NSECE Summary Briefs

The National Survey of Early Care and Education reached 12,000 families and large numbers of home-based and center-based programs (6,000 home-based providers, 5,600 classroom staff, and 8,200 program directors). The six briefs provide practical, useable information to inform state and local planning and implementation and address the following:

How Are Center-Based Early Childhood Education Programs Funded? (Brief 1) Characteristics of Home-Based Child Care Providers (Brief 2) How Do Parents Make Decisions about ECE Arrangements? (Brief 3) Characteristics of the Early Care and Education Workforce (Brief 4) Early Care and Education Centers That Participate in Head Start and Public Prekindergarten (Brief 5) Center-Based Early Care and Education Programs: Program Size and Ages Served (Brief 6)