Child Care Studies & Reports
New Jersey
New Jersey Child Care Landscape
- New Jersey 2020 Strategic Plan Preschool Development Grant Birth through 5 (PDG B-5)
- New Jersey 2019 Needs Assessment Preschool Development Grant Birth through 5 (PDG B-5)
- Understanding the Early Child Care Landscape in New Jersey (New Jersey Community Capital and Rutgers Edward Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, 2021)
- Infant and Toddler Child Care Data Needs in New Jersey (National Institute for Early Education Research, 2022)
- 2021 Child Care Market Rate Survey Report (Rutgers University, July 2022)
- New Jersey Strategic Plan for Preschool Expansion, Phase 1: The Foundation (October 2022)
- New Jersey Preschool Development Grant, 2016 Annual Performance Report
- The State of Preschool Yearbook 2021 (National Institute for Early Education Research, 2022), NJ Profile
- State(s) of Head Start and Early Head Start: Looking at Equity (National Institute for Early Education Research, 2022), NJ Profile
Early Childhood Workforce
- NJ Early Childhood Workforce Profile (Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2020)
- New Jersey’s Childcare Landscape During COVID-19: A Slow and Uneven Recovery (Rutgers NJ State Policy Lab, School of Management and Labor Relations, Center for Women and Work, 2021)
- Carrots and Sticks: New Jersey’s Effort To Create a Qualified PK-3 Workforce (Foundation for Child Development, 2006)
National
Child Care Landscape
- State Snapshots of Potential Demand for and Policies to Support Nontraditional-Hour Child Care (Urban Institute, July 2021)
- Child Care Remains Central to an Equitable Recovery (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, February 17, 2022)
- Strategies for States to Improve Safety Net Program Access and Efficiency (Urban Institute, February 2022)
- Seven Ways States Can Make Child Care Subsidies More Accessible and Equitable (Urban Institute, February 2022)
- The Economic Role of Paid Child Care in the U.S. (The Committee for Economic Development (CED), February 2022)
- Start with Equity: Advancing Equity in Early Care and Education Systems with the American Rescue Plan Act (Children's Equity Project, June 2021)
- Child Care Gap Assessment (35 States, Bipartisan Policy Center, 2019)
- National Women's Law Center, Annual State Child Care Assistance Subsidy Report (2022)
- The Shifting Supply of Regulated Family Child Care in the U.S., A Literature Review and Conceptual Model (Erikson, 2021)
- Early Learning Facilities Policy Framework (Bipartisan Policy Center, November 2018)
- From the Ground Up: Improving Child Care and Early Learning Facilities (Bipartisan Policy Center, May 2019)
- Child Care in State Economies (Committee for Economic Development, 2019)
- Increasing Access to Quality Child Care for Four Priority Populations, Challenges and Opportunities with CCDBG Reauthorization (Urban Institute, 2018).
- Coordinated Efficiencies in Monitoring and Oversight of Early Care and Education Programs (HHS & USDA, 2016)
Early Childhood Workforce
- Prevalence of Chronic Diseases, Depression, and Stress Among US Childcare Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Elharake JA, Shafiq M, Cobanoglu A, Malik AA, Klotz M, Humphries JE, Gilliam, W. et al, September 2022 - CDC web site)
- Early Childhood Workforce Index (Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2020)
- Supporting the Child Care and Early Education Workforce, A Menu of Policy Options for the COVID-19 Pandemic and Recovery (Urban Institute, 2021)
- Professionalizing the Child Care Workforce: Understanding the Low Rates of Credential Completion among Early Educators, (SEELA- Study of Early Education in Louisiana, June 2022)
- Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (2021). Database: ECE Workforce Compensation Tracker
- Professional Characteristics of the Early Care and Education Workforce: Descriptions by Race, Ethnicity, Languages Spoken, and Nativity Status (December 2020)
- Demographic Characteristics of the Early Care and Education Workforce: Comparisons with Child and Community Characteristics (December 2020)
- Center- and Program-Level Factors Associated with Turnover in the Early Childhood Education Workforce (Institute of Education Sciences, 2021)
Child Care Background Checks
- Noncriminal Justice Background Checks & the NICS
- Criminal History Records (background)
- Next Generation Identification Rap Back Services
- Interagency Task Force on Child Safety Report to Congress: Background Checks (HHS, 2022)
- Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems, 2018 (Released November 2020)
- CJIS Noncriminal Rap Back Service (FBI)
- Barriers and Solutions to Implementing CCDBG Act Interstate Background Check Requirements (OPRE, 2022)
- States’ Status of and Identified Barriers to Implementation of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 Out-Of-State Background Check Requirements (OPRE, 2021)