Survey of states conducted by the NIEER

Federal administrative data

A new interactive data tool from Urban Institute offers a detailed information on preschoolers in every state and more than 800 cities. It allows you to create a state- or community-specific factsheet that can help answer vital questions like how many preschool-age children reside in a place, are enrolled in early education, are low-income, and how many are children of immigrants.

Policies in all 50 states and the District of Columbia for five key areas of child care assistance–income eligibility limits , waiting lists, copayments required of parents, reimbursement rates for child care providers, and eligibility for parents searching for a job.

Detailed description of the current landscape of parity policies based on data collected for NIEER’s 2015 State of Preschool Yearbook.

Survey of state child care administrators conducted by NWLC

Federal administrative data and survey of evidence-based programs conducted by NHVRC

Child Care Facts (data on infants/toddlers/school age care, family characteristics related to the need for child care, supply of child care, cost of child care, child care workforce) Child Care Resource and Referral Agency Activities State Initiatives (state initiatives for QRIS, family engagement, health, and emergency services).

Information on existing P-3 approaches in states. The Framework is designed to address key questions facing those who are developing and implementing comprehensive P-3 approaches in their school, district, or community.

Data on TANF spending, including data on the percent of TANF funds that were spent on child care.