CHILD CARE ADMINISTRATIVE DATA ANALYSIS

本项目采用多种统计方法，并使用来自多个州机构和幼儿教育及支持项目提供者的行政数据，旨在：(1)确定俄克拉何马州优质幼儿教育和家庭服务项目可获得性方面的差距；(2)确定儿童保育和发展基金（CCDF）儿童保育补贴对入学准备的影响；(3)调查接受补贴家庭概况的变化。该研究旨在通过解决与幼儿教育和儿童保育有关的几个问题，为政策决策和资源分配提供信息。这些问题包括试图有效地在全州范围内分配幼儿教育资源，却没有对县一级的需求和服务进行全面和完整的了解；对CCDF资助的儿童保育对入学准备的影响以及具有较高入学准备风险因素的儿童是否与具有较低风险因素的儿童受益相同或更多的了解有限；不完全了解谁从CCDF福利中受益最多，而谁正在获得福利；以及对CCDF项目的削减在多大程度上影响了最需要帮助的人获得援助的了解有限。

Applying a selection of multivariate statistical methods and using administrative data from several state agencies and providers of early childhood education and support programs, this project aims to: (1) identify gaps in the availability of quality early childhood education and family service programs across Oklahoma, (2) determine the effect of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) child care subsidies on school readiness, and (3) investigate changes in the profile of families who receive subsidies. The study is intended to inform policy decision-making and resource allocation by addressing several problems related to early childhood education and child care. These problems include attempting to effectively distribute early childhood education resources statewide without the benefit of a comprehensive and complete picture of needs and services at the county level; limited knowledge of the effect of CCDF subsidized child care on school readiness and whether children with higher risk factors for school un-readiness benefit equally or more so than children with fewer risk factors; an incomplete understanding of who benefits the most from CCDF benefits compared to who is accessing benefits; and limited knowledge of the extent to which reductions in the CCDF program affected access by those most in need.