Head Start, the largest federally funded preschool program, provides comprehensive services to economically disadvantaged children and their families so that children can enter kindergarten ready to succeed in school. Performance standards include requirements for the intensity and quality of a...

This report describes strategies for supporting quality in home-based child care settings as well as considerations for decision-making and ongoing evaluation.

This report describes planning and early implementation of home visiting programs in 15 states. The programs and report were funded by the Children's Bureau at the Administration for Children and Families in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The report describes the grantees, the...

This brief provides an overview of the observation instruments and describes the content and quality of the observed home visits.

This brief presents an overview of key project findings, including a summary, characteristics of caregivers, quality initiatives, and evidence of effectiveness.

This report summarizes the final design for the cross-site evaluation, including detailed information about data collection and analysis plans.