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Listed Home-Based Child Care Providers and Child Care and Early Education Policies Series: Health and Safety Regulations. HBCCSQ Policy Research Brief. OPRE Report #2024-059

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Title: Listed Home-Based Child Care Providers and Child Care and Early Education Policies Series: Health and Safety Regulations. HBCCSQ Policy Research Brief. OPRE Report #2024-059
Language: English
Authors: Toni Porter, Owen Schochet, Patricia Del Grosso, Sally Atkins-Burnett, Juliet Bromer, 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: 22
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, State Regulation, Health, Safety
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 health and safety regulations, 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. This brief also includes data from the 2012 NSECE. It provides background on regulatory 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: ED674840
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 health and safety regulations, 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. This brief also includes data from the 2012 NSECE. It provides background on regulatory policies for HBCC providers, details study research questions and methods, presents results, and discusses key findings and their implications.