The Role of Licensing in Early Care and Education: Front-Line Licensing Staff

NCT05831423 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: 17187002233201500034I-75P00119F37007
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 1,159
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Child Trends, funded by the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families (ACF) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will collect descriptive information for The Role of Licensing in Early Care and Education (TRLECE): Front-Line Licensing Staff project. The goal of this information collection is to deepen the field's understanding of child care and early education licensing systems, which play a critical role in supporting positive outcomes for providers, families, and children. The investigators will conduct one round of survey data collection with front-line child care licensing staff in all states.

Conditions

Licensing Staff Perceptions of the Licensing System

Keywords

Child care and early education; Child care licensing; Early care and education programs

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Front-line child care licensing staff survey

  Survey developed by the study team to gather child care front-line licensing staff's demographic characteristics, background and experiences, job duties, perceptions of their role, burnout, relationships with providers, and ideas for improving licensing

  one time

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Front-line child care licensing staff

You may qualify if:

• All front-line child care licensing staff in all U.S. states and DC

You may not qualify if:

• Individuals who are not front-line child care licensing staff in U.S. states and DC

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Child Trends: lead
• Department of Health and Human Services: collaborator
• ICF International, Inc.: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Child Trends Headquarters

Bethesda, Maryland, 20814, United States

Location

Study Officials

• Kelly L Maxwell, PhD

  Child Trends

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Senior Researcj Scholar, Early Childhood Research

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 14, 2023
• First Posted: April 26, 2023
• Study Start: May 23, 2023
• Primary Completion: July 24, 2023
• Study Completion: July 24, 2023
• Last Updated: September 6, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Time Frame: The team anticipates submitting IPD and supporting information to Child and Family Data Archive (CFData) roughly 6 months after the end of data collection. Data will be available after being reviewed by CFData. No end date on the availability of the data.
• Access Criteria: Most data from the front-line staff survey will be archived as public-use data with CFData and accessible on their website. Some data will be available as restricted-use only, following guidelines from CFData. Data will be shared with researchers for analyses related to child care licensing practices and experiences of front-line staff.

Locations

US (1)