News from PEER

The PEER management team is excited to announce that Joanna Meyer has assumed the role of director. Michael Strambler, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry, will continue to serve on the PEER management team as co-director.

A team of researchers and policymakers is evaluating Connecticut's Child Care Development Fund program, specifically the impact of subsidy payment policies and practices on program participation of early care and education providers and families. The second year of the evaluation focused on understanding the perspectives of child care and early education providers research team and acquiring administrative data the researchers can use to examine the effect of policy changes on participation rates.

The Partnership for Early Education Research (PEER) has released the final report from a collaborative evaluation of an early childhood educator workforce development program administered by the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC).

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation (OPRE) has awarded a phase 2 implementation grant to Connecticut through the Coordinated Evaluations of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Policies and Initiatives project. Dr. Heidi Rosenberg of EDC and Dr. Michael Strambler of YSM, both members of the Partnership for Early Education Research (PEER) management team will lead the study.

An article written by the founding PEER management team is featured in the January 2023 special issue of Education Policy entitled The Politics of Research-Practice Partnerships.

The Partnership for Early Education Research (PEER) is pleased to announce new members of the management team. Child Care Aware of America (CCAoA) is a new organizational member, while Dr. Heidi Rosenberg of Education Development Center (EDC) is a new organizational representative.

Greater Stamford Parenting Partnership (GSPP) formed in 2021 to expand access to home visiting services for the families of young children. PEER is supporting GSPP in the area of continuous quality improvement.

Two local partnerships focused on the parents of young children have engaged PEER to support the partners in defining outcomes and using data to continuously improve program delivery and impact.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration of Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research (OPRE) has awarded an 18-month planning grant to Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) and the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC) to plan an evaluation of CCDF policies and initiatives in Connecticut.