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ERIC Number: ED673844
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Dec
Pages: 15
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Changes in Early Head Start Services, Staff, and Participating Families over Time: 2018-2022. OPRE Report 2024-345
Cassandra Baxter; Yange Xue; Anna Beckham; Brandan Pierce
Administration for Children & Families
Early Head Start (EHS) programs provide a comprehensive array of two-generation, family-centered services to infants, toddlers, pregnant people, and their families. These include child development services, child care, parenting education, case management, health care and referrals, and other family support services. EHS provides comprehensive services through center-based, family child care, and home-based (home visiting) program options to strengthen the parent-child relationship; support children's health, learning, and development; and facilitate family self-sufficiency. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the lives of children and families as well as the delivery of early childhood services, including those provided by EHS. The pandemic shifted and deepened the challenges EHS families and staff face. It also strained early care and education programs and brought lasting staff shortages. EHS programs met these challenges by finding creative ways to support and communicate with participating families during closures and the reopening phase. To better understand how EHS programs changed over time, potentially because of the pandemic and programs' response to the pandemic, these analyses examined changes in center- and home-based services, staff, and participating families from 2018 to 2022. The analysis was based on nationally representative samples of EHS programs, centers, home visitors, classrooms, teachers, and participating families and children from the 2018 and 2022 cohorts of the EHS Family and Child Experiences Survey (Baby FACES).
Administration for Children & Families. US Department of Health and Human Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW, Washington, DC 20447. Web site: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Administration for Children and Families (DHHS), Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE); Mathematica
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Early Head Start
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey
Grant or Contract Numbers: HHSP233201500071I; 75N98022F00287
Author Affiliations: N/A