Child Care and Early Education Policy and Research Analysis (CCEEPRA)

Early ChildhoodJun 3 2020
Principal Investigators: Tamara Halle, Kathryn Tout
Funded by: OPRE, with research set aside funds from the CCDBG Act of 2014
Federal Project Officer: Ivelisse Martinez Beck

The purpose of the Child Care and Early Education Policy and Research Analysis (CCEEPRA) project is to support policy and program planning and decision-making with rigorous, research-based information gained through data collection, analysis and consultation from experts in early care and education (ECE). Through CCEEPRA, Child Trends identifies high priority issues in early care and education, develops activity plans to address the issues, and shares results and implications with state and federal stakeholders. Research topics and activities are selected in partnership with the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to ensure that the contract activities meet the needs of federal agencies serving low-income, at risk children and families and inform policies and practices related to the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program and other early childhood initiatives at ACF. The work is intended to address critical issues in early care and education while building the capacity for new research and evaluation efforts. In the CCEEPRA project Child Trends facilitates access to the most current research findings and innovative methodologies in the field. This work is funded by OPRE with additional funding from the CCDBG Act of 2014.

CCEEPRA’s key research topics include:

Administrative Data

Analysis of the National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE)

Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Policy

Child Care Research Methods

Child Care Subsidies

Child Development

Children with Disabilities

ECE Access

ECE Professional Development

ECE System-Building

ECE Workforce

Families

Home-Based Care

Homelessness

Implementation

Licensing

Quality Improvement

Rural

Staff:

Principal Investigators/Project Directors: Tamara Halle, Kathryn Tout

Co-Investigator: Kelly Maxwell

Deputy Project Director: Danielle Hegseth

Financial Manager: Kali Cruttenden

Activity Leads: Kathryn Tout, Tamara Halle, Kelly Maxwell, Amy Blasberg, Sara Shaw, Anna Johnson, Mallory Warner-Richter, Dale Epstein, Rebecca Madill, Katherine Paschall, Sara Anderson, Dana Thomson, Van-Kim Lin, Brenda Miranda, Zoelene Hill

Federal Project Officer: Ivelisse Martinez-Beck

Funded by:

 

 

Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), with research set aside funds from the CCDBG Act of 2014

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