Explore materials on child care decision-making, family-sensitive caregiving, and supporting employment and self-sufficiency.
Child Care Decision-Making (December 2008)
In December 2008 Child Trends hosted and U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation sponsored a Working Meeting on Child Care Decision-Making. The purpose of the meeting was to provide an opportunity for discussion aimed at deepening understanding of parental decision-making about care and education for young children.
View These Materials
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Child Care Decision-Making Conceptual Frameworks--White Paper
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Understanding Parents' Child Care Decision-Making--Policy Brief
Family-Sensitive Caregiving and Family Engagement (June 2010)
On both the federal and state levels, policymakers and program administrators are interested in the topics of family engagement and family-sensitive caregiving. States are interested in including the core elements of family engagement/family-sensitive caregiving in Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) and there is a growing interest in measurement tools that measure common core elements from both of these concepts. In response to this interest, the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), in collaboration with the Office of Head Start and the Child Care Bureau, sponsored the Family-Sensitive Caregiving and Family Engagement Working Meeting: Identifying and Measuring Common Core Elements on June 10-11, 2010. This meeting brought together researchers and federal staff to work towards identifying common core elements of family engagement and family-sensitive caregiving in early care and education settings.
View the Meeting Summary
Developing Measures of Child Care as a Support to Employment and Self-Sufficiency (September 2006)
A September 2006 Research Roundtable explored development of long-term performance measures for the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) to assess the impact of child care assistance on low-income families, particularly on their employment. Performance measures help government agencies demonstrate the effectiveness of programs and help inform funding decisions. Hosted by the Child Care Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, the roundtable brought together state child care administrators, researchers, and representatives of federal agencies that gather administrative and survey data potentially useful for eventual measures.
The various materials from this roundtable are also available.