The Center for Home-Based Child Care Research
The Center for Home-Based Child Care Research supports research focused on licensed, unlicensed, and license-exempt family child care and family, friend, and neighbor care settings in states, territories, and/or local community contexts.
Home-based child care (HBCC) is the most common child care arrangement in the United States.
The Center has three core aims
1. Conduct rigorous research on HBCC supply, availability, and use across program type, setting characteristics, funding sources, and participation in early childhood policies and programs
2. Build research capacity in the field and support research-practice partnerships among local communities and emerging scholars
3. Communicate research findings to a broad range of audiences that includes researchers, local and state early childhood administrators, policymakers, supporters, and providers
Research on Home-Based Child Care Provider Experiences
The Center conducts research on understanding the experiences of HBCC providers in order to inform efforts to build the supply of HBCC. Publications coming soon.
Research on Public Policies and Programs for Home-Based Child Care
This research examines early childhood regulatory, payment, and quality polices, programs, and supports for HBCC availability and sustainability. Publications coming soon.
Research on Families' Use of Home-Based Child Care
This research examines the options families consider for child care, their needs, and use of HBCC for their children. Publications coming soon.
Building Capacity for Research on Home-Based Child Care
The Center will develop resources, tools, and opportunities for local communities, scholars, and others interested in research and data on home-based child care.
Publications coming soon.
HBCC Research Essentials Toolkit
The toolkit provides high-quality, evidence-based tools and resources that centers the strengths of the HBCC sector. The tools and resources are intended to inform understanding of the HBCC sector and guide high quality research practices.
Publications coming soon.
Provider Scholars Program
This program supports current and former HBCC providers who are building their careers as researchers. Goals include supporting research agenda development as well as increasing capacity to design, implement, and develop collaborative research partnerships with agencies and programs that support HBCC providers.
Publications coming soon.