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ERIC Number: ED621233
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Apr
Pages: 6
Abstractor: As Provided
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Factors That Influence Families' Search for Child Care and Early Education. Research Highlight. OPRE Report #2022-70
Banghart, Patti
Administration for Children & Families
Various factors influence families' search for child care and early education (CCEE). These factors can be grouped into four dimensions of access: (1) reasonable effort to find CCEE; (2) affordability; (3) meets parents' needs; and (4) supports child development. All states provide a consumer education website to help inform families' child care search, but families may have difficulty finding and navigating these sites. Improvements to states' consumer education website can better promote equitable access to information. This highlight draws key findings from two reports focused on families' search for child care and states' efforts to provide parents with consumer education to help inform their child care search process: (1) "Parents' Reasons for Searching for Early Care and Education and Results of Search: An Analysis Using the Access Framework" (ED613557); and (2) "Supporting Families' Access to Child Care and Early Education: A Descriptive Profile of States' Consumer Education Websites" (ED616310). [This report was produced through the Child Care and Early Education Policy and Research Analysis (CCEEPRA) project.]
Administration for Children & Families. US Department of Health and Human Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW, Washington, DC 20447. Web site: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Administration for Children and Families (DHHS), Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE); Child Trends
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