What number/percentage of children receiving financial support not including subsidies (e.g., scholarships, reduced fees) are enrolled in high quality CCEE?

Answering this question helps identify which children in the state are using financial supports that may be provided directly by CCEE programs. Looking at patterns of financial support use across children can, for example, help identify the extent to which high quality CCEE programs are improving the affordability of care for families. To answer this question, identify high quality CCEE programs. Link child level data to site level data to identify children enrolled in high quality CCEE who are receiving financial supports (not including subsidies). Determine the total number of children enrolled in high quality CCEE receiving financial support and calculate the percent. If children or family characteristics are of interest for further analysis, link family level information to child level information. Analyze data about child, family and site characteristics of children enrolled in high quality CCEE who receive financial support in the aggregate

Identify Children Receiving Financial Support for CCEE Not Including Subsidies

Child level information should be connected to program sites though a linkage between Child ID and SiteID. Use the data element Financial Support Type and select for children with a “Yes” response for any of the fields (Head Start, Early Head Start, Tribal Head Start, Migrant Head Start, State Head Start, IDEA Part B, IDEA Part C, Title I, Other) for the total number of children receiving support.

Identify Children Receiving Financial Support for CCEE Who Are Enrolled in High Quality Program Sites.

The data element QRIS Participation History can be used to isolate program sites (Site ID) participating in the state’s QRIS by selecting the option “Program site currently participates in the QRIS.” The quality level of a program is indicated in the QRIS Score data element. QRIS levels may vary across quality rating systems. For example, some QRIS systems may have four quality rating levels, and some might have five.  For reference, the number of quality levels is detailed in the System Level data element QRIS Levels. The system level data element QRIS Levels does not need to be connected to program sites for this analysis. The range of values from the QRIS Scoredata element is sufficient to answer this question.

If the state does not have a QRIS, but has another quality improvement systems or initiative use the data element Quality Improvement Participation to isolate program sites (Site ID) participating in the state’s other quality improvement initiative by selecting the option “Program site currently participates in another QI initiative.”

Calculate the Percent of Children Receiving Financial Support For CCEE Not including Subsidies

Next, total the number of children that are served at a program site in the top levels of QRIS using the element QRIS Score. To calculate a percent for each of the fields, divide the number of children in a program at the top tiers of the QRIS by the total number of children receiving financial support.