Data & Resources
HEAD START & EARLY HEAD START DATA
- HHS, Office of Head Start
- Head Start Program Stats (National, 2018)
- Head Start Program Stats (States, 2018)
- HS Enrollment Snapshot (2018)
- FY2018 HHS, Office of Head Start Fact sheet (program participation and funding)
- Head Start Law –PL110-134, “Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007”
- Head Start Performance Standards
- Head Start Program Instructions (PIs)
- Head Start Information Memorandums
- Getting Ready for Kindergarten: Children's Progress During Head Start - FACES 2009 Child Outcomes Report
- Office of Head Start Tribal Report
- Early Head Start
- Early Head Start/Child Care Partnerships
- National Head Start Association
- Number of 4-Year-old Children by Poverty Status and State, 2012
- NIEER (National Institute of Early Education Research) Annual Pre-K Report (2019 report)
- NIEER Annual Pre-K Report, Executive Summary (2019 report)
- State Pre-K Eligibility Levels
- Supporting Teachers in State Funded Pre-K (2019 report)
- Dr. James Heckman, the Heckman Equation (Return on Investment)
- Dr. Tim Bartik, Investing in Kids (Return on Investment)
- Meta-analysis on Early Learning Evaluations
Federal Budget Update
- FY2017 Continuing Resolution (PL114-254). Congress adjourned in December without passing a full year continuing resolution (CR). Instead, a short-term continuing resolution funding the government through April 28, 2017 was enacted. In order to stay within budget caps enacted as part of the 2015 budget law, a .19% across the board cut was applied.
- FY2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act (PL114-113). The FY2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act (P.L. 114-113) was signed into law on December 18, 2015 and includes an increase of $5.4 billion for programs under the Departments of Labor, HHS and Education.
- FY2016 Funding Summary for Key Early Learning Programs
- House Majority Summary of the 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act
- House Democratic Summary of the 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act
Child Care and Development Block Grant Related Data
Key Child Care Licensing Resources
- Number of Licensed Programs (Centers & Family Child Care Homes)
- Family Child Care Home State Licensing Thresholds (How many children can be in the home before a license is required by state)
- Trends in State Licensing: Child Care Centers and Family Child Care Homes (ACF, Nov. 2015)
- National Association for Regulatory Administration 2013 Child Care Licensing Study
- Child Care Center Staff:Child Ratios by State vs NAEYC Recommended Ratios
- Caring for Children Database (National Resource Center for Health and Safety)
Child Care Subsidy Research & Reports
TANF Funding Used for Child Care
U.S. Census Bureau
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Working Women
State Pre-Kindergarten Programs
National Assessment of Educational Progress (2017 Report Results)
Studies Related to Diversity & Bias
The BUILD Initiative, 2016 QRIS Conference
- State Contacts and Map of State QRIS Implementation/Operation (2016)
- BUILD Initiative Plenary and Breakout Sessions
The BUILD Initiative, 2015 QRIS Conference
The BUILD Initiative, 2014 QRIS Conference
Native American Data
- Early Educator Implicit Bias (Dr. Walter Gilliam, Yale University, Sept. 2016)
- Dr. Gilliam Slide Presentation (STAM 2016)
- STAM Plenary on Implicit Bias (STAM 2016)
- U.S. Dept. of Education, 2013-2014 Civil Rights Data Collection (Key Data Highlights)
- State of the Science: Implicit Bias Review 2015 (Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity)
- Profile America Facts for Features. American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month: November 2012
- The American Indian and Alaska Native Population: 2010
- We the People: American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States
- American Indian and Alaska Native Data Links
- American Indian and Alaska Native Poverty Rates
- Growing Economiesin Indian Country: Taking Stock of Progress and Partnerships (April 2012) (A Summary of Challenges, Recommendations and Promising Efforts)
Joint Tax Committee Estimates
FY2016 CCDBG Data
HHS Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE)
State Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) Background
The BUILD Initiative, 2017 QRIS Conference
State and Territory Child Care Administrators Meeting (STAM) 2019
State and Territory Child Care Administrators Meeting (STAM) 2018
State and Territory Child Care Administrators Meeting (STAM) 2017
State and Territory Child Care Administrators Meeting (STAM) 2016
State and Territory Child Care Administrators Meeting (STAM) 2015
Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant Background
- Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2017)
- Employment Characteristics of Families (Released Spring 2018)
- Employment Status of Women by Children Under Age 3 (2011-2012)
- Highlights of Women’s Earnings (2017)
- Joint Economic Committee, Importance of Mothers for Family Economic Security (May 2014)
FY2018 Omnibus Appropriations
- P.L. 115-141 was enacted on 3/23/18 to fund government operations through the end of the fiscal year (September 30, 2018). More detail is available here.
Continuing Resolutions
- P.L. 115-123 was enacted to continue government operations from 2/8/18 - 3/23/18. P.L. 115-120 was enacted to continue government operations from 1/22/18 – 2/8/18. P.L. 115-96 was enacted to continue government operations from 12/22/17 – 1/19/18. P.L. 115-90 was enacted to continue government operations from 12/8/17 – 12/22/17. P.L. 115-56 was enacted to continue government operations from 9/8/17 – 12/8/17.
- FY2018 Senate Appropriations. The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved its version of the FY2018 Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations bill. The Senate FY2018 Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations bill summary here is here. The Senate Committee report is here and the bill text is here.
- FY2018 House Appropriations: The House Appropriations Committee has approved its verson of the FY2018 Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations bill. Learn more here. The House FY2018 Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations bill summary is here. The House Committee report is here and the bill text is here.
- FY2018 Proposed Budget: On May 23, President Trump proposed his FY2018 budget. President Trump's FY2018 proposed budget for HHS is here. His proposed budget for the Administration for Children and Families is here. His FY2018 proposed budget for the Department of Education is here. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) list of tax expenditures is here.
- FY2018 President Trump Proposed Funding for Key Early Learning Programs
- FY2017 Omnibus Appropriations Act (PL115-31) was enacted on May 4, 2017 to fund government programs through the end of the fiscal year (September 30, 2017). A summary of the FY2017 Labor, HHS, and Education section of the measure is here. A more detailed document is contained within Division H, here.
- FY2017 Omnibus Funding Summary for key Early Learning Programs
Mecklenburg County, NC
Early Childhood Expansion Initiative
- Mecklenburg County News Release (Sept. 26, 2017)
- Executive Committee Full Report
- Executive Summary
- Polling Brief Summary
- Infographic
- Board of County Commissioners' Presentation (Sept. 26, 2017 video)
- FY2016 CCDBG Program Overall Statistics (Number of Children receiving assistance by setting)
- FY2016 Number of Children Served
- FY2016 Percent of Children by Type of Care
- FY2016 Children in Licensed/Regulated Care vs Unlicensed
- FY2016 Unlicensed Care: Relative vs Non-Relative Settings
- FY2016 Setting Detail by All Types of Care
- FY2016 Percentage of Children by Age Group
- FY2016 Percentage of Children by Race
- FY2016 Percentage of Children by Latino Ethnicity
- FY2016 Children by Race and Ethnicity
- FY2016 Percentage of Children by Age Group (National)
- FY2016 Average Monthly Hours by Age and Type of Care
- FY2016 Average Payments by Age of Care
- FY2016 CCDF by Receipt of TANF benefits
- FY2016 Reasons for Care
- FY2016 Average Monthly Co-Payment
- FY2016 Types of Payments
- FY2016 Consumer Education
Policy Background:
FY2017 CCDBG Data
- Child Care Wages (May 2017)
- Preschool Teacher Wages (May 2017)
- Kindergarten Teacher Wages (May 2017)
- Comparison of Early Education Wages (May 2017)
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Wages
The BUILD Initiative, 2019 QRIS Conference
- State Contacts and Map of State QRIS Implementation/Operation (2019)
- Build Initiative Plenary and Breakout Sessions
The BUILD Initiative, 2018 QRIS Conference
On September 18, the Senate approved HR 6157, the “minibus” reflecting a combined FY2019 Department of Defense and Labor, HHS, and Education appropriations conference report by a vote of 93-7. The measure also included an extension of funding authority through December 7, 2018 for annual appropriation bills not yet approved. More information can be found here.
The Committee for Economic Development (CED)
The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC)
Creating an Integrated Efficient Early Care and Education System to Support Children and Families: A State-by-State Analysis (December 2018)
- Mecklenburg County News Release (February 2019)
- Implementation Progress Report: Mecklenburg County Action Plan for Early Childhood Education, 2019 Update (February 2019)
- Executive Summary (February 2019)
- FY2017 CCDBG Program Overall Statistics (Number of Children receiving assistance by setting)
- FY2017 Number of Children Served
- FY2017 Percent of Children by Type of Care
- FY2017 Children in Licensed/Regulated Care vs Unlicensed
- FY2017 Unlicensed Care: Relative vs Non-Relative Settings
- FY2017 Setting Detail by All Types of Care
- FY2017 Percentage of Children by Age Group
- FY2017 Percentage of Children by Race
- FY2017 Percentage of Children by Latino Ethnicity
- FY2017 Children by Race and Ethnicity
- FY2017 Percentage of Children by Age Group (National)
- FY2017 Average Monthly Hours by Age and Type of Care
- FY2017 Average Payments by Age of Care
- FY2017 CCDF by Receipt of TANF benefits
- FY2017 Reasons for Care
- FY2017 Average Monthly Co-Payment
- FY2017 Types of Payments
- FY2017 Consumer Education
Poverty:
- Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Status in the United States: 2016 (Released September 2017)
- Detailed Poverty Tables (2017)
- HHS, Office of Family Assistance
- FY2017 Federal TANF and State MOE Spent on Child Care (National)
- FY2017 TANF Transferred to CCDBG by State
- FY2017 All TANF Expenditures by State for Child Care
- FY2017 TANF Federal Expenditures by State for Child Care
- FY2017 TANF State MOE Expenditures by State on Child Care
- FY2017 TANF All Expenditures including "Other"
- FY2016 CCDF State Unobligated Funds
- FY2016 TANF Spent Directly on Child Care
- FY2016 TANF all child care funding as Percent of TANF grant
- FY2016 All TANF Expenditures by State for Child Care
- FY2016 TANF Federal Expenditures by State for Child Care
- FY2016 TANF State MOE Expenditures by State on Child Care
- FY2016 TANF All Expenditures including "Other"
- FY2015 Federal TANF and State MOE Spent on Child Care (Table Overview)
- FY2015 TANF Funding Used for Child Care (One Page Backgrounder)
- FY2015 TANF Spent Directly on Child Care by State
- FY2015 TANF Funding Transferred to CCDBG by State
- FY2015 TANF MOE & Separate State Programs Spent on Child Care by State
- FY2015 TANF Combined: All TANF Spending Related to Child Care by State
- FY2015 TANF Spending on All Categories (e.g., "other" uses)
- FY2015 TANF (All tables and uses of TANF Funds)
- FY2014 TANF Funding Transferred to CCDBG
- FY2014 TANF Spent Directly on Child Care ("Non-Assistance Families")
- FY2014 TANF Spent Directly on Child Care (TANF Families)
- FY2014 TANF Funding (All tables and uses of TANF funds)
- FY2014 Federal TANF & State MOE Spent on Non-Assistance "Other"
- FY2013 TANF Funding Transferred to CCDBG
- FY2013 TANF Funding Spent Directly on Child Care
- FY2013 TANF Funding (All tables and uses of TANF funds)
- FY2012 TANF Funding Transferred to CCDBG
- FY2012 TANF Funding Spent Directly on Child Care
- FY2012 TANF Funding (All tables and uses of TANF funds)
- TANF Funding Table (FY2000 - FY2014)
Committee for Economic Development
