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Download full textEmily R. Wiegand; Robert M. Goerge; Victor Porcelli; Cynthia Miller – Administration for Children & Families, 2024
High-quality, stable child care and early education (CCEE) can have lasting, positive impacts on children. However, the challenges of recruiting, strengthening, and retaining the CCEE workforce are well documented. CCEE educators typically have low levels of formal education and compensation; limited opportunities for education, training, and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Labor Force Development, Early Childhood Teachers
Baxter, Cassandra; Aikens, Nikki; Tarullo, Louisa; Ayoub, Cathy; Roberts, Joanne; Mondi-Rago, Christina; Gaither, McMillan Ilderton – Administration for Children & Families, 2022
This literature review aims to understand who is and is not being served by Head Start among families experiencing adversity; the range of recruitment, selection, enrollment, and retention (RSER) strategies that programs use with families experiencing adversity; the factors that shape the use of RSER strategies; and the effectiveness of specific…
Descriptors: Recruitment, Selection, Enrollment, School Holding Power
Nguyen, Tutrang; Malone, Lizabeth; Atkins-Burnett, Sally; Larson, Addison; Cannon, Judy – Administration for Children & Families, 2022
The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) and the American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (AIAN FACES) are separate studies done successively over time. One goal for these studies is to provide a national picture of children's readiness for school. In this research brief, the authors use…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Ability, School Readiness, Low Income Students
Dang, Myley; Bernstein, Sara; Doran, Elizabeth; Li, Ann; Klein, Ashley Kopack; Reid, Natalie; Scott, Myah; Rakibullah, Sharika; Cannon, Judy; Harrington, Jeff; Larson, Addison; Aikens, Nikki; Tarullo, Louisa; Malone, Lizabeth – Administration for Children & Families, 2021
Since 1997, the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) has been a major source of information on the Head Start program and the preschool children ages 3 to 5 who attend the program. As part of its management of Head Start, the federal government divides Head Start programs into 12 regions. Regions XI and XII are not based on…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Surveys, Preschool Children
Bernstein, Sara; Dang, Myley; Li, Ann; Klein, Ashley Kopack; Reid, Natalie; Blesson, Elizabeth; Cannon, Judy; Harrington, Jeff; Larson, Addison; Aikens, Nikki; Tarullo, Louisa; Malone, Lizabeth – Administration for Children & Families, 2021
Since 1997, the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) has been a major source of information on the Head Start program and the preschool children ages 3 to 5 who attend the program. As part of its management of Head Start, the federal government divides Head Start programs into 12 regions. Regions XI and XII are not based on…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Surveys, Preschool Children
Paschall, Katherine; Davis, Elizabeth E.; Tout, Kathryn – Administration for Children & Families, 2021
Families across the United States face a variety of challenges securing early care and education (ECE) for their children. The supply and price of ECE programs in local areas tell part but not all the access story for families. Describing access across multiple dimensions provides decision makers with a deeper understanding of families' ECE needs…
Descriptors: Child Care, Early Childhood Education, Access to Education, Family Characteristics
Xue, Yange; Baxter, Cassandra; Jones, Christopher; Shah, Harshini; Caronongan, Pia; Aikens, Nikki; Bandel, Eileen; Cannon, Judy; Schellenberger, Kerry; Defnet, Amy; Vogel, Cheri; Atkins-Burnett, Sally – Administration for Children & Families, 2021
Early Head Start provides a comprehensive array of services for low-income pregnant women and families with infants and toddlers. The Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (Baby FACES) 2018 provides a wealth of information about Early Head Start programs, center-based or home-based services, teachers and home visitors, and the…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Preschool Education, Family (Sociological Unit), Surveys
Kopack Klein, Ashley; Aikens, Nikki; Li, Ann; Bernstein, Sara; Reid, Natalie; Dang, Myley; Blesson, Elizabeth; Rakibullah, Sharikah; Scott, Myah; Cannon, Judy; Harrington, Jeff; Larson, Addison; Malone, Lizabeth; Tarullo, Louisa – Administration for Children & Families, 2021
Head Start is a national program that helps young children from families with low income get ready to succeed in school. The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) is the premier source of national information about Head Start programs and participants. For more than two decades, FACES has been advancing the knowledge base about…
Descriptors: Children, Early Intervention, Preschool Education, Surveys
Doran, Elizabeth; Aikens, Nikki; Malone, Lizabeth; Harrington, Jeff; Cannon, Judy – Administration for Children & Families, 2021
This research brief draws upon the fall 2019 data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) 2019. FACES provides information at the national level about Head Start programs, centers, and classrooms as well as the children and families that Head Start serves. Head Start is a national program that helps young children from…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Education, Early Intervention, Family Programs
Faucetta, Kristen; Michalopoulos, Charles; Portilla, Ximena A.; Qiang, Ashley; Lee, Helen; Millenky, Megan; Somers, Marie-Andrée – Administration for Children & Families, 2021
In 2010, Congress authorized the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program by enacting section 511 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 711, which also appropriated funding for fiscal years 2010 through 2014. Subsequently enacted laws extended funding for the program through fiscal year 2022. The program is…
Descriptors: Home Visits, Mothers, Infants, Federal Programs
Halle, Tamara; Cleveland, Jennifer; Bamdad, Tiffany; Nagle, Kerensa; Tout, Kathryn; Douglass, Anne; Agosti, Jen; Doyle, Stephanie – Administration for Children & Families, 2021
Young children and their families benefit from early care and education (ECE) settings implementing high-quality practices that support children's well-being, health, and safety. Activities to support quality are a focal point of federal and state investments, including over $1 billion of the Child Care and Development Fund and nearly $240 million…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Education, Federal Programs, Low Income Students
Ehrlich, Stacy B.; Cook, Kyle DeMeo; Thomson, Dana; Kauerz, Kristie; Barrows, Mitchell R.; Halle, Tamara; Gordon, Molly F.; Soli, Margaret; Schaper, Andrew; Her, Sarah; Guerra, Gabriella – Administration for Children & Families, 2021
Transitions between two educational settings can bring about new experiences and expectations for children and their families. In the early care and education (ECE) context, when children transition from Head Start to kindergarten, they are confronted with different places, people, activities, and relationships. This transition also occurs between…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Developmental Continuity, Coordination
Gilpin, Ansley; Mennen, Ferol; Pakulak, Eric; Sommer, Teresa Eckrich; Dwyer, Kathleen M.; Cannon, Erin; Bell, Theodore; Boxmeyer, Caroline; Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay; Chor, Elise; DeCaro, Jason; Dela Cruz, Kenn Lacsamana; Giuliano, Ryan; Gomsrud, Melissa; Karns, Christina; Klein, Scott; Lochman, John; Longoria, Zayra; Molina, Abigail Palmer; Monro, William; Neville, Helen; O'Neil, Lauren; Reynolds, Mary Margaret; Sabol, Terri J.; Sclafani, Marisa; Tighe, Lauren A. – Administration for Children & Families, 2020
This brief introduces four research projects testing promising interventions funded under the Head Start University Partnerships (HSUP): Dual-Generation Approaches1 grant program. Two-generation approaches are typically designed to address problems associated with poverty by combining child-focused services with adult-focused services. Head Start…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Education, Early Intervention, Childhood Needs
Administration for Children & Families, 2020
"The Family Partnership Process: Engaging and Goal-Setting with Families" explores how strong partnerships can positively influence the goals families set in the Family Partnership Process. This guide recommends "Seven Steps for Setting and Reaching Goals with Families" and will help program staff: (1) learn about families and…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Trust (Psychology), Partnerships in Education, Family Programs
Caronongan, Pia; Moiduddin, Emily; Atkins-Burnett, Sally; Niland, Katherine; Kharsa, Miranda – Administration for Children & Families, 2019
Although the first three years of a child's life are a distinct developmental period, little information is available about the specific knowledge, skills, and other attributes (that is, competencies) that are essential to the practice of teaching and caring for infants and toddlers (I/T) and are needed to support optimal development. Identifying…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Child Caregivers, Teacher Competencies, Caregiver Attitudes
