The Role of Licensing in Early Care and Education: Licensed Providers

NCT05831436 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: 17187003233201500034I-75P00119F37007
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 2,884
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Child Trends, funded by the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), 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): Licensed Child Care Providers 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 a nationwide survey of licensed child care providers from all states.

Conditions

Child Care Providers Perceptions of the Licensing System

Keywords

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

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Child care provider survey

  Survey developed by the study team to gather information regarding child care providers' overall perceptions of the licensing system (including value and burden), availability and utility of licensing information, perceptions of licensing staff and support, perceptions about components of the licensing system (including regulations, inspections, technical assistance, training, written guidance, licensing reports), strengths and challenges of the licensing system, areas for improvement, and demographic and program characteristics

  one time

Eligibility Criteria

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

Study Population

Licensed child care providers

You may qualify if:

• A randomly selected group of directors/owners/managers of licensed child care programs (providers) in all U.S. states and DC

You may not qualify if:

• Individuals who are not directors/owners/managers of licensed child care programs (providers) in all 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 Scholar, Early Childhood Research

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 14, 2023
• First Posted: April 26, 2023
• Study Start: April 21, 2023
• Primary Completion: August 4, 2023
• Study Completion: August 4, 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 child care provider 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 the experiences and perceptions of licensed child care providers about the child care licensing system.

Locations

US (1)