A Portrait of 2-Year-Olds in Early Head Start, Their Families, and the Programs Serving Them

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The Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (Baby FACES) is a longitudinal study in 89 Early Head Start programs around the country. This report describes findings from the second wave of data collection for Baby FACES. Baby FACES follows two cohorts of children through their time in Early Head Start, starting in 2009. This report focuses primarily on children in the 1-year-old Cohort who were 2 years old in 2010. The report addresses Early Head Start program characteristics, services, and outcomes.
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2016-01-25T19:00:00
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http://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/toddlers-in-early-head-start-a-portrait-of…

Proceedings from a working meeting on recent school readiness research: Guiding the synthesis of early childhood research

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This document presents the proceedings from “A Working Meeting on Recent School Readiness Research: Guiding the Synthesis of Early Childhood Research,” which was held on October 21-22, 2008 in Washington, D.C. The meeting was sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) and the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Abt Associates Inc. and the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) convened the meeting.

The purposes of the meeting were to:

  • Synthesize findings about impacts on children’s school readiness outcomes and teachers’ behavior emerging from a set of federally funded studies of early childhood programs, practices, interventions and curricula;and integrate new results with findings from previous research.
  • Bring together early childhood research and policy experts to examine and evaluate the state of our knowledge about how to support the early development of young children, particularly those who are at-risk for poor outcomes because of poverty, and take stock of progress being made to understand how to narrow the school readiness gap. (author abstract)
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2007-12-31T19:00:00
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https://aspe.hhs.gov/report/proceedings-working-meeting-school-readiness-resear…
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2008-01-01

Measuring predictors of quality in early care and education settings in the National Survey of Early Care and Education

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This methodological report describes how selected predictors of quality can be measured using data from the National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE). The report also provides descriptive data for each of the selected predictors of quality. The report considers attributes of early care and education settings that contribute to quality at the following levels: individual teacher and caregiver, classroom or home-based group, and center and home-based program at a single location. A companion report provides an annotated bibliography profiling key studies and professional standards supporting the inclusion of each measure discussed here as a predictor of quality. (author abstract)

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2014-12-31T19:00:00
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https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/measuring-predictors-of-quality-in-early-…
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2015-01-01

Great Gaps Persist in State Safety Nets, Interactive Policy Tool Shows

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A recent release from the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) analyzed their newly updated 50-State Policy Tracker, an interactive online tool for comparing safety net policies critical to the economic security of working families. It reveals significant disparities between different states, demonstrating that a person’s state of residence can greatly impact his or her future success. This tool includes data by state among ten critical social programs: child care subsidies, child and dependent care tax credit, Earned Income Tax Credit, family and medical leave, income tax policy, Medicaid/Children’s Health Insurance Program, minimum wage, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and unemployment insurance.
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2014-12-31T19:00:00
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http://www.nccp.org/media/releases/release_166.html
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2015-01-01

Final Report on Significant Accomplishments by State Advisory Councils on Early Childhood Education and Care

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This blog post highlights the recently released final report on the accomplishments of State Advisory Councils (SAC) on early childhood education and care. SACs were authorized in the Head Start Act of 2007, with a goal of promoting partnerships between Head Start agencies, state and local governments, and the private sector.
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ACF Blog Spotlight
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2015-06-01T20:00:00
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http://www.acf.hhs.gov/blog/2015/06/just-released-final-report-on-significant-a…
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2015-06-02

Services for Families of Infants and Toddlers Experiencing Trauma: A Research-to-Practice Brief

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Infants, toddlers, and children living in high-poverty communities experience a high rate of exposure to trauma, placing these youth on a compromised developmental path. This issue brief summarizes research about the impact of trauma on young children, and possible intervention strategies that could protect them from the many adverse effects of trauma. These interventions support parents in providing the stable and nurturing caregiving that is necessary for young children’s developmental growth and promoting children’s sense of safety and security. The implementation of such interventions can potentially reduce or provide a buffer against traumatic experiences for these infants and toddlers. Additionally, the brief describes how child care, Early Head Start, home visitation, and child welfare could become trauma-informed infant and toddler service delivery systems.
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2015-03-26T20:00:00
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http://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/impact-of-trauma-families-of-infants-and-t…
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2015-03-27

A Student from the First Class of Head Start Remembers

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This blog entry includes an interview with one of the first Head Start participants. The participant credits Head Start for helping pave the way for her academic successes and explains why she believes early education is crucial for young children.
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ACF Blog Spotlight
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2015-02-28T19:00:00
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http://www.acf.hhs.gov/blog/2015/03/a-student-from-the-first-class-of-head-star…
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2015-03-01

Early Head Start University Partnership Grants: Buffering Children from Toxic Stress, 2011-2016

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This overview from ACF provides a summary of the current ongoing Early Head Start University Partnership grant program. It contains a link to the programs selected as part of the most recent research grant. The purpose of the grants is to test interventions designed to mitigate the effects of toxic stress on young children. Early Head Start was chosen as a vehicle to test these interventions since it is already designed to meet the needs of families below the poverty line with very young children.
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2011-09-29T20:00:00
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http://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/research/project/early-head-start-university-partne…
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2011-09-30

Various Supports for Low-Income Families Reduce Poverty and Have Long-Term Positive Effects On Families and Children

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This brief from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities provides a broad overview of research and evidence of the positive effect of public benefit programs on poverty rates in the U.S. Programs highlighted include SNAP, Medicaid, and refundable tax credits with a discussion of the current support for low income working families (versus historical policies which did not incentivize work). To conclude, the brief provides research citing improved long-term outcomes for children whose families are supported by public benefit programs. Two appendices provide charts with the number of people kept above the poverty in each state; an interesting and potentially helpful resource for policymakers and program administrators.
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2013-07-29T20:00:00
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http://www.cbpp.org/research/various-supports-for-low-income-families-reduce-po…
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2013-07-30

Taking the First Step: Using Behavioral Economics to Help Incarcerated Parents Apply for Child Support Order Modifications

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The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) released a report that outlines findings from a behavioral intervention that was designed to increase the number of incarcerated noncustodial parents in Texas who apply for child support order modifications. Researchers from the intervention redesigned the mailing materials to better entice the parents, and authors of the report indicated that the redesigned materials resulted in increased application outcomes. According to the authors, these results indicate the promise of incorporating behavioral economic principles to improve programs.
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2014-07-31T20:00:00
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http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/bias_texas_report_2014_revised…
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2014-08-01