Publications Home Based Childcare 2022-2025

PreK in Family Child Care Project (PKFCC)

The PKFCC project examines strategies for implementation of public pre-kindergarten (PreK) in family child care (FCC) settings across states and localities in the U.S.

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Contributors

Juliet Bromer , Principal Investigator, Erikson Institute
Rena Hallam , Co-PI, University of Delaware
Jason Hustedt , Co-PI, University of Delaware
Iheoma Iruka , Co-PI, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Samantha Melvin , Co-Investigator, Erikson Institute
Patricia Molloy , Research Manager, Erikson Institute
Leanett Reinoso , Research Assistant, Erikson Institute
Jenille Morgan , Research Associate, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Annette Pic , Limited Term Researcher, University of Delaware
Susan Lewis , Graduate Research Assistant, University of Delaware
Adrienne Briggs , PKFCC Educator, Lil’ Bits Family Child Care Home, PHLpreK (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Anny Gonzalez , PKFCC Educator, Casa Maky Montessori, ASPIRE PreK Program (Maryland)
Kissha Ballard , PKFCC Educator, Kissha’s Little Ones Child Care LLC, Voluntary Prekindergarten (Florida)

Summary

The PKFCC project uses a rapid response approach designed to both disseminate study findings about implementation strategies and facilitate cross-state learning and sharing about successes and challenges of implementing PreK in FCC.

Long-term goals for the study include increasing the numbers of states and localities that include FCC as part of their mixed delivery child care systems and current/future PreK implementation plans. Expansion of PreK to meaningfully include FCC is a promising strategy for supporting the FCC workforce and for increasing access to and stability of high-quality early care and education for families and children.

The PKFCC project is a collaboration between Erikson Institute, University of Delaware, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The work is generously funded by the Foundation for Child Development and Home Grown.

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PKFCC Project

Policy Implementation Strategies

Rapid-response data collection with PreK administrators resulting in a series of four briefs focused on strategies and approaches to design and implementation of PreK in FCC.