Research on Family Child Care
Explore research on the impact of quality practices, models for quality home-based child care (i.e., family child care), and partnerships between child care and Head Start, and Early Head Start programs.
Explore research on the impact of quality practices, models for quality home-based child care (i.e., family child care), and partnerships between child care and Head Start, and Early Head Start programs.
Explore materials from an Office of Head Start and Office of Child Care demonstration project. These resources may be useful to Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships that include family child care partners.
Learn more about the Planning Guide and Organizational Readiness Chart. Find out how programs can use it to create strategic planning to ensure high-quality services for children and families.
Use this tool to determine your program's readiness for planning and implementing an Early Head Start or Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership program.