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Research Study Overview

The purpose of the study is to offer DFSS practical means of strengthening their EHS-CCP. In particular, this study will explore the following questions:

  1. What are the characteristics of partnership grantees, their agencies, and their child care partners?

  2. What activities do partnerships engage in to strengthen the quality of their early learning programming?

  3. How do grantees, agencies, and partner sites develop and maintain partnerships?

  4. What are partnership agency and child care partner perceptions of partnership quality?

  5. How do enrolled families experience partnership services?

  6. To what extent do partnerships achieve the intended goals of the expansion?

Research Activity #1 - Entire Project Time Frame

Protections and Rights

  • All information will be kept confidential.

  • Individual and program names will never appear in reports written outside of DFSS.

  • Staff and parents give their permission to participate in interview activities.

  • Staff and parents can always change their mind. At anytime, they can withdraw their permission with no impact on their relationship with DFSS, their center’s programs, or UIC.   

Research Activity #2 - Summer 2018

Surveys and Select Interviews with EHS-CCP Partners

  • The survey will help us understand delegate agency administrator and partner site administrators perceptions of how they worked with DFSS to expand services for infants and toddlers through the EHS-CCP.

  • The interviews will help us gain insight into what it was like to expand services for infants and toddlers through the EHS-CCP.

 

Who?

  • Individual interviews with DFSS project managers and implementation planners.

  • Surveys of delegate agency administrators and partner site administrators.

    • As a thank you for responding to the survey, a motivational leadership magnet will be sent to each respondent. 

  • Select individual interviews with Partner Site Administrators

    • As a thank you for sharing your experiences with us, Partner Site Administrators who participate in the interviews will receive copies of Elmo's World First Flap-Book Library for their sites.

 

Research Activity #3: Summer 2018

Select Interviews with Partner Sites Parents/Guardians

  • These conversations help us better understand how enrolled families experienced the supports they received through the partnership.

 

Who? 

  • Select group interviews with Partner Site Parents/Guardians.  

    • As a thank you for sharing their experiences with us, Partner Site Parents/Guardians who participate in the group interview will

        receive a copy of Elmo's World First Flap-Book Library.

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