How can Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Lead Agencies find research to help you answer your child care and early education (CCEE) policy questions? This webinar provides tips to CCDF Lead Agency staff and research partners on how to find CCEE research and evidence quickly, including national and state-specific data and information.
This webinar:
- shows how to use Research Connections , an online CCEE research library;
- introduces a new series of short research summaries created for CCDF Lead Agencies; and
- walks through how to use these resources to find information to help answer your policy questions.
The speakers include:
- Karen Ruprecht , project director, Research Connections
- Meg Bredeson , research communications specialist II, Child Trends
- Teresa Derrick-Mills , principal research associate, Urban Institute (moderator)
The following links were shared during the webinar:
- Research Connections website
- The Short Reads page on the Research Connections website (now called “Research Highlights”)
- Resources with Data from All States on Research Connections
- Interactive Tools Resource Type on Research Connections
- Early Care and Education Research Resources (PDF)on Research Connections
- Answering Policy Questions with Research Connections resource - a user guide for CCDF Lead Agencies
- The Research Connections librarians can help you find what you need. And you can connect with them at rclibrary@icf.com.
This webinar is hosted by the Child Care Research and Evaluation Capacity Building Center . It has support from the Administration for Children and Families’ Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation. It is the fourth in our series of virtual events on Building Your Data and Research Skills to Answer Policy Questions.
Primary Questions
- How can CCDF Lead Agency staff use Research Connections, and how can this be helpful?
- What resources and tools are available to help CCDF Lead Agencies access research?
- What are Short Reads and what CCEE topics do they cover?
Purpose
This webinar is designed to support Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Lead Agency staff, their research partners, and others who want to learn more about CCEE research resources and tools.
Citation
Child Care Research and Evaluation Capacity Building Center. 2023. “Finding Research to Answer Child Care and Early Education Policy Questions: A Webinar for CCDF Lead Agencies.” OPRE Report #2023-164. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation.