Data Collection
Other Data Sources
In addition to MFN’s data collection, the following sources offer quantitative information on children and families.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
www.aecf.org
KIDS COUNT, an AECF project, has compiled indicators of child well-being from the 2000 U.S. Census. Profiles, rankings, and raw data are available for the nation as a whole, states, cities, counties, towns, and more. Other reports focus on newborns, on family self-sufficiency, and other topics.
Child Trends
www.childtrends.org
Child Trends – a nonprofit, nonpartisan children's research organization – collects and analyzes data; conducts, synthesizes, and disseminates research; designs and evaluates programs; and develops and tests promising approaches to research in the field. Topics include children in poverty, school readiness, children left unsupervised, and other topics.
Educational Resources Information Center(ERIC)
www.eric.ed.gov/
ERIC is a national information system funded by the U.S. Department of Education that provides a variety of services and products on a broad range of education-related issues.
Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative (ECAP)
http://ecap.crc.uiuc.edu
Home to more than a dozen projects that focus on educating and raising young children. ECAP hosts research, technical assistance, and service projects
National Child Care Information Center
www.nccic.org
The National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC), a project of the Child Care Bureau , is a national resource that links information and people to complement, enhance, and promote the child care delivery system, working to ensure that all children and families have access to high-quality comprehensive services. Resources address child care funding, Good Start, Grow Smart – the Bush Administration’s early childhood initiative, literacy resources, and more.
National Institute for Early Education Research
www.nieer.org
The National Institute for Early Education Research supports early childhood education initiatives by providing objective, nonpartisan information based on research. Topics include the cost/benefit analysis of quality preschool, funding strategies, teacher qualifications and compensation, among others.
The Urban Institute
www.urban.org
The Urban Institute website has a research section on “Child Care and Development” which provides a number of research papers focused on working families and child care financing, subsidies, quality, and related topics. These are accessible at: Publications on Child Care and Development
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