Child Care Studies & Reports

Virginia

Virginia Child Care Landscape

• Child Care Aware of Virginia Child Care Mapping Project
• Commonwealth of Virginia, Preschool Development Grant Birth B-5, Needs Assessment (2019)
• Virginia Chamber of Commerce: Opinion: Providing reliable child care options will serve Virginia’s future, (By Barry Duval and Mike Petters, January 11, 2022)
• JLARC (Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission) Report: Virginia's Self-Sufficiency Programs and the Availability and Affordability of Child Care (2023)
• Virginia Commission on Early Childhood Care and Education Annual Report (October 2023)

Early Childhood Workforce

• Virginia Early Childhood Workforce Profile (Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2020)
• Staffing Challenges at Virginia Child Care Centers: Differences by Centers’ Subsidy Participation Status (UVA, May 2022)
• Spikes in Teacher Depression during the Pandemic: Evidence from Virginia Early Educators (UVA, 2021)
• The Effects of Financial Incentives on Teacher Turnover in Early Childhood Settings: Experimental Evidence from Virginia (UVA, 2021)
• Teacher Turnover in Child Care: Pre-Pandemic Evidence from Virginia, Virginia PDG B-5 Evaluation Report, (UVA, 2021)
• Child Care Staffing Challenges during the Pandemic: Lessons from Child Care Leaders in Virginia (UVA, 2021)
• COVID-19 Challenges Faced by the Virginia Child Care Profession, (Child Care Aware of Virginia, 2020)
• COVID-19 Challenges Faced by Virginia Child Care Centers, (Child Care Aware of Virginia, 2020)
• COVID-19 Challenges Faced by Virginia Family Child Care Home Providers, (Child Care Aware of Virginia, 2020)
• Voices from the Field, Challenges Faced by the Virginia Child Care & ECE Workforce, (Child Care Aware of Virginia, 2020)
• The Commonwealth’s Brain Builders: Virginia Early Childhood Workforce Survey (2017)

Virginia Preschool Initiative

• Where is Mixed Delivery Pre-K Available in Virginia? (Virginia Early Childhood Foundation)
• Mixed Delivery Evaluation Final Report Evaluation of Virginia’s Mixed Delivery Preschool Pilot Program (2019)

Child Care Background Checks:

• Virginia State Police: Noncriminal Justice Background Checks, Process Improvement Study. Report to the VA General Assembly (2018)
• FBI, Privacy Impact Assessment for Next Generation Identification (NGI) Rap Back Services (December 2016)
• State Participation in National Systems and Programs that Facilitate Interstate Exchange of Criminal History Records (2016)
• Final Report: VA Dept. of Social Services and State Police Task Force Report with Recommendations about Implementing Fingerprint Checks for Child Care Providers in Virginia (Nov. 2014)
• VA Dept. of Social Services Task Force Criminal History Background Checks Executive Summary (2014)
• Overview: Background Check Screening Databases
• Background Check Requirements under the federal Child Care and Development Block Grant
• U.S. Dept. of Justice 2010 Attorney General Report, Feasibility of Criminal History Record Checks

Reports Related to Sex Offenders in Child Care Programs:

• U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), Overview of Relevant Employment Laws and Cases of Sex Offenders at Child Care Facilities Report (2011)
• IL Audit Finds Sex Offenders in Child Care Programs (90 matches)
• KY Audit Finds Sex Offenders in Child Care Programs (30 matches)
• MA Audit Finds Sex Offenders in Child Care (119 matches)
• WA Audit Finds Sex Offenders in Child Care (28 matches)

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)
• 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)
• 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)