables the user to set the program type (for example, Head Start, Pre-K, or other center-based programs), child age group (infant-toddler and/or pre-K), and teacher category (lead and/or assistant teacher).
June, 2020
Report
This report offers a blueprint that can be used by employers, working in partnership with local, state, and federal governments, for building and continuing to build family-supportive policies. The first part of the report examines governing principles that serve as a foundation for these policies and reflect transparency, comprehensiveness for collaboration, equity, integration across systems, effective implementation, and adequate resources.
June, 2020
Stakeholder Resource
This two-part research-to-practice brief covers the process of building Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships (EHS-CCP). These partners expand access to quality early childhood care and education programs for infants, toddlers, and their families, while also providing participating children and families with comprehensive health, developmental, and family support services through the partnerships.
May, 2020
