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Listed Home-Based Child Care Providers and Child Care and Early Education Policies Series: Child Care and Development Fund Subsidies. HBCCSQ Policy Research Brief. OPRE Report #2023-329

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Title: Listed Home-Based Child Care Providers and Child Care and Early Education Policies Series: Child Care and Development Fund Subsidies. HBCCSQ Policy Research Brief. OPRE Report #2023-329
Language: English
Authors: Owen Schochet, Anna Beckham, Patricia Del Grosso, Sally Atkins-Burnett, Juliet Bromer, Toni Porter, Administration for Children and Families (DHHS), Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE), Erikson Institute, Mathematica
Source: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. 2024.
Availability: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. Administration for Children & Families, US Department of Health and Human Services, 330 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20201. Web site: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 23
Publication Date: 2024
Contract Number: HHSSP233201500035I
Document Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Descriptors: Child Care Centers, Child Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, National Surveys, State Policy, Block Grants, State Federal Aid
Geographic Terms: United States
Laws, Policies and Program Identifiers: Child Care and Development Block Grants
Abstract: In 2019, approximately 91,000 child care and early education (CCEE) providers cared for one or more young children in a home-based child care (HBCC) setting and were "listed" by state or local CCEE agencies (National Survey of Early Care and Education [NSECE] Project Team 2021). Listed HBCC providers experience three predominant CCEE policies: (1) State-administered regulations set and enforce minimum requirements related to health and safety in all CCEE settings; (2) The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) provides funding to states, in part, to subsidize CCEE costs for families with low incomes; and (3) Quality rating and improvement systems (QRISs) assess the quality of and support quality improvement in CCEE settings. This brief, focusing on CCDF subsidies, is part of a series of research briefs presenting findings from the first nationally representative analysis of listed HBCC providers' reported interactions with these CCEE policies, as represented in the 2019 NSECE Home-Based Provider Survey. It provides background on CCDF subsidy policies for HBCC providers, details study research questions and methods, presents results, and discusses key findings and their implications.
Abstractor: ERIC
Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: ED674839
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:In 2019, approximately 91,000 child care and early education (CCEE) providers cared for one or more young children in a home-based child care (HBCC) setting and were "listed" by state or local CCEE agencies (National Survey of Early Care and Education [NSECE] Project Team 2021). Listed HBCC providers experience three predominant CCEE policies: (1) State-administered regulations set and enforce minimum requirements related to health and safety in all CCEE settings; (2) The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) provides funding to states, in part, to subsidize CCEE costs for families with low incomes; and (3) Quality rating and improvement systems (QRISs) assess the quality of and support quality improvement in CCEE settings. This brief, focusing on CCDF subsidies, is part of a series of research briefs presenting findings from the first nationally representative analysis of listed HBCC providers' reported interactions with these CCEE policies, as represented in the 2019 NSECE Home-Based Provider Survey. It provides background on CCDF subsidy policies for HBCC providers, details study research questions and methods, presents results, and discusses key findings and their implications.