Boosting family child care success in Quality Rating and Improvement Systems

Hallam, Rena A.; Hooper, Alison; Buell, Martha; Ziegler, Melissa L.; Han, Myae

doi:10.1016/j.ecresq.2018.12.008

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“…This may support their continued operation and participation in other systems like subsidies (Schneider et al, 2021) and their ability to access one-time resources like grants. Both subsidy participation and accreditation being associated with lower likelihood of closure may point to the importance of engagement with external support systems for FCC providers (Hallam et al, 2019; Hooper & Hallam, 2021a), especially when these systems are tailored to the FCC context (Bromer et al, 2021; Tang et al, 2020).…”

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Family Child Care Program Closure in Alabama During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Hooper,

Lee,

Schweiker

2023

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Family child care (FCC) is uniquely positioned to address challenges with insufficient early care and education supply and access in the United States. FCC programs were steadily declining before COVID-19, and many child care programs, both center- and home-based, were at risk of closure early in the pandemic. This study examines closure among Alabama FCC providers during COVID-19. Specifically, we examine the timing and predictors of FCC providers’ closure using discrete time-hazard modeling. We analyze administrative data for the 788 FCC programs licensed in March 2020. Over the following 28 months, FCC closure risk was closely linked with COVID-19 disease spread trends. Providers who participated in child care subsidy or national accreditation had lower closure risk than those who did not. The protective effects of subsidy participation were amplified in lower-opportunity communities. Results have implications for mitigating FCC decline and identifying resources to support FCC providers’ continued operation.

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Family Child Care Program Closure in Alabama During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Hooper,

Lee,

Schweiker

2023

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“…This difference may be related to Delaware’s efforts to engage FCC providers through peer groups in communities of practice and through one-on-one technical assistance, offered in both English and Spanish. In Delaware, these efforts have been tailored to the unique strengths and needs of FCC providers since 2013 in order to enhance their quality rating and improvement system status through the Delaware Institute for Excellence in Early Childhood (DIEEC) [ 17 ]. The DIEEC has also offered FCC provider-specific communities of practice related to health education and self-care.…”

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COVID-19 Vaccination Status and Attitudes of Family Child Care Providers in Delaware, September 2021

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Child care providers, including family child care (FCC) providers, are viewed as trusted sources of information for the parents and families they serve, and their vaccine behavior has been shown to be associated with parent beliefs and behaviors. This study sought to describe the COVID-19 vaccine behaviors and attitudes among FCC providers in Delaware. An online survey was distributed to all licensed FCC providers (N = 541) in September 2021. Survey items were drawn from validated instruments and assessed vaccination status, attitudes, and confidence in their ability to discuss COVID-19 vaccines with families. In total, 168 responses were recorded (31% response rate); 69.8% of respondents were fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The majority indicated that they would require (11.4%) or recommend (42.1%) the vaccine for children in their care, once approved by the FDA. Providers reported high levels of confidence in their ability to discuss both the benefits and risks of COVID-19 vaccines. FCC providers should be considered key messengers for the families they serve and may be helpful liaisons with state and local vaccination efforts. Input from FCC providers could be used to develop vaccine messaging and materials that are clear, consistent, and culturally responsive to the families of the children in their care.

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“…The Shining the Light on You FCC Wellbeing Initiative is a 15-week virtual program that integrates evidence-based practices from the Health and Wellness Coaching field 10 , 11 and Early Childhood Education sector. 9 The program includes weekly virtual sessions co-facilitated by a Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach (HWC) and an Early Childhood Technical Assistance Coach, and three individual coaching sessions with the HWC (one at the beginning, middle and end of the program). The weekly sessions include introductions to the group and the tenets of health coaching, discussion of habits, the importance of self-care, goal setting and several weeks of topic-specific sessions with guest speakers.…”

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“…7 In the field of early childhood, peer support has been shown to serve as a mediating factor for other behavior and practice-based changes in ECE settings, 8 especially with FCC professionals. 9 Thus creating peer support may be an effective mechanism for health behavior change with this population. This report describes the conceptual model and preliminary results for the Shining the Light on You program which is designed to address wellbeing among FCC professionals in a feasible, evidence-based manner.…”

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Lessard¹,

Hallam²,

Albrecht³

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Delaware Journal of Public Health

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Objective: To design and assess the effectiveness of an evidence-based intervention to improve the health and wellbeing of family child care professionals. Methods: The early care and education (ECE) workforce, and family child care (FCC) educators in particular, face challenges to their wellbeing, mental and physical health. In addition, the demographics of the FCC workforce -disproportionately composed of low-income women of color -are associated with higher risk for chronic diseases. The Shining the Light on You program is designed to address FCC professional wellbeing in a feasible, evidence-based manner. The program includes weekly virtual sessions co-facilitated by a Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach (HWC) and a Technical Assistance Coach (Early Childhood Specialist) and three individual coaching sessions with the HWC. HWC is built upon a foundation of behavior change theories, motivational strategies and effective communication approaches from psychology, medicine, public health and related fields. Using a mixed methods approach to gather data, participants from three initial cohorts of the program (n=33) implemented in Delaware reported improvement in health and wellbeing indicators. Results: Participants reported improvements in social support, physical activity and water consumption from pre-to post-program surveys. In interviews conducted with the participants following the program, participants consistently commented on the connections between all components of wellbeing and the importance of self-care. Conclusions: This model demonstrates the potential of integrating best practices from HWC and the ECE system.

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Boosting family child care success in Quality Rating and Improvement Systems

Cited by 11 publications

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Family Child Care Program Closure in Alabama During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Family Child Care Program Closure in Alabama During the COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 Vaccination Status and Attitudes of Family Child Care Providers in Delaware, September 2021

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