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Estimating the Costs of Implementing Workforce Development Strategies in Child Care and Early Education: A Methodological Guide. OPRE Report #2025-061

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Title: Estimating the Costs of Implementing Workforce Development Strategies in Child Care and Early Education: A Methodological Guide. OPRE Report #2025-061
Language: English
Authors: Rebecca Davis, MDRC, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, MEF Associates, Administration for Children and Families (ACF) (DHHS), Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE)
Source: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. 2025.
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: 19
Publication Date: 2025
Contract Number: HHSP233201500059I
Document Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Costs, Educational Finance, Research Design, Educational Research, Research Methodology, Labor Turnover, Recruitment
Abstract: This brief highlights design considerations for cost studies of child care and early education (CCEE) workforce development strategies. Cost studies can offer valuable information to CCEE practitioners, decision-makers, and researchers to help them understand how resources have been allocated in existing strategies. Cost studies can also be helpful in deciding if it is economically feasible to implement a strategy and to determine the resources that may be necessary to replicate or scale successful strategies. The Building and Sustaining the Child Care and Early Education Workforce (BASE) environmental scan and literature review revealed a dearth of information on the costs of implementing CCEE workforce development strategies, particularly studies that systematically compare the costs of different strategies. The information presented in this brief pertains specifically to inventorying the resources needed to implement a workforce development strategy and in turn assess the costs and potential savings associated with that strategy.
Abstractor: ERIC
Entry Date: 2026
Accession Number: ED678128
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This brief highlights design considerations for cost studies of child care and early education (CCEE) workforce development strategies. Cost studies can offer valuable information to CCEE practitioners, decision-makers, and researchers to help them understand how resources have been allocated in existing strategies. Cost studies can also be helpful in deciding if it is economically feasible to implement a strategy and to determine the resources that may be necessary to replicate or scale successful strategies. The Building and Sustaining the Child Care and Early Education Workforce (BASE) environmental scan and literature review revealed a dearth of information on the costs of implementing CCEE workforce development strategies, particularly studies that systematically compare the costs of different strategies. The information presented in this brief pertains specifically to inventorying the resources needed to implement a workforce development strategy and in turn assess the costs and potential savings associated with that strategy.