Input from Child Care Policy Research Consortium Members for CCPRC 2015 Annual Meeting

Input on Agenda for CCPRC Annual Meeting

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INPUT ON AGENDA FOR 2015 ANNUAL MEETING OF

CHILD CARE POLICY RESEARCH CONSORTIUM

We are eager to learn about research and data developments throughout the broader child care and early education field and to facilitate connections and cross-fertilization across these efforts. Please tell us about your current interests and work.

Which professional perspective most closely reflects your current role/position (Please select one.)
Researcher IF SELECTED, ADDITIONAL OPTIONS APPEAR: Academic Research Firm/Institution		Training/Technical Assistance Provider
State or Local Government		Service Provider/Organization
Federal Government		Other: (Please specify.)

Through conversations with the CCPRC Steering Committee, Topical Work Groups, and ACF leadership, we have identified the following priority topics for the upcoming CCPRC Annual Meeting. Would you please share your reactions, questions, additions, or work relevant to any of these topics?

Please select the topics that interest you most and comment on as many topics as you like. Feel free not to comment on any of these.

Current Research Priorities Identified for CCPRC 2015: (Listed in alphabetical order)

1. Accessing High Quality Care

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2. Addressing Segregation and Desegregation in ECE

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3. Assessing Cultural Socialization in ECE

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4. Child and family wellbeing

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5. Child Care for Low-Income Hispanic Children and Families

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6. Contracts versus Vouchers: Do they have different effects on subsidy outcomes?

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7. Equalizing the ECE field: How to Reduce the Early Childhood Workforce Competition

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8. Examining Continuous Quality Improvement in Early Care and Education

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9. Home-based Child Care: Regulated Family Child Care and Family, Friend and Neighbor Care

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10. Local Variation in CCDF Administration and Practice

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11. Ongoing child care quality improvement

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12. Professional Development of the Early Childhood Workforce

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13. Payment practices and payment rates

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14. QRIS Validation Studies: Initial Results and Discussion about Next Steps

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15. Reauthorization of CCDBG

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16. Recruiting and retaining a skilled and effective workforce

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17. Subsidy policies, practices, and procedures

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18. TANF families and other special populations in child care

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19. Two Decades of Learning from Research Partnerships

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20. Understanding the Relationships Between Cost and Quality

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What other topics or issues do you want to address at CCPRC 2015? Please describe in 2-3 sentences which topics or questions you or your colleagues are exploring and would be willing to discuss with others in CCPRC community.

Would you be interested in helping to plan a session or workshop for CCPRC 2015?

[IF YES: What topic(s) or issue(s) would you want to contribute to?]

Please provide us with your contact information. We will only use this information to follow-up with you about the CPPRC Annual Meeting and related activities, and we will not share this information with anyone outside of the team that manages the Child Care Policy Research Consortium.
Name (First)	(Last)	Email:	Phone number:

Thank you so much for your input and contributions to planning the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Child Care Policy Research Consortium!

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