Skip to Main Content

Building Home-Based Child Care Networks: Research & Resources for the Field

Erikson Institute’s home-based child care research team conducts research in partnership with local government entities and funders around the development, implementation, and evaluation of home-based child care networks. The team also produces data-driven products to inform program and policy administrators around building high-quality supports for the home-based child care sector.

Contributors
  • Juliet Bromer , Project Director
  • Jessica Miguel , Doctoral Research Fellow
  • Marina Ragonese-Barnes , Senior Research Analyst
  • Shiwei Zhang , Research Assistant
  • Patricia Molloy , Research Manager
  • Toni Porter , Expert Consultant, Early Care & Education Consulting

Summary

Since 2021, Erikson Institute’s HBCC Research Team has been partnering with Home Grown to develop a set of Network Benchmarks & Indicators that articulate standards and operations based on evidence from research and practice. Together, the benchmarks and indicators represent a picture of what a high-quality network strategy can look like.

This work builds on two foundational works by Juliet Bromer, the Family Child Care Network Impact Study and the National Study of Family Child Care Networks.

Join the Erikson family with monthly news + events updates shared by academics, community members, and families.

Products and Resources

Conceptual Framework

Benchmarks & Indicators Framework

Research

Reports

In 2023, we surveyed networks around the country on their use of the Benchmarks and Indicators.

Research

Briefs

We also convened focus groups of network leadership and providers from those networks to learn more about certain specific Benchmarks practices.

Evaluation

Using the Benchmarks & Indicators

Learn about how local networks are implementing the Benchmarks & Indicators.

Webinars

Learn More About the Benchmarks

Watch presentations about the Benchmarks & Indicators.

Tools

Tool Kits for Networks

Collections of real-life examples of tools networks use to support HBCC around the country.


Webinar Recording: Network Benchmarks and Indicators

Home Grown and the Erikson Institute’s session on the newly-released Network Benchmarks and Indicators